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Rotten Tomatoes reported a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 10/10, based on 8 critic reviews.
Awards Season five received 12 Emmy nominations and won two. Michael Richards won his second of three Emmys for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Janet Ashikaga won the Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Series for the episode "
The Opposite". Jerry Seinfeld was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Jason Alexander was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, losing to co-star Michael Richards. Julia Louis-Dreyfus was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Marlee Matlin was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for playing Laura in the episode "
The Lip Reader".
Judge Reinhold was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for playing Aaron for the episodes "
The Raincoats (part 1 and 2)". The episode "
The Mango" was nominated for two Emmys: Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series (
Lawrence H. Levy and Larry David), and Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series (Tom Cherones). Larry David was also nominated for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for the episode "
The Puffy Shirt".
Seinfeld was also nominated for Outstanding Sound Mixing in a Comedy Series or Special for the episode "
The Bris". It was also nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series again, but lost to
Frasier.
Seinfeld was also nominated for four
Golden Globe Awards and won three of them: Best Performance by an Actor in TV series-comedy (Jerry Seinfeld), Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (Julia Louis- Dreyfus), and Best TV series-comedy/musical. Jason Alexander was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV. This season was also nominated for Directors Guild of America (Tom Cherones) for "The Mango", and won a
Writers Guild of America Award (Lawrence H. Levy and Larry David) for "The Mango".
Nielsen ratings Season five placed #3 in the
Nielsen ratings below
Home Improvement and
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