| Curb Your Enthusiasm | |
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| Created by | Larry David |
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| Theme music composer | Luciano Michelini |
| Opening theme | "Frolic" |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 12 |
| No. of episodes | 120 (plus 1 special) (list of episodes) |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 26–59 minutes[1] |
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| Network | HBO |
| Release | October 17, 1999 – April 7, 2024 |
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| Seinfeld | |
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Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American television comedy of manners[2][3] created by Larry David that aired on HBO from October 17, 1999, to April 7, 2024. David stars as a fictionalized version of himself and it follows his life as a semi-retired television writer and producer in Los Angeles and, for one season, New York City. Also starring are Cheryl Hines as his wife Cheryl, Jeff Garlin as his manager and best friend Jeff Greene, Susie Essman as Jeff's wife Susie, and J. B. Smoove as Larry's housemate Leon Black. It often features celebrity guest stars, many of them playing fictionalized versions of themselves, including Ted Danson, Richard Lewis, Wanda Sykes, Rosie O'Donnell, and Jon Hamm.
The sitcom was developed from a 1999 one-hour special, Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm, which David and HBO originally envisioned as a one-time project. It was shot as a mockumentary, in which the characters were aware of the presence of cameras and a crew. The series, while not in documentary form, was shot in a somewhat similar cinéma vérité-like style.[4] As with Seinfeld, which David co-created, the humor of Curb Your Enthusiasm often revolves around the minutiae of everyday social life. Each episode's plot and subplot is established in an outline written by David, and the actors largely improvise the dialogue,[4] a technique known as retroscripting. In Season 7, the series began producing and airing episodes in high definition.
Curb Your Enthusiasm received high critical acclaim and has grown in popularity since its debut. It was nominated for 55 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series for eleven of its twelve seasons.[5] It won the 2002 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy.[6] It aired for eight mostly consecutive seasons until 2011, and resumed with a ninth season in 2017. The tenth season aired in 2020 and the eleventh in 2021. The series was renewed for a twelfth and final season that premiered on February 4, 2024, and the series finale aired on April 7, 2024.
- ^ "Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seasons 1–8". iTunes. October 15, 2000. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ Morris, Wesley (April 5, 2024). "Larry David's Rule Book for How (Not) to Live in Society". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ Remnick, David (April 8, 2024). "No Kaddish for 'Curb'". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ a b Richmond, Ray (July 2003). "Unscripted: Directing HBO's Improv Comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm". DGA Magazine. Archived from the original on May 30, 2009. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
- ^ "Curb Your Enthusiasm". Emmys.com. Television Academy. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
- ^ "Curb Your Enthusiasm: About the Show". HBO. Archived from the original on September 26, 2010. Retrieved December 27, 2010.