we do not have an amount i guess seinfeld does not come cheap7m we do not have an amount i guess seinfeldis now on warner media ‘s new streaming site, that was $325 million for three years and the office which is going to nbc universal new streaming service, that went for 500 million. presumably it went for much higher than those two but it includes not just the us but the entire world where netflix has 150 million subscribers including the uk. where netflix has 150 million subscribers including the uki where netflix has 150 million subscribers including the uk. i know seinfeld is a classic with a lot of diehard fans but why so much money for these old shows? these shows are old to me but to people who are young and this is the way they are consuming television, through streaming. they are not watching traditional linear tv any longer. and they stream, they watch on their phones, they watch on their laptops and they discover shows. and if you are 2a years old and you watch seinfeld for the first time and say this is terrific and hilarious i love it and i want to see more, you will have 17

all 180 episodes of seinfeld to its subscribers all around the world starting in 2021 that's when theures television which controls the seinfeld rights kicks in it's moving to netflix from hulu amazon which has most of the foreign rights to seinfeld this is a big move for netflix after losing rights to two of the most popular shows streamed on its platform. friend s moving over to hbo max next year and the office is moving from netflix over to nbc universal streaming platforms starting in the year 2021. we don't have an official price tag for how much netflix is paying for seinfeld streaming rights it is paying globally much more than the $500 million than nbc universal spent for the domestic rights to the office and the $425 million that hbo max is reportedly spending for those domestic rights to friends it is a bigger price tag but they are paying for the global rights as well interesting to keep that in mind >>> thank you very much. coming up, purdue pharma filing for bankruptcy protection. what that means for the lawsuits its facing >>> the rally taking pause as oil's big jump in

seinfeld. this news just comes days after netflix of course landed the streaming rights for the show and investors -- granted this was partly because of the high price tag, not necessarily buying this news netflix shares are down 10% since the deal was announced they are down 30% since july 1st. >> that market cap-wise, that's more than $10 billion. so i'm not saying there's a correlation, yada, yada, yada. i am saying there's two facts here >> there's so many seinfeld jokes we could -- >> does anyone anywhere join netflix so they can watch seinfe seinfeld >> i joined crackle for a summer we did a whole summer of "seinfeld" and then i quit >> i thought it was silly all the money being spent on "friends" and "seinfeld. however, i saw a story over the weekend about 'tweens who have discovered "friends" and are living it like we did in the 90s when it was on first run it li it's like my generation when we first discovered "i love lucy. n netflix has it right because you can binge watch it i think

i know seinfeld is a classic with a lot of diehard fans but why so much money for these old shows?ditional linear tv any longer. and they stream, they watch on their phones, they watch on their laptops and they discover shows. and if you are 2a years old and you watch seinfeld for the first time and say this is terrific and hilarious i love it and i want to see more, you will have 179 more episodes to see. it is a library that they are purchasing of programmes that are proven, popular, funny and have held up well over time. there is a lot of value there for them and it is a way to keep that netflix customer paying a subscriber fee. so what does this tell us about the battle of the streamers? it says that if netflix is not going to take this lying down. one disadvantage that netflix has in bidding for friends and the office — those shows belong to the companies that are launching streaming services. so warner media is essentially paying itself, to a large degree, to take back friends and nbc is paying itself, because it owns the office and had to put it out to bid to determine the f

up to $125 million each. >> it's enough to make jerry seinfeld a billionaire.e the deal was $950 million. >> it's about to be tipped right over to the billion mark with his friend, oprah. oprah is like, oh, welcome to the club. >> welcome to the club. >>> next to justin bieber reaching out to his friends for a bit of fashion advice. >> he jokingly, we think, posted several colorful outfit options on instagram saying "help me choose a suit for my wedding." >> not the bananas. so which should he pick? aqua with bananas, white with red. rainbow stripes, black shorts, how about pink. >> bieber is set to marry haley baldwin for the second time on in a religious ceremony on monday. >> religious ceremony and he's going to pick one of those? come on, biebs. >>> the 50th anniversary of one of the most iconic albums in modern music history. >> 50 years ago the beatles released "abbey road." their last recorded studio album together. last night the remaining two beatles sir paul mccartney and sir ringo starr celebrated with a big anniversary party in london. >> it comes a

>> seinfeld is heading to netflix in 2021. nabbing the rights to "seinfeld" is a big deal.and nbc pull shows from netflix. >> it will be interesting to see if young kids take to seinfeld the way they took to "the office" and "friends." >> it is gold. >>> thanks to our international viewers were joining us. >>> for our u.s. viewers, quali"early start" continues right now. ♪ >>> i don't want war with anybody. i'm not looking to get into new conflict. but sometimes you have to. >> the president is staring down competing interests on iran. big threats or make a big deal? overnight, the supreme leader says talks are off the table. >>> the first impeachment hearing is today. but don't expect to hear much from three witnesses, if two show up, on orders from the

offer all 180 episodes of seinfeld starting in 2021.atest escalation after they lost the rights to stream friends and the office a source tells cnbc that's price far exceeds $500 million they paid for "the office." >> seinfeld did not do as well on hulu. unlike friends which accounted for much of the viewing on netflix. there is a big question mark on both the audience and platform in terms of finding shows and who is watching and why. >> by the way, the s&p was down on friday, the dow was up on friday when we come back, the future of work we'll talk about big changes to the labor market coming up, our guest for the hour, aryeh bourkoff will talk about content wars stay tuned to cnbc was ahead of its time. still, we never stopped making it stronger. faster. smarter. because to be the best, is to never ever stop making it better. the 2020 c-class family. lease the c 300 sedan for just $429 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, hmm. exactly. so you onl

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netflix users, "seinfeld" is on its way. the company struck a deal with sony pictures television to hold the streaming rights to "seinfeld" for the next five years starting in 2021. it's a huge win for netflix after "friends" and "the office" said no soup for you. >> i think we'll see the fog staying away today with mostly sunny skies and breezy winds. our temperatures in the mid-50s for most of us. we do have a few upper 50s, but compare this to 24 hours ago and it's much cooler now in the north bay. walking out the door to temperatures 16 degrees cooler now compared to yesterday at this time. and we know why. it's because we had a lot of clouds rolling by and also some rain pushing through. as we start out, we'll have slightly lower than normal highs today. reaching up to 80 in morgan hill. for the east bay we have low 80s. and 75 at hayward. we'll also see a high of 75 in reddwood city, san francisco in the upper 60s. for the north bay we're up to 81 in napa. so as we're starting out this morning, clear skies, cool temper

we are talking space streaming, seinfeld, real estate and sports.trading where they have been for the past hour, don't just under 50 points to 27,028 right now. a modest loss on the markets. oil is a positive thing if you are a consumer. it is down under the $60 a barrel mark. the oil companies are not happy about this but a big come down is not enough to make up for the boom after the problems in the middle east, but a big drop in oil today. the fed decision on rates tomorrow, jeffrey cleveland is with us. you say we are going to get accorded point, anything more is unnecessary, why do you say that? >> it is unwarranted. the economy is in good shape. that is the key message for investors to take home. we are seeing a us consumer in the third quarter spending at a 3%-4% clip. that's a good sign for overall gdp growth, expecting overall growth this year to be 2.5% and that in the environments where inflation is around the fed's target, in that backdrop i don't see the need for a more aggressive easing program. dave: when you look what is happening ov

here we go ♪ [ laughter ] okay seinfeld sure surprise parties jerry seinfeld talking about a a surpriseay, okay. what's with all the secrecy? [ laughter ] i come to an empty apartment which is exactly what i wanted for my birthday. but i turn the lights on and all of sudden, surprise. [ laughter ] the only surprise is, you have to make small talk for four hours now. [ laughter ] >> "oh, get it together, jerry! [ laughter and applause >> jimmy: "george! george, what are you doing here, george?" >> "that's right i put this party together, jerry. i put it together. i schemed it together. >> jimmy: "you shouldn't scheme no one should scheme." >> "oh, i schemed, jerry [ laughter ] george is getting upset. ♪ [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: i can -- you helped me with my impression. that's all the time we have for "wheel of impressions. [ cheers and applause give it up for nick kroll. [ cheers and applause more with nick when we come back look at -- i mean, come on standing ovation [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ good morning. good night. the all-new versa- the most tech-advanced car in its clas

one person laughing all the way to the bank, jerry seinfeld. two major netflix deals.and buying rights for "seinfeld" sitcom north of half a billion bucks. handicapping winners from the megadeals can be difficult since deal terms can vary and they're not always public knowledge. >> the money will to to the people that own the show. and whoever owns the show might be different depending on whatever those business terms were for those shows. but it is going to be the executive producer. the writers of the show. certainly actors will see some piece of that come through. reporter: yeah, that piece is going to change. the pie changing as well. previous syndication deals for archival shows such as "friends" and "seinfeld" allowed the producers, writers and to get a cut of action with studios keeping the lion's share. authorities say deals for the new content and lump sums and streaming platforms will own the shows as they build up libraries. that is important for netflix an apple. as everything old new again you might call this is the golden age of the streaming studio star

seinfeld everybody's favorite.ervice signing a deal to stream all 180 episodes of seinfeld that's starting in 2021. unknown how much they had to fork over to win the hit series. the deal comes as stream wars heat up and next flix braces for the loss of the office next year. . >> say bye to overdue book fees at san francisco public libraries. starting today, all outstanding overdue fines eliminated. a study by the library and the treasure are's office found canceling fees increases access to materials and staff efficiency. readers are not off the hook. any lost or damaged books have to be paid for. . >>> we want to tell you about anew project coming to kpix5 tonight noosery monday and wednesday we will investigate the troubled bay area housing market. and she joins us now with a preview of the first installment in the new series we are calling project home. hey,. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> reporter: this has been an interesting couple weeks doing research because we know that the highing affordable crisis affects

. >>> which emmy nominated seinfeld cast member was the only one to direct an episode of the show.der, michael richards or julia louis-dreyfus? year-old give to him. give a couple rounds we haven't seen that from him. any little that way too times but you know he's been really good with data doesn't we don't lose faith in him, i took him out because of the score had been a little closer i leave neck out there. potentially a that one of the reasons we got him out. >>> travel consideration provided by -- >>> tomorrow on "e.t." only we have mike the situation's first post prison interview. >> your first meal out of prison? >> i wanted to have a naked pizza part. >> inside his dramatic weight loss. >> i worked out two to three times a day. >>> in our "e.t." birthday which emmy nominated seinfeld cast member was the only one to direct an episode of the show? that was jason alexander. >> sharon, thank you for hanging out with us. we love you. out with us. we love you. the juul record. they took $12.8 billion from big tobacco. juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids

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rob: for 25 years, $500 million. >> that is seinfeld. i think he has a future in comedy.: a billionaire now i think. thank you so much. it is constitution day if you didn't know. i the streets of new york to see how well we the people know the constitution. how many branches of government are there and can you name them? >> 3 of them. executive, judicial, legislative. >> three branches, judicial, treasury. ♪ rob: how many times is the word democracy mentioned in the constitution? >> 542. rob: you are a little high. it is mentioned 0 times in the entire constitution. how many amendments are there in the bill of rights? >> i am not sure. 24 or something. >> tell me what the bill of rights is. >> what something costs. rob: what is the first amendment? your right to? >> freedom of speech. rob: freedom of speech. your first amendment, what is it? >> the right to free press. rob: we are doing it right now. >> speak your mind. rob: what is your second amendment? >> guns. >> the third amendment, have no idea. >> the language of the second amendment is clear enough about the right

seinfeld is coming to netflix. struck a deal with sony pictures television and will now hold the streaming rights to seinfeld for five years. it's a huge win for netflix. it lost the rights to friends and the office. but don't get your popcorn out just yet. seinfeld won't debut until 2021. >>> serenity now. >>> a slice of hollywood in outer space. brad pitt called the space station -- today he asked astronaut nick hague what it's really like to live and work in space. the technology that astronauts are using to get their work done. >> one of the things we were playing with in the film, which we really didn't get to was this idea of 3d printing. you all have adopted some of that, yes? >> they're experimenting at the space station with the 3b printing so the crews can print tools they would use in the space station. >> if you're brad pitt, you get to call the astronauts. >> you think nick hague would take my call? >> online 2. send him -- >> they pick up. >> you would like to think so. >> good weather today. a little

a lot was made that it picked up seinfe seinfeld you can see this from last night and the shows streamediginal programming that get all the buzz i think they are required and subscribers stay meaning don't churn which becomes as critical as acquiring them based on the quality and protect frequency of original programming it's nice to have things that are comfort food to sit back and watch your favorite seinfeld or office or friends episodes but i have a hard time believing that will make or break a consumer acceptance of a service. with something like hbo which it took 30 years for them to get to 30 million subscribers, netflix, assuming it holds to its numbers and that will be the big thing everybody watches next quarter because last quarter it disappointed it looks like it will grow by 30 million subscribers in a year. if hbo is going to turn it into hbo max by adding a couple of off network old shows, charge a couple dollars more, is that really going to drive people to it if game of thrones didn't, if veep didn't, if big little lies didn't i have a hard time believing that >> thanks.

"seinfeld" is considered one of the best shows of all time.m earp mer replacement series. are you excited? >> i'm not. >> at all? >> not at all. >> oh. >> i don't know. it was okay at the time. do you think it was one of the best tv shows of all time? >> i didn't watch that much of it. >> nah. mike? >> it started off really slowly. it struggled for a long time. by season three when they finally moved it to thursday, that's when it took off. it had a rough start. i think in today's world it might not have made it. but it was definitely the culture, if you will, of the time with everybody repeating lines and talking about it. it was popular. i worked for nbc at the time. >>> wednesday, tomorrow, a look at where the best chance of thunderstorms will be mainly across the northern corridor of the state dipping down into parts of lake tahoe. this is the system that eventually will drop some showers our way. let's take a look at our potential rainfall amounts. if you were with us a few minutes ago i said it would be moisture starved. yesterday we had

>> the chinese restaurant was one of the very, very early episodes of "seinfeld." truly nothing happened in the episode. they were waiting for a table. >> i feel like just walking over there and taking some food off of somebody's plate. >> we said to larry david, hey, like nothing happens. and larry was offended. he was like wildly offended. >> nbc believed in the show, so they said we're committing to four episodes. >> yes, yeah, right. four episodes. >> normally it's 13 or 8 or something. >> yes, at least. so we really didn't think they had too much confidence in the show. >> we didn't think it would work, but we felt that they had to go through their process and they would learn. and ultimately they knew better than we did. >> my mother caught me. >> caught you? doing what? >> you know. i was alone. >> the turning point for "seinfeld" from like nice show that all of the cool people kind of know about but that's it to massive hit was an episode called "the contest" where they tried to abstain from self-pleasure for as long as possible. >> yeah. >> 6:30, time for

seinfeld will move to netflix in 2021 from disney's hulu.ams will be basking in his new deal with warner media worth $250 million. it looks like he turned down much more than that from a rival company. he met with executives at at apple, offered a deal worth half a billion dollars many he reportedly turned i it down over the fact they wanted to lock him with an exclusive deal among other issues. apple is trying to get more content for their new service. lauren: a powerful storm be in the gulf of mexico slowly moving towards texas. cheryl: senior meteorologist janice dean live in the fox weather center with the forecast. good morning, janice. janice: good morning, ladies. it's not going to turn into a named storm but it will bring the potential for flooding to portions of southeast texas over the next couple days. you can he see right now the area of low pressure bringing in moisture along the gulf coast, especially texas and it's just going to linger, unfortunately. some computer models saying 6 to 8 inches of heavy rain across portions of s

mus inclu beatles. >>> netflix will become the new streaming home of "seinfeld" in two years.he company has reportedly bought the rights of the famous show about nothing for more than $500 million. the move comes just weeks after netflix lost the rights to both "friends" and "the office". >>> coming up, the play of the night on monday night football. >>> but first "saturday night live" fires one of its new comedians over jokes he made. see who is coming to his defense. >>> and a one-on-one interview with alex trebek on his fight with cancer and what he told his co-workers when he returned to "jeopardy." woman 1 oc: this is my body of proof. man 1 vo: proof of less joint pain and clearer skin. man 2 vo: proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis... woman 2 vo: ...with humira. woman 3 vo: humira targets and blocks a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain, stop further irreversible joint damage, and clear skin in many adults. huthe er o and cprescribed biologicdults. for psoriatic arthritis. avo: humira c

streaming service, getting "seinfeld" which recently launched "the office" and "friends."infeld" is one of the best tv shows of all time premiered in 1989 and ran until 1998. >>> still to come a race to the white house. the democrat leading in the polls in iowa for the party's nomination. and could antonio brown still have a career in the nfl after his release from the patriots? what's next for the football player who is accused >> [ bleep ]. >> chaos breaks out in a southern california mall. many shoppers thought there was a shooting. what police say started the and and we are well pasts wethe honeymoon phase. oooh lufa. ocupado tom. at&t, what's this i hear about you advertising a 100% fiber network? only like a fraction of my customers can get that. that's it?!? you have such a glass half-empty attitude. the glass is more than half-empty! you need to relax tom. oww! tom, you need a little tom time. a little tt. stop living with at&t. xfinity delivers gig speeds to more homes than anyone. >>> news to build a better bay area, this is "abc 7 mornings." >>> good morning on

grab >> nothing and i think if you are losing "friends" and "the office," no better win here than seinfeldof all times that is a great move for netflix. i fundamentally feel thesere shows that people turn on for background noise because we've seen every episode ten times >> seinfeld i will listen to but i agree that lot of people will put on "the office" or "big bang theory" kind of for like that hug >> yeah, instead of some dark deep devastating original content show that is on netflix right now. >> i don't know if i would consciously put on -- i don't know if i would connecticscioust on t"the big bang theory" or "th office." but it is on a syndicated show that is on some channel that i turn on as babb ground noise but i would say this, every time we say something is peak because you couldn't pay more money for it, it just keeps going higher >> half a billion does seem to be the magic number with these legacy shows >> big bang was most watched show for like 12 "friends," "the office," these are the cream of the crop. we've seen a big win for hbo max. who else if netflix -- if this peacock

netflix striking an exclusive streaming deal for seinfeld.worth a whole lot of something. so jerry, george, kramer, elaine going to netflix. >> discuss me, i think you forgot -- excuse me, i think you forgot my bread. >> $2 extra. >> everyone in front of me got free bread. >> you want bread? >> yes, please. >> $3. >> what? >> no soup for you. [ laughter ] >> one of my favorite episodes, no soup for you. so yes, this is a five-year deal that starts in 2021 on netflix. we don't have pricing just yet. if we go by wall street journal reporting it's worth way much more than what nbcu paid for friends. the office went for $500 million. and so they're saying that basically seinfeld, a show from the 1990s, mind you, the rights probably went for much more given you have the international broadcast rights as well for all 180 episodes. it's a very competitive -- it's very competitive in the streaming wars since we have disney plus launching in november, same thing with apple tv as well and they're underpricing what netflix is offering. the most subscrip

you know what i'm saying [ laughter ] he looks like the puffy shirt from "seinfeld" had sex with a astick you know [ laughter ] spicer's shirt actually went viral, and i think one guy is jealous of all the attention cause it's the only way to explain this i mean that's -- [ laughter ] >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: he shouldn't be doing it [ cheers and applause that's right, sean spicer made his debut on "dancing with the stars" last night. it was so bad, the judges actually turned their chairs around like "the voice." >> steve: really >> jimmy: they didn't even care, yeah [ laughter ] they're changing the rules a lot of people weren't happy that spicer was given a spot on "dancing with the stars" due to his role in the trump administration we got to be careful, or we'll tarnish the great american institution, "dancing with the stars. [ laughter ] let's get to some news here. last night trump held a rally in new mexico and he tried to say the name of a county in new mexico, dona ana, but struggled quite a bit with the pronunciation. check it out >> the donana -- [ laughter ] on the border,

first looking at netflix, now viacom getting a piece of the seinfeld success.omedy central, paramount and tv land parent winning the exclusive kaecable rights to th hit sitcom which will air starting in october 2021. you can see shares are up a little bit over the flat line today, $24.97. >>> meantime, dollar general investors hitting the buy button after morgan stanley raised the price target, pointing to increased confidence by the discount retailer's leadership and long-term plans. trading higher by almost 2%. and chewy shares, an investor's best friend intraday. the online pet goods retailer upgraded to buy. shares more attractive with limited downside. chewy is trading higher by 4.5% as we head into the close. >>> up next, apple thrills with its new tariff exemption while bicycle makers peddal their way to waivers. why are they saying the trade war is still breaking the chain for the business? "the claman countdown" will be right back. oh, wow. you two are going to have such a great trip. yeah, have fun! thanks to you, we will. aw, stop. this is why voya h

and marco underlines the business case for this decision, saying he has seen the entire box of seinfeldes have to be ready gervais is after live, sopranos, peaky blinders, blacklist, i watched that, what are yours question my peaky blinders i love. i have been recommended but i have not started it yet. it is great, but the shorter ones, the documentaries, i'm more interested in those rather than getting to a whole day of watching. that is very lofty , whole day of watching. that is very lofty, watching documentaries. what have you been addicted to most recently. that is not recent, i be doing that for young. killing eve, did you see that? it was something else. bob in the us says the of his is definitely is, and ashley says drive to survive is the bestial netflix but i can't say have seen it. peter wilson said himself and his wife watches peaky blinders on netflix and it is historically based so they love the drama. thank you for joining so they love the drama. thank you forjoining us. thanks for your company. there's been a lot of corporate stories we've not been able to mention this m

they thought pay up for a cult classic like "seinfeld."hat popular on hulu believe it or not. "seinfeld" is streaming on hulu. according to sources it accounts less than 1% of total viewership. my favorite episode guys has to be the keith hernandez one. the mystery lugi, where it went. that is. brian: he named his book i am keith hernandez off the "seinfeld" episode. all the things he did in his career, they remember "seinfeld." ainsley: what about elaine dancing? steve: that was good. what about the junior mint winding up in the guy's heart during the open-heart surgery. brian: predictable. steve: indeed. susan, i guess we'll look at this. ainsley: there it is. brian: elaine dancing. ainsley: it is great. steve: this show was such a landmark program. that woman went on to become vice president. president of the united states on hbo. ainsley: such a funny show. reporter: that is how i dance at the christmas party by the way. brian: we're about to find out. ainsley: i have a friend used to do that as a joke. everyone at the wedding was like

netflix with rights to seinfeld after losing friends and the office the wework ceo postponing the ipons committed to the public offering by the end of this year. tuesday, september 17, 2019. "squawk box" begins right now. >> announcer: live from new york where business never sleeps. this is "squawk box. >> good morning, everybody welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc let's look at u.s. equity few y turs nasdaq down by about 14 points this comes after a down day yesterday. muted losses with what is happening with the oil patch and concerns in the middle east. it did end an eight-day win streak for the dow red arrows across the board but pretty modest losses oil prices were up sharply wti and brent both up about 14%.

. >> it will be interesting to see if young kids take to seinfeld the way they took to "the office" and "friends." >> it is gold. >>> thanks to our international viewers were joining us. >>> for our u.s. viewers, quali"early start" continues right now. ♪ >>> i don't want war with anybody. i'm not looking to get into new conflict. but sometimes you have to. >> the president is staring down competing interests on iran. big threats or make a big deal? overnight, the supreme leader says talks are off the table. >>> the first impeachment hearing is today. but don't expect to hear much from three witnesses, if two show up, on orders from the white house. >>> and an "snl" cast member fired for comments. we'll look at shane gillis this morning. >>> from jerusalem, tehran, and riyadh. >>> we begin with president trump caught between competing interests over an attack on a saudi oil facilitfacility. the president is trying to please his hawkish allies and trying to keep the u.s. out of another middle east conflict. mr. trump says it looks like iran is behind that attack. one day after he said thi

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you see the prices for "the big bang theory," "seinfeld," as a couple, are we in a classic arms racewe are. whenever there's a content race. the companies really win and the content they have is going to make a big difference. it's why kevin maher of disney made what he did at the same time these companies are going to continue to produce and they're going to -- there's going to be a lot of competition for producers, people out there who can produce actors it's going to be a world where people are going to buy multiple services ands each of these companies will try to outspend itself. >> thank you for joining us. >> that inch you. >> the dow just went positive. both that and the s&p are at about a break even right now after the break, we're going to take look at the autonomous box now delivering your pizza. "squawk alley" is back in just a up omites. ♪ keeping the night interesting, is all about setting the right tone. ♪ lower carbs. lower calories. higher expectations. ♪ the light beer you've been waiting for has arrived. corona premier. has arrived. by the way, she's the it wasnext

before we go, netflix has announced seinfeld, one of the most popular sitcoms in television history,ervice from 2021. the deal comes after netflix suffered the loss of two popular licensed tv shows, friends and the office in recent months. let's look at the markets. as you can see, asia—pacific bourses have open for trading. japan was closed yesterday due to a public holiday but it has open and lacklustre trade today, not much going on in the nikkei 225, down by a 10th of a percent and the all 0rdinaries giving back 0.3%. in about 50 minutes we will see the latest from the hong kong stock exchange and the hang seng index. thank you so much for investing your time with us. i'm rico hizon. sport today is coming up next. this is bbc news. the top stories this hour: luxembourg's prime minister has launched a furious attack on the british government and its approach to brexit. president trump has pointed the finger for the attack on saudi arabia's oil facilities, saying, "it looks like it was iran". the supermarket chain aldi says it plans to open an average of one new store in the uk eve

that will make jerry seinfeld now a billionaire.ictures for the streaming rights reportedly worth more than $500 million. because jerry seinfeld obviously needs more money. i mean, good lord, that's a lot of cash. maria: sure is. dagen: the most overrated television show in modern television history. it's just not that good. cheryl: about nothing. maria: he show about nothing. dagen: way to go, he netflix. maria: impeachment inquiry and the workplace, what hr experts are saying about the political battle's potentially toxic effect. the galaxy fold is out today and we have that and the latest iphone in studio. we're going to do comparison shopping here. back in a minute. ♪ jesus, save me. ♪ blue jean, baby. ♪ born in the usa. ♪ trailer park, truck stop, new york to la. ♪ we were teenage dreaming [ soft piano music playing ] mm, uh, what do you do for fun? -not this. ♪ -oh, what am i into? mostly progressive's name your price tool. helps people find coverage options based on their budget. flo has it, i want it, it's a whole thing, and

and then the led out was "seinfeld". >> when i'll driving i let people ahead of me all the time.lways waving everybody in go ahead, go ahead, go ahead. >> oh. >> no, don't, stop cleansing my ora. >> pilots are difficult because your job is to give a lot of ex position and background. >> everybody, this is rachel. another lincoln high survivor. this is chandler and phoebe and joey and you remember my brother ross? >> sure. >> oh, god. >> and you're also doing kind of a sell job on an audience why they are supposed to like these people and possibly tune in next week. >> you okay, sweetie? >> i feel like someone reached down my throat, grabbed my small intestine, pulled it out of my mouth and tied it around my neck. cookie? >> you don't know what's going to hit. the dream was let's not get cancelled after six episodes. that was our goal. >> you're the only person i knew who lived here in the city who wasn't invited to the wedding. >> i was kind of hoping that wouldn't be an issue. >> you know, what i remember is that when they tested it, it didn't do that well which is very scary. >

they struck a deal with 30 pictures for the global streaming rights to seinfeld beginning in 2021.well above the speculated $5 million. the new streaming service paid to take the office away from netflix. the amount is unconfirmed by netflix. >> i have a few of those series on my dvd, it's a lot easier to look it up on netflix. >> i'm sure seinfeld fans are very happy. >> good to see you, thanks so much. >>> new information about a deadly gas explosion. coming up, what we are learning about the victims and why this tragedy could've been a lot worse. >>> another breezy day today, but dry. tracking the next weather system, i will say future costs and the chance for showers, coming up. >>> delays on highway 4+ a crash on 680. details, coming up. if we can't offer you faster speed or better savings than your current internet service, we'll give you 300 dollars for your time. call now to get your comcast business 10 minute advantage. comcast business. beyond fast. >>> good tuesday morning. it is 5:43, here's a live look at the tower camera. they are blinking brightly this morning under

right now hulu has domestic streaming rights to "seinfeld."s most of the foreign rights. we don't have a dollar number for how much netflix is spending on this, but it is reportedly more than the $500 million that nbc universal reportedly played for the office. those are the other most popular shows that are in this streaming wars right now. what we are really seeing is all of the different giants pay up for the library properties that are considered so valuable for consumers. big investment there by netflix to kick in in 2021. stock is trading down just a third of a percent. >> coming off the lows of that. thank you. julia boorstin out in l.a. >>> we're answering your questions on mcdonald's, square, southwest and more. you still have time to reach us or tweet us. "halftime report" is back in just 30 seconds. >>> according to our data partners, two weeks after similar moves, the trend continues with gains of another 3.5% trading positively about 70% of the time. for more, go to cnbc.com/kensho. >> let's answer questions now. southwest airline

the company announced today it will start streaming all 180 episodes of seinfeld beginning next year. the addition of seinfeld is a major boost for netflix, which will soon be losing both friends and the office. both of those shows are two of the most popular on netflix. >>> pg&e headed to court over the deadly tubbs fire in sonoma county. the trial date now set. >>> and plus a look at a section of the gas pipeline that's exposed to the schools. east bay residents say they are scared that you're standing next to it. >> chief meteorologist bill martin will show you when there is another chance for some sprinkles. >>> victims will have a chance to persuade a jury that pg&e is to blame. a superior court judge in san francisco ruled today that 18 plaintiffs can go to trial. now they will argue that pg&e's power lines started the tubbs fire. the trial is expect today begin on january 7. >>> people in lafayette are worried about pg&e pipeline that are exposed to the elements. and that pipeline is at the regional park if lafayette. ktvu andrew senior hiked in today to see that pike firsthand

thed not watch "seinfeld" first time around.aybe this is my opportunity to watch it. >> thank you for the business round up. stay with us on france 24. we will bring you plenty more headlines after a very short break here on france 24. ♪ [people singing] david lipson: forget brazil, barcelona, or manchester. this is indonesian football. simic: indonesia is, like, insane. the fans here are one of the craziest in the world. lipson: for millions, football here is a reason to live... yusuf: it's more than life. ha ha ha! lipson: and far too often, a reason to kill. it's one of the world's most dedeadly leagues to be a fan. [siren] since 1994, 74 supporters have died in soccer-related violence.

jerry seinfeld laughing all the way to the bank.urrent show and the '90s sitcom, have a billion bucks. terms are not always public knowledge. >> the money is going to go to people who own the show. whoever owns the show might be different depending on whatever those business terms were for those shows. reporter: neil, previous syndication deals for archival shows such as "friends," "seinfeld" allow actors to get a cut of action with studios keeping lion's share. new deals for new content are lump sums. streaming platforms will own the shows as they build libraries. that is a important move for non-studio streamers such as netflix and apple. welcome to the golden age of tv studio streaming star system. making new content? j.j. abrams and shonda rhimes scored massive deals to lend credibility to streamers. i'm told those deals may leave less cash for other producers who don't have name value. big up front guaranties are nice. producers, writers, actors, will not make the huge money on future syndication deals they have in the past few

seinfeld currently streams on disney's hulu in the u.s. and on amazon prime internationally. tag here more than 500 million dollars. and finally, sad news to share with you tonight, cokie roberts, the legendary journalist has died at the age of 75 after battling breast cancer. she worked in television, public radio and publishing for more than 40 years. now during her storied career, cokie roberts served as abc news chief congressional analyst as a correspondent for the news hour and also wrote several new york times best-selling books. that's cokie roberts passed away. coming up, why a powerful house republican absolutely tore into former fbi director james comey. it's a doozy, and comey has gotten more famous saying he doesn't think there will be findings of significant misconduct against him in the up coming fisa probe from the doj ig. and to "new york times" engulfed in chaos after its botched story of supreme court justice kavanaugh. critics say the new york times misinformed readers once again as progressive squad member presley introduces a new resolution to impeach ju

week on each of those offerings and content buys as a crowded space competes over hit shows like "seinfeldd "the big bang theory" not to mention their own original content joining us to discuss, lara ipho and laura martin good morning, guys, good to see you. this is getting crazy. the price tags for some of these shows that are decades old is this a reasonable chase of content right here >> it's war, and war is on we're seeing just the only skirmishes there's going to be war on content, billions of dollars will be spent. distribution, the studios against the tech companies everyone will go and shoot against netflix with its 150 million subs, 190 countries, distribution, it's a war of attrition. >> how are we going to know who the losers are >> i think we know who losers are because the marginal price of streaming services is free. apple is going to give you a device and free content even though the posted price is $5. anyone with a kid under 10 is signing up for disney for $3 and nbc announced peacock is free so while the government is whining about the faangs, they are bringing consumer p

>> jerry seinfeld, ron burgundy, and the rolling stones [ laughter ] special guest star k.c.the roots are going to be playing. [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: hey, congratulations that's great >> and jazz vocalist bobby mcferrin [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: what a bill. what an absolute bill. oh, i don't want to miss that one. >> it's tough to land bobby. >> jimmy: you got there though >> we got him. >> jimmy: you got him man. you got him. >> i said i'm not doing it without mcferrin >> jimmy: yeah, you said that? >> and they said well, wait by the phone, but we got him. but tickets are still available for tomorrow night, madison square garden. >> jimmy: madison square garden, a lot of people. a lot of people. >> huge. >> jimmy: i have to be honest, i miss you doing the news. >> well, thank you >> jimmy: do you miss doing the news >> of course i do. of course i do >> jimmy: yeah >> anyone who has walked away from the news game, any former journalist who says they don't miss it is lying and i'm talking to you, tom brokaw [ light laughter ] get your [ bleep ] together and get ba

netflix has won a bidding war for seinfeld.eaming platform is getting the rights to all 180 episodes of the classic that come starting from 2021. -- the classic sitcom coming from -- starting from 2001. we have learned it because the streaming service $130 million over six years. reportingrk times is president trump's tax returns are being subpoenaed by a manhattan prosecutor as the da examine touch money paid to stormy daniels. formove widens the effort tax records trump has refused to disclose. global news 24 hours a day on air and at tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. coming up, president trump says the u.s. and japan have released -- have reached an initial trade agreement, clearing the white house to focus on china. is up and tliv running. we will be seeing action through the day. a live shot for you there as you can see, the israeli election is underway. , so let'se this year see what the turnout numbers are like. tliv function, monitor the e

>> no young people are going to start watching ""seinfeld.netflix at $12.99 and support would add services apple will be free when you have an apple device. going down in cost for consumers and going up in terms of their price for what it costs to get conten whoever holds their breath the longest will win here. >> for everybody, the deals that are going to happen in this space as this consolidates to three or four could be -- >> it is going to be a blood bath >> moving right along. facebook is now going to have its own supreme court. that's what mark zuckerberg is calling it the company released plans f a new governing body to handle controversial content on its website. this will make binding decisns on content moderation. >> it's about time don't you think? shouldn't they have done something like this when they started the company? >> they should hire an editorial staff. people who used to work. that is effect ofly what they're acknowledging. you need human editors of the news process >> here you have a billion people creating content. this

"seinfeld" is considered one of the best tv shows of all time.lacement show in 1989 and >>> nike's pairing with colin kaepernick has won an emmy award. the ad won for outstanding commercial yesterday at the crrts emmy awards. it features kaepernick alongside other sports stars including serena williams and lebron james who have reached beyond their athletic achiements to support and advance political and social causes. deite some opposition to the ad like a missouri college dropping the brand, the company's stock hit an all-time high. >>> donald trump is about to make his first visit to the bay area as president. >> just ahead, we're learning more about where he will go while here and how officers are planning to deal with possible protests. >>> and details about the latest claim of sexual harassment against now supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. what a former yale classmate of his told the fbi. >> all that's ahead. but fist let's take you outside live for a look at the golden gate bridge. nice and sunny over there in that part of the bay are