The actor who played George Costanza on the 1990s sitcom Seinfeld says the show is unlikely to make a comeback, 30 years after it first went to air.
Jason Alexander believes the show's co-creators, Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, have no intention of following a Hollywood trend of rebooting classics.
"It's not because we wouldn't be interested. But if I know Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David as well as I do, they tend to like to set a trend, not follow one," Alexander told Myf Warhurst on ABC Radio.
"There have been a good number of good shows that have been rebooted — some successfully, some less so.
"If anything, they might look for a way to do something new and original that seemed like it was a Seinfeld reboot, but I've heard nothing about that."
Seinfeld, which was set in New York City and has often been described as "a show about nothing", had more than 30 million weekly viewers at its peak and won 10 Emmys and three Golden Globes during its decade on the air.
In recent years, programs with cult followings like Arrested Development, Will and Grace, Veronica Mars and Twin Peaks have been brought back to life.
On the big screen, there has been a constant flow of Disney live-action remakes and blockbuster superhero reboots.
Seinfeld itself did make a comeback of sorts in 2009, when David created a fictional reunion episode for one of his other shows, Curb Your Enthusiasm.
'Let's go out on top'
Alexander, now 60, agreed that Seinfeld's creators believed in the old showbiz adage of always leaving the audience wanting more.
"We all kind of knew, it's not going to get better … So we thought, let's go out on top," he said.
Alexander, who will perform a series of stand-up shows around Australia next February, said he never got "caught up in the Seinfeld fever", but understands what is is like to be obsessed with a television show.
He counts Star Trek, Ricky Gervais's After Life, and the Phoebe Waller-Bridge comedy Fleabag among his favourite programs.
Alexander said he was amazed new and younger audiences continued to be drawn to Seinfeld, given its final episode aired in 1998.
"I meet people every week who take the time to come up to me and say 'I was going through some very, very difficult things … I watched your show, and I watched you and I was able to laugh again'," he said.
"They are so grateful for that gift. And I am so grateful for being part of something that could be that impactful and meaningful to them.
"It changed my life. It changed my career."
