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The Baby Shower (Seinfeld) that 12.4% of American households watched the episode, and that 21% of all televisions in use at the time were tuned into it. "The Baby Shower" met with negative responses from critics. Mike Flaherty and Mary Kaye Schilling of "Entertainment Weekly" graded the episode with a D, stating "After a promising opening, this baby quickly degenerates into heavy-handed farce". The episode was ranked third on a list of "Seinfeld"s "Not-so-top episodes", compiled by the "New York Daily News". The Baby Shower (Seinfeld) "The Baby Shower" is the tenth episode of the second season of the NBC sitcom "Seinfeld", and the