The April 7 finale had a first-night audience of 1.1 million viewers on HBO and Max (including replays), which was the best performance for Curb since the Season 10 finale drew 1.4 million cross-platform viewers in March 2020. The initial airing on HBO drew 530,000 viewers — about 51% higher than the show’s linear average for the previous nine episodes — with streaming on Max and replays contributing the remaining 570,000 viewers.
Curb Your Enthusiasm is known for inviting guest actors onto the HBO improv comedy series to play versions of themselves and go toe-to-toe with Larry David’s onscreen persona. The latest actress to do so was Lori Loughlin, who came on the sixth episode of the 12th and final season to confront her post-college admissions scandal reputation in Hollywood. The setup was that Loughlin, who loves to play golf, was being black-balled from L.A. country clubs due to her role in the 2019 scandal. (Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli were among the high-profile parents charged with paying fixers to get their children into top U.S. universities, nicknamed Operation Varsity Blues by the FBI.)
Larry David is pretty ready to say goodbye to TV’s Larry David. HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm is likely to end with the already announced 12th season, sources say. The forthcoming season, which does not yet have a premiere date, wrapped filming this week and the final episode felt like a homecoming, according to a source.
Larry David’s comedy is the longest-running scripted series ever on the premium cabler.
The show stars Seinfeld co-creator Larry David as a heightened version of himself. Season 10 also starred Susie Essman, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, Richard Lewis, J.B. Smoove, and Ted Danson. The series is famously shot without a script and cast members are given scene outlines and improvise lines as they go.
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NEW YORK (AP) — No need to curb your enthusiasm at this news: Larry David is bringing back his HBO comedy series for a ninth season. No further details […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors won’t be filing charges of vandalism against “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actor Jeff Garlin after he was accused of smashing a car window in a dispute […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police say “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actor and comedian Jeff Garlin has been arrested on a felony vandalism charge after a dispute with another motorist […]
Five out of six best drama series slots were claimed by cable shows, both premium and basic, with the sixth going to PBS. Broadcast networks, which had controlled the comedy genre last year, lost fully half of that turf to Girls, Veep and Curb Your Enthusiasm, all HBO.
HBO has asked its distribution partner, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, to pull Curb Your Enthusiasm and Entourage from their syndicated runs due to low ratings.
