Seinfeld fans to Netflix: What’s the deal with these aspect ratios?
After its much-hyped Netflix launch, Seinfeld disappointed fans with cropped images and missing jokes

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Jerry Seinfeld and Jason Alexander Screenshot: Netflix
Seinfeld has gone the way of Sneed’s Feed and Seed (formerly Chuck’s).
Much like how FX and Disney botched their respective Simpsons streaming launches in 2014 and 2019, Netflix altered Seinfeld’s aspect ratio from 4:3 to a stretched 16:9 for their own. To non-nerds, this means that instead of the boxier look of the original broadcast version, Netflix retrofitted the show for modern, widescreen televisions. Unfortunately, however, the move cropped the show with reckless abandon, removing plot-crucial visuals in the process.