Jerry Seinfeld Has Become a Therapist to the Stars

For all the talk about “premium video” online, few ad-supported Web series have made the case that their product is just as good as anything on TV as effectively as Crackle’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, brainchild of Jerry Seinfeld.

The series has won Gold in the Programming Series category in Adweek's first Watch Awards competition, which celebrates the best work and talent in online video.

“He had this idea for a different way to do a talk show that made it very accessible for consumers and was accessible on the go,” says Eric Berger, evp of digital networks and gm of Crackle.