: The pilot episode, which aired on July 5, 1989, was met with poor reviews and nearly cancelled. NBC executive Rick Ludwin eventually provided the budget for four more episodes, which became the shortest season order in television history.
One of the main threads in this "beginning of" is the adversary between Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David and the network executives, Seinfeld: How It Began image
: Initially titled The Seinfeld Chronicles , the show was conceived to show how a stand-up comedian gets his material. : The pilot episode, which aired on July