3. Curb Your Enthusiasm
How many times have artists announced their retirements or the end of a series, only to change their minds? Larry David might just be contrary enough to mean it though. The 12th season of the show in which he plays the crankiest man in show business, a fictional version of himself, will apparently be the last, according to David and HBO. The trailer says Larry has “one final act”, adding the kind of line that has given Curb its cult-like fandom: “Don’t be mad he’s leaving. Be mad he stayed so long”. The show’s core group will return, including Cheryl Hines as Larry’s now ex-wife, Cheryl, JB Smoove as his housemate, Leon, Jeff Garland as his manager, Jeff, and Susie Essman as Jeff’s wife, Susie, the person most likely to yell at Larry all the time. Jeff Schaffer, the series’ executive producer, has already tried to walk back the idea that it’s ending, telling Deadline, “Every season is the last season. It’s been this way forever.” David, he said, is “the only one who thinks he’s never going to have another good idea”.
Curb Your Enthusiasm premieres 4 February on HBO in the US and 5 February on Sky Comedy and Now in the UK.
