Seinfeld Is Coming To Hulu This June

‘Seinfeld’ Is Coming To Hulu This June

By Angie Han/May 20, 2015 11:00 am EST

Hulu content chief Craig Erwich announced the Seinfeld deal at its upfront presentation today. Depending on whom you ask, it’s estimated at around $130 million (about $700,000 per episode) or just under $180 million (about $1 million per episode). The cash will be split between Sony Time Warner’s Castle Rock, and Seinfeld profit participants including co-creators Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David.

Although Seinfeld ended in 1998, its popularity has endured. Reruns air regularly on broadcast and cable TV. In addition, a limited number of episodes have been available online on Crackle, the online video platform owned by Sony. However, Hulu will make the entire series available to stream for the first time in its history.

Still, there’s something ironic about the fact that nothing seems hotter in this new digital age than old TV shows. Or even new versions of old TV shows.