What everyone's doing after Seinfeld

More than nothing after 'Seinfeld'

                 Seinfeld's sayonara will leave few of its talented
actors, writers and
                 producers unemployed, unless they choose to be.

                 Their roles in shaping TV's top comedy have guaranteed
them exposure
                 not just to viewers, but to executives anxiously
casting about for TV's
                 next phenomenon.

                 ''You can't be on the No. 1 (sitcom) and not get
attention,'' says Steve
                 Hytner, who plays Seinfeld's stand-up rival Bania and
appears in the
                 May 14 series finale. Though his work on Seinfeld
didn't guarantee
                 new parts - he's now a regular on NBC's Working -
''it's easier to get
                 in the (audition) room because you've been on the
show,'' he says.

                 Writers, too, have been rewarded with
multimillion-dollar deals as
                 studios and networks seek to perpetuate the unusual
comic sensibility
                 of the show about nothing. Here's a rundown of what's
planned for
                 some of Seinfeld's cast and extended family:

Jerry Seinfeld will tour

                 Jerry Seinfeld plans a brief European and Australian
tour and a handful
                 of concert dates on Broadway, culminating Aug. 9 in a
live HBO
                 special, I'm Telling You for the Last Time, in which
Seinfeld retires his
                 old stand-up routines.

                 The comedian will move back to New York, where he
recently bought
                 a $4.5 million apartment on West 81st Street, his
fictitious TV address.
                 But he's hinted at opening an ad agency or hosting a
talk show.

Richards: He had hopes for a spinoff

                 Michael Richards' plans are least known: Alone among
the four
                 principal cast members, Richards had hoped to land in a

                 Seinfeld-inspired series for NBC. ''I'm surprised they
haven't
                 approached me with a Kramer spinoff,'' he told May's
Vanity Fair.

                 But neither NBC nor Jerry Seinfeld seemed eager to risk
damaging the
                 sitcom's legacy with a possibly lesser offshoot.

Alexander: He may stage singing 'Marty'

                 Jason Alexander has a two-year deal with Studios USA to
produce but
                 not act in new TV series, though none of three pilots
developed for fall
                 was ordered by the networks.

                 He'll produce and star in the independent film Officer
Bob, a comedy
                 about a simpleton who dreams of joining the police
force. Production
                 starts in August. He also hopes to mount a musical
revival of Ernest
                 Borgnine's Marty.

Louis-Dreyfus plans a rest

                 Julia Louis-Dreyfus plans to give it a rest after
playing Elaine, opting to
                 spend time with her two children. Eventually, she may
hook up with her
                 husband, producer Brad Hall (The Single Guy), who has a
lucrative
                 new development deal with CBS.

                 Her next project is a lead voice role as an ant in
Disney's A Bug's Life,
                 from the animators at Pixar (Toy Story). The film is
due in theaters
                 Nov. 25.

                 Several of Seinfeld's recurring character actors have
day jobs on other
                 NBC shows:

                      Wayne Knight (Newman) also has a recurring role on
3rd Rock
                      From the Sun as Sally's boyfriend.
                      Steve Hytner (Jerry's nemesis, Bania) plays Fred
Savage's
                      co-worker John Delaney in a regular role on
Working.
                      Patrick Warburton (Elaine's boyfriend, Puddy)
co-stars in
                      Blindmen, a pilot being considered for fall about
competitive
                      window-blind salesmen.

(Both 3rd Rock and Working have been renewed for next season.)

Among future plans for some of the dozens of other Seinfeld players:

                      John O'Hurley (Elaine's boss, J. Peterman) will
continue to do
                      guest roles in sitcoms. This season he's appeared
on Caroline in
                      the City and done TV movies.
                      Liz Sheridan (Jerry's mom, Helen) plans to write a
book about
                      her one-time engagement to James Dean.
                      Jerry Stiller (George's dad, Frank Costanza) has a
film with wife
                      Anne Meara, A Fish in the Bathtub, and will star
in The
                      Independent with Janeane Garofalo.
                      Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza) will appear in a
Thousand
                      Oaks, Calif., production of Pippin in early May.

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