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Seinfeld, the catch-phrase TV comedy of the '90s, ended its nine-year network run Thursday. Catch the coverage from the pages of the St. Petersburg Times and try out some other Seinfeld sites on the Web. Jerry Seinfeld waves goodbye to the audience after a Thursday appearance on Jay Leno'sTonight show.[AP photo] Bay area fans say goodbye NBC estimates 76-million viewers Much adieu about nothing nd so it ends: not with laughs, but with the whimper of a 75-minute show that truly was about nothing. America has said goodbye to its top-rated TV comedy, Seinfeld, and it wasn't nearly as funny as we might have hoped. Which is no surprise. No finale could have matched the months of hype that led to this final bow. Besides, Thursday's 75-minute goodbye episode violated a cardinal rule of all Seinfeld episodes: It was trying way too hard. It's an irony any real Seinfeld fan can appreciate: in trying so hard to make this show mean something it really did turn into nothing. Jerry was right. It's time to let go. Click here to read the entire story Sein-ing off Seinfeld, the sitcom about four neurotic, self-absorbed New Yorkers. John Lelekis has heard that before. But, even as others tuned in the NBC show just to chuckle at the antics of Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer, the Belleair pharmacist watched with his children, spinning the show's convoluted misadventures into family talks on the deeper issues of life. Deeper issues? On Seinfeld? Continued Soup for you! And how There was no talk of the "Soup Nazi," the eccentric restaurateur on Seinfeld who sells his soup strictly by the rules on the wall and shouts "No soup for you" if anyone dare challenge him. Yet this was clearly the man who inspired the legendary character. On Home Shopping, he's known as the "Soup Man." Al Yeganeh made it plain during his brief Home Shopping debut that he doesn't need no stinking sitcom to sell his soups. The quality of his creations stands on its own, he said. A newsroom taste test of the four-soup package Home Shopping and Yeganeh are offering to the masses proves him right. Continued These plots didn't often thicken As a TV critic, I'd always wondered why some writers for television shows were paid so well -- Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, for instance, has earned a reported $100-million for his efforts. Click here to continue The Real Kramer's Reality Tour NEW YORK -- Judy Juan watches as a harried assistant tapes a sign alongside the tour bus she will soon board, a smile playing across her face. Just in from Tampa, she and her husband Carl joined a group of family and friends for an excursion that would prove to be an Seinfeld fan's dream: a tour of New York hosted by the guy who inspired Michael Richard's legendary Cosmo Kramer character -- ex-stand up comic Kenny Kramer. Click here to to continue Monumental nothingness For a show about nothing, there sure is a lot of something to Seinfeld. Click here to continue Call it SeinfoodClick here to continue More coverage from the Times: Thank goodness and what's next? (March 29, 1998) 'Seinfeld' chef now has soup for you (March 27, 1998) 'Seinfeld' show's end boosts business for real-life Kramer (Jan. 14, 1998) ©Copyright 1997 St. Petersburg Times. All rights reserved.