Production/airing order?

Does anyone know why they didn't show all the episodes in production order? Like first season went like 101, 103, 104, 102, 105. Season 2 is even more scattered. Now, when they are showing the whole series again in Finland, they show it in production order. Kind of messes up the numbering comparing with episode guides and scripts. Any idea why these episodes were shown in different order originally?

Like I said in another post, I had this problem when I taped my episodes.

I think the average audience is not expecting any continuity between the episodes of a sitcom and they were just showing what in their mind were the best episodes. Or maybe they just at first bought the rights for the "best" episodes (if that's possible to do so).

Christian

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More probably, they had some legal or censor problems and either had to do reshoots or duke it out with network executives, thus causing a delay in when a program was shown. So, not all shows were shown in the order shot.

I recall hearing that some of the early shows of Seinfeld were not shown in the order they were shot because of the need for ratings. Jerry felt that some of the more recently completed shows (for example not a fact-) show # 8 was better than show # 5 because of the chemistry that had developed between cast characters. The network (NBC) was entering a "sweeps" period, therefore, Jerry decided to run a newer show because he thought it was "better" and he wanted to give the series a better chance to survive. I'm sure most are aware that Seinfeld suffered poor ratings it's first couple of seasons and was on the chopping block a few times.

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Oh yes, the sweeps. I never understood the whole meaning of the sweeps. I mean, they are constantly monitoring the viewing public and suddenly it's important the get good rating couple of times a year. I guess it's then when they are monitoring or questioning larger public's opinion (than normal monitoring).

Jerry decided...? Well, maybe Jerry was the best critic knowing what was funny, but still I would've liked to see one show that had just Jerry's name on the writing credits or just first writing/story credit. Still Larry was the creating force and Jerry just a good filter of knowing the right stuff and adding his own perspective to the writing.

Actually the importance of sweeps is because advertising rates are determined by the ratings garnered during those "sweeps" periods. The better the show does, the more the network can charge for advertising.

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