There was an article in USA Today last Friday, detailing some of the major plot changes going on this season. Some of the non-spoiler details mention that the show will have 2 pre-season episodes on Aug 12 and Aug 19th. These will be a 2 part episode. The season premiere on Sept 16 will be a one-hour season opener.
The episode 'The Keys' will be repeated next week on July 22. I assume that means we will have to suffer 3 weeks before we get to see Seinfeld again, especially since the Olympics will be running then. That will be bad enough after missing out on Jerry's cancelled Atlantic City appearance last weekend.
Tonight is a repeat of the 'The Nose Job'. Keep an eye open for Tawny Kitaen, she plays Jerry's "bubble headed babe".
Jerry was asked about his concerns about the competition from Home Improvement on ABC, which is moving up against his show. He just shrugged it off as not a problem: "What are you supposed to do, anti-tool jokes?"
***Some specific spoilers below from the USA Today article:
The Aug 12 and 19 shows have George and Jerry going out to get Kramer back from Hollywood. There hoping to get someone from Murphy Brown to appear. Starting in the Sept. 16 opener, the show takes on a recursive twist. NBC will be trying to get Jerry to start a show. The article mentions that Jerry and George will team together to write the NBC series. I can't wait to see who they get to play he other's part. What a hoot it would be if they got Larry David to play George, especially since Larry has on screen experience already (on Fridays). The article also mentioned that other network types will be making cameo appearances.