Onpode
NBC almost canceled Seinfeld with a memo before it ever aired—a close call that nearly erased a cultural juggernaut
9:35
Before Seinfeld became one of the most successful sitcoms in television history, an internal NBC research memo nearly ended it before a single episode aired. The pilot, originally titled The Seinfeld Chronicles, was evaluated through NBC's standard audience-testing process: approximately 400 households were recruited by telephone and asked to watch pilots aired over unused local cable channels.