CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM Likely Ending With Season 12 at HBO
The upcoming 12th season of HBO’s longest-running scripted series, Curb Your Enthusiasm, is likely its last. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the 12th season, which wrapped production last week, ended with a “final episode” that “felt like a homecoming.”
Jon Hayman, writer and producer on Curb, shared in a since-deleted tweet a photo of himself with the show’s creator and star, Larry David, and executive producer Jeff Schaffer filming what he called the final episode. He wrote, “Maybe you love the show. Maybe you hate the show. Maybe you don’t give a shit. In any event, shooting the last scene of the last episode of the final season.”
Curb co-star Richard Lewis also tweeted about filming his last-ever scene of the series, saying: “There I was a few hours ago in my trailer on location to shoot my last scene of #Curb12,” he wrote. “Hard to believe we started in 2000. The cast and crew all knew we were working for a genius. When that rarity happens, no one ever takes a moment for granted. We love you LD.”
While this all feels very final, it’s widely known that HBO has long had an open-door policy with Curb, and defers to the creator and star on whether or not David wants to return. As his longtime collaborator, Schaffer has explained previously that every season is always the last, until David decides creatively that he has more ideas.
A source says David’s current pact with HBO is up this year, so if he opts to return to Curb — which he’s done in the past — it would require him to ink a new pact with HBO.
When announcing the Season 12 renewal, David had this to say about his Emmy-winning and decades-spanning role:
“Playing the role of Larry David has been the greatest honor of my life. In researching this multi-faceted, multi-talented man, I discovered that there’s more to him than I ever could have imagined: He speaks six languages, brines his own pickles, and spearheads a national movement to install a bidet in every home. I’ve also been told from numerous sources that he is the most generous of lovers. I am so excited to once again transform into this force of nature. I only pray that I can do him justice.”
Larry David has created yet another genius comedy series in his post-Seinfeld career. I know that if this is the final season, it’s going to be great, and we have 12 whole seasons to go back and enjoy. But if he has more ideas up his sleeve in the coming years, we will be here for that too!