Cue the sad tuba music -Curb Your Enthusiasmhas been curbed. CreatorLarry Davidsays the long-running HBO comedy’s upcoming 12th season will be its last.Deadline reportsthat the show, which premiered all the way back in 2000, will becoming to a conclusion with its next season, which was recently revealed to be premiering in February.
In a statement that may be a touch facetious, creator and star David said “AsCurbcomes to an end, I will now have the opportunity to finally shed this ‘Larry David’ persona and become the person God intended me to be – the thoughtful, kind, caring, considerate human being I was until I got derailed by portraying this malignant character. And so ‘Larry David,’ I bid you farewell. Your misanthropy will not be missed. And for those of you who would like to get in touch with me, you can reach me at Doctors Without Borders.” Given that the show occasionally wentseveral years between seasons,it’s not impossible that the series may yet return, but for now, David seems pretty, pretty, pretty sure that this is the end. The 12th and final season ofCurb Your Enthusiasmwill consist of ten episodes, and will premiere onFebruary 4, 2024; the series finale will debut on April 7.
What is ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’?
Curb Your Enthusiasmbegan as a one-hour metafictional special on HBO,Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm, which saw a fictional version of the comedian andSeinfeldcreator attempt to get back into stand-up comedy after theSeinfeldfinale. While it had some of the hallmarks of the series, includingCheryl Hinesas Larry’s then-wife Cheryl and the show’s trademark “cringe comedy”, it also featured Larry and Cheryl with kids. The kids were abandoned when the show was retooled into a half-hour sitcom, which premiered to great acclaim in 2000. Over the course of the series, Larry has divorced Cheryl, gained a roommate in Leon Black (J.B. Smoove), and presided over hundreds of personal humiliations of his own making.
Curb Your Enthusiasm’s 12th season will feature David, Hines, and Smoove, as well as the series' other supporting cast. That includesJeff Garlinas Larry’s friend and agent, Jeff Greene;Suzie Essmanas Jeff’s acerbic wife, Susie;Vince Vaughnas Freddie Funkhouser, the half-brother of Larry’s friend Marty (the lateBob Einstein);Tracey Ullmanas city councilor (and Larry’s ex-girlfriend) Irma Kostroski, and comedianRichard LewisandCheersstarTed Dansonas themselves.
Curb Your Enthusiasm’s 12th and final season willpremiere Sunday, July 14, 2025, and the rest of the series is streaming on Max in the U.S. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The life and times of Larry David and the predicaments he gets himself into with his friends and complete strangers.
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