The Seinfeld Curse
the (superst-tious) curse put on the cast and crew of seinfeld, that disabled them from being able to start new shows.
louis-dreyfus, jason alexander and micheal richards have each attempted to launch new sitcoms as t-tle-role characters. despite decent acclaim and even some respectable ratings, almost every show was canceled quickly, usually within the first season. this gave rise to the term seinfeld curse: the failure of a sitcom starring one of the three, despite the conventional wisdom that each person’s seinfeld popularity should almost guarantee a strong, built-in audience for the actor’s new show. shows specifically cited regarding the seinfeld curse are julia louis-dreyfus’ watching ellie, jason alexander’s bob patterson and listen up!, and michael richards’ the michael richards show. larry david once said of the curse, “it’s so completely idiotic… it’s very hard to have a successful sitcom.”
however, the emmy award-winning success of julia louis-dreyfus in the cbs sitcom the new adventures of old christine has led many to believe that she has broken the ‘curse’. in her acceptance speech, louis-dreyfus held up her award and exclaimed, “i’m not somebody who really believes in curses, but curse this, baby!” with louis-dreyfus playing christine, the show has been on the air for four seasons with above-average ratings as of 2008.
julia louis-dreyfus broke the seinfeld curse when she starred in cbs’s “the new adventures of old christine.”
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