Larry David has confirmed that a 12th season of Curb Your Enthusiasm is in the works. There’s no release date set for the next installment of the Curb saga, but the Seinfeld co-creator’s ad-libbed antics will eventually be back on HBO’s airwaves. It’s great that Curb fans have a new season to look forward to, but the producers’ original plan to end with the most recent season would’ve been perfect. In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, David’s co-writer and showrunner Jeff Schaffer revealed the original plans to conclude the series with the season 11 finale.
Schaffer told THR, “Every season is the last season.” David and co. never go into a season of Curb with the intention of making more after it. Making the show is such a huge undertaking – dovetailing storylines, improvising dialogue, cutting hours of filmed material down to brisk 30-minute episodes – that the Curb team never plans more than one season at a time. So, every season functions as a possible final season.
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Some of the show’s season finale episodes would’ve made great series finales. Season 3 ended with Larry showing solidarity to a chef with Tourette’s syndrome by shouting out a series of expletives. Jeff, Cheryl, Richard Lewis, and everyone else in the restaurant follow suit, launching into one sweary tirade after another in quick succession. The camera pushing in through a crowd of restaurant patrons yelling out curse words to the proud look on Larry’s face would’ve been a perfect final shot for the series. Similarly, the season 4 finale would’ve sent Curb out on a high note with Larry’s Broadway debut as Max Bialystock in The Producers. The season 5 finale is literally called “The
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