It's the cost of payroll...show names..Frank and Danny were most likely paid a fortune.

Then you have a large cast that has been getting raises annually.

Could also have something to do with demographics. We're they getting the desired and valuable 18-49 audience of people like me at age 65.

Seinfeld now decades ago had the demographics and the network offerred Jerry $10m AN EPISODE to do one more season.

He thought the show was played out and declined. He and Larry David get close to $500k annually in residuals.

..Seinfeld just became the first comedies to become a billionaire.