President Obama to Appear on Jerry Seinfeld Series

By R. Thomas Umstead
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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President Barack Obama will appear in the new season of Jerry Seinfeld’s Crackle series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, the OTT service said Monday.

Obama will be the first guest for the series’ seventh season which debuts next Wednesday (Dec. 30), according to company officials. Other guests scheduled to appear during season seven include Will Ferrell, Steve Martin, Garry Shandling, Kathleen Madigan and Sebastian Maniscalco.

“Like everything else Jerry Seinfeld does, he has managed to break records with Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee – we’re so proud of this season that we just couldn’t wait until the New Year for people to see it,” said Eric Berger, Crackle general manager and executive VP for Sony Pictures Television Digital Networks.

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R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.