Is the 12th season of Curb Your Enthusiasm going to be its final one? Luckily, we now have an answer. According to Deadline, HBO CEO Casey Bloys gave his thoughts on the matter at this morning’s programming presentation.
“We generally leave that up to Larry, and I think he’s thinking about what he wants to do,” said Bloys, “He knows it’s been an open invitation, so I think he’s going to decide if he wants to do more or whether this is going to be the final season, I would guess before it airs.”
Talks of the show ending were at their peak last spring after one of the series producers, Jon Hayman (Sour Grapes, Masque of the Red Death), hinted that the HBO series may be seeing its end after its 12th season in a tweet. Strangely enough, the tweet has since been deleted, and one of the executive producers of the show, Jeff Schaffer (The League, Dave), shot down the comments.
“Reports of our demise have been greatly exaggerated. We literally just finished shooting last week,” said Schaffer, “So, yeah, we’re done.”
Schaffer added that the show’s cast, with Larry David (Seinfeld, The Three Stooges) included, ends each season with the mystery of whether another season is coming.
Curb Your Enthusiasm has been known to take extended breaks in between seasons. For instance, there was a six-year gap between seasons eight and nine. Since then, the comedy series has had a new season every two years.
In an interview from August of 2022 with Schaffer by Indiewire, he stated, “When you sign up to do a season of Curb, you’re signing up to do the final season of Curb. And I finally figured out why. It’s because when Larry does a season, he puts every idea that he really likes into that season. So at the end of the season, there’s this hole — there aren’t any ideas that he really likes — so how could he possibly do another season? He’s the only person on the planet who doesn’t think he’s going to come up with more good ideas.”
Curb Your Enthusiasm is an improvised comedy series that follows the Seinfeld co-creator (Larry David) as he plays an exaggerated version of himself and his annoyances during daily life. The show also stars Ted Danson (Cheers, The Good Place), Vince Vaughn (The Dilemma, Queenpins), and Jeff Garlin (The Goldbergs, Daddy Day Care), just to name a few.
David, Schaffer and Garlin executively produce the show. It is also co-executively produced by Jennifer Corey (Face/Off, Next) and Laura Streicher (Making Waves, Loudermilk.)