why was seinfeld a hit?

I think it's because not only was the show hilarious but because it was also so real. Everyone can relate to one thing or the other with that one. Like the episode with "man hands" I know a girl like that too, and everytime I see her or her hands, I'm reminded of that episode. I also think that it's in a way very true, as most people have a very diverse group of friends where everyone is so different. So it's just so much that is real and the tragedies that are so funny to us in the show actually happen to us from time to time too. I mean we've all been like George at some point of our lives where we just can't catch a break.

Because its a show about nothing!

I loved it because they just pinned so many words and phrases! "You double-dipped the chip!" "You de-gifted and then re-gifter!" "Soup nazi" "close talker" "sponge-worthy"...I could keep going on and on! LOL. I love that show, I often just quote it and it's so funny when it's among friends who also love the joke, it becomes sort of an inside joke. Hehe!

It was very funny and irreverant and the writers kept coming up with funny and unique situations for the characters. Also, just like Jerry's and George's tv show on the show, it was a show basically about nothing. While ordinary in some ways the characters were very odd in most ways, especially Kramer. And they people they interacted with were odd also.