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April 22, 1998

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SHOWS TO GO: There are (still) just four new episodes left. But after Thursday, we'll be down to three!

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ON THIS WEEK: A new episode -- "The Frogger" -- airs on Thursday. Elaine eats Peterman's cake, and Kramer helps George steal an arcade game. On its Wednesday/8:30 p.m. EDT slot, NBC is showing the rerun (or as NBC has dubbed it, "classic episode," although it's only a little over four months old) "The Strike." As you may recall, Jerry goes to Elaine's boyfriend Puddy (Patrick Warburton) when he's ready to buy a new car, hoping for a good deal, but halfway through negotiations, Elaine breaks up with Puddy. George, working on an empty stomach, becomes convinced that everyone at the dealership including the candy machine is taking advantage of him. And Kramer takes an extended test drive.

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RATINGS: Even in reruns, Thursday nights with "Seinfeld" are holding their own in the ratings. For the week of April 13, Nielsen Media Research said "Seinfeld" held second place in the prime time lineup, with "ER" holding at first, and the CBS Sunday night movie "The Echo of Thunder" coming in at third. But "Seinfeld" on Wednesdays holds less attraction, tying for 51st this week with several shows, including the CBS program "Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel." Thursday's "Seinfeld" came in at 18.9, "ER" at 20.6, and "Echo of Thunder" at 16.4. A ratings point represents about 1 percent of the nation's homes with televisions, or about 980,000 households.

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Experts say the Earth's population is approaching 6 billion -- but for now, at least, there's only one Kramer.

NOT DEAD YET: It sounds like something that could actually happen on "Seinfeld." But while the script written by a Kramer-obsessed California high school senior is worth $500 to him, it was never intended to hit the airwaves. Pleasanton, California's Kenny Byerly wrote the winning entry for Zero Population Growth's Pop-TV Essay Contest, which invited students to write a plot for their fave TV show featuring the world's population reaching 6 billion (which will actually happen sometime next year).

Byerly's "Seinfeld" treatment has Kramer frantically searching for a partner so he can father the 6 billionth child. He said he chose the series because "I thought that it would be an interesting challenge to write an episode that does teach something while remaining true to the self-absorbed characters." "Seinfeld" and Fox's "The Simpsons" beat all other shows to be the most popular choices of entrants.

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SEEN ON THE 'NET: Have you ever wished you could read some of the old show transcripts? Wonder of wonders, avid viewers worldwide are laboring to make your wish come true. The keeper of www.script-o-rama.com, a prodigious collection of all types of scripts, has found an outfit in Oslo, Norway, that's transcribed 28 of the episodes. Granted, that's nowhere near all of them, but it includes the very first one and several of the more famous episodes, including the "Yada Yada Yada" show. See www.script-o-rama.com for all kinds of scripts, or jump straight to the Seinfeld Index Page for the direct source. Please note that these sites are neither owned nor sponsored by NBC or Castle Rock.

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CAPITOL-BOUND If all goes as planned, Jason Alexander will go from heckling Elaine this year to throwing pointed barbs at President Clinton in 1999, as he is at the top of the list to be the stand-up comic at next year's annual White House Correspondents' dinner. His publicist had hoped to get him in at this year's dinner (April 25), but the White House Correspondents' Association had already booked Ray Romano of "Everybody Loves Raymond."

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