WWE Saturday Night Main Event helped fund ‘Seinfeld”‘s early run in todays Wrestling news
Jerry Seinfeld revealed an interesting fact about the hit show.
Jerry Seinfeld, the comedian, said that NBC was able keep his first season of his hit show on air thanks to WWE Saturday Night Main Event.
The star and creator of the iconic “Seinfeld TV show” said on The Rich Eisen Show, Thursday, that the network didn’t care for the 1989 Pilot, which was then called “The Seinfeld Chronicles”.
It did have a supporter in the form of former NBC vice president Rick Ludwin.
“And Rick Ludwin told me, ‘I am going to take some money from the Saturday night wrestling. ‘ The professional wrestling show replaced Saturday Night Live every month in those days. He took the money and we were able to make four episodes. Seinfeld said, “We made four episodes, and they didn’t like them.”
“Saturday Night Wrestling” was a reference for Saturday Night’s main event. The WWF’s product was aired in four episodes that year.
A 2017 book revealed Ludwin canceled a Bob Hope Special to finance the remainder of the first season. The show became a huge hit for the network, and has made Seinfeld over $1 billion thanks syndication and Netflix streaming deals for the entire series.
In contrast, Saturday Night Main Event ended in 1992 and returned for five episodes between 2006 and 2008.
WWE Saturday Night Main Event helped fund ‘Seinfeld”‘s early run in todays Wrestling news, Chatalong Chatbox, Results will be Hidden inside a spoiler Button so you will not bet spoiled about direct results.
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