Acura to Sponsor Four Seasons of Seinfeld's Series

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Sony’s Crackle said Acura will be sponsoring four more seasons of Jerry Seinfeld’s series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

A total of 24 new episodes will be produced in the series’ newly announced sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth seasons. Season four and five are set to launch early this summer and fall.

Since its debut in July 2012, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee has delivered more than 40 million streams, garnered rave reviews, and earned Jerry Seinfeld a Primetime Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Special Class – Short-Format.

Seinfeld is the executive producer of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, which is produced by Sony Pictures Television's Embassy Row.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.