George realizes he doesn't need Jerry as an inroad to NBC; he's his own inroad! He pitches them his life story and calls it 'The Costanza Chronicles'. Tina Fey happens to be passing by the meeting and makes the off-the-cuff comment 'He should just have cameras follow him around everywhere.' The execs overhear it and 'Consanza' is born. He gets carte blanche in choosing his cast, so he quickly tosses aside the old gang and hires Kenny Bania to play his accountant/best friend, Kathy Griffin as Bania's wife, and Rob Reiner resurrecting his iconic role as Mike Stivic from All in the Family. It's revealed in the pilot that the Costanzas and Stivics lived on the same street in Queens, and part of the reason Mike was so over the top liberal was seeing George grow up made him weep for the future.