New Seinfeld Show? Not bloody likely . . .

Considering that Friday is April 1st, this "contest" being run by a local Seattle station has all of the markings of an April Fool's Day hoax.

The premise of this contest is that Jerry Seinfeld is back at NBC and casting a new show that has been called both a sitcom and a reality show during the on-the-air promotion of the contest. The show is "looking for new talent to cast in the show & they have partnered with [the radio station] to find 5 of Seattle's 'best' to audition for Jerry this Saturday at an undisclosed hotel . . . . Jerry will pick his favorite 5 of all the people that come in to audition." The contest appears to have the cooperation of Jerry Seinfeld.

Here are some markers that this a hoax:

1. Has anyone read about or heard about this show other than on this station? Wouldn't Seinfeld's return to TV, and his return with Larry David to NBC in particular (as "Casting director Michael Dunlop" let "slip" on the air on Tuesday morning), be among the biggest entertainment news of the day? If you run a Internet search, you will find no information about this project.

2. The project is apparently secret, yet it is being broadcast over the radio and on the Internet at the morning host's website (note that the station's website does not mention the contest at all).

3. The name of the show is "Jerry," which just happens to be the name of the show that the Jerry and George characters created for NBC on the Seinfeld show.

4. The date that the aspiring performers are to line up at the radio station's studios for their auditions is Friday, April 1st.

Seems pretty obvious to me.

UPDATE
Andy Savage, the morning host running the contest on the station in question (Seattle's KRQI-FM, 96.5 K-Rock) had Seinfeld on the air talking about the contest, which indicates, as stated above, that Seinfeld is in on the hoax.