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Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, comedy specials headed to Netflix

Jerry Seinfeld and Netflix have announced a deal that will bring the star's web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee to the streaming service later this year.

10th season to debut on Netflix later this year

Jerry Seinfeld, whose web show Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee has landed a starry guest list including U.S. President Barack Obama, is headed to Netflix. (Crackle/Sony Pictures Television)

Jerry Seinfeld and Netflix have announced a deal that will bring the star's web seriesComedians in Cars Getting Coffeeto the streaming service later this year.

Netflix says new episodes of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffeewill premiere in late 2017 and previous episodes will also be made available.

The show, which debuted its ninth season earlier this month,has streamed on digital network Crackle since its debut in 2012.

Emmy-nominated and a two-time winner of the Producers Guild of America Awardfor best digital series, the unscripted series revolves around Seinfelddriving in a vintage car, chatting with a guest comedian (or two), before heading to a cafe or restaurant for coffee and more snappy conversation.

Seinfeld's highest profile guest was U.S. President Barack Obama. Otherwise, his companions have been a who's who of American comedy, including Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Aziz Ansari, Amy Schumer, Garry Shandling, JuddApatow, Trevor Noah, Margaret Cho, John Oliver, Stephen Colbert andWill Ferrell. He's also had his former Seinfeldcollaborators Michael Richards, Jason Alexander, JuliaLouis-Dreyfusand Larry David on.

Seinfeld, who regularly tours the stand-up circuit, is also set to film two new comedy specials for Netflix, to be released later this year, and will"help develop scripted and non-scripted comedy programming," according to the streaming service.

Terms of the deal haven't been announced.

With files from CBC News