‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Renewed for Season 12 by HBO

Curb Your Enthusiasm is coming back for Season 12! The long-running Larry David-led sitcom, which first hit television screens in October 2001, is officially returning to HBO after airing the Season 11 finale last December.

The show stars David, who also co-created Seinfeld, as an “over-the-top version of himself in an unsparing but tongue-in-cheek depiction of his fictionalized life.” He “acts” as a semi-retired writer and producer working out of Los Angeles, with the exception of Season 8, which took place in New York City.

The sitcom also features Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, J.B. Smoove, Cheryl Hines, Richard Lewis, Vince Vaughn, and Ted Danson.

“Larry outdoes himself season after season and always manages to come back when the audience needs him most,” Amy Gravitt, HBO programming EVP said in a press release provided to Decider. “We’re thrilled for him, Jeff Schaffer, and our phenomenal cast to continue making us laugh and cringe in equal measure.”

In the same release, David added that “playing the role of Larry David has been the greatest honor of my life.”

He continued, “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.”

As for where his character’s story is going to take him, executive producer Jeff Schaffer told The Hollywood Reporter that David was “not ready to die” upon filming a Season 11 scene where he “meets his demise.”

“We’ve figured out an arc and now it’s just about putting together the funniest episodes,” he told the outlet. “We’re so micro that we’re not even worried about the macro right now. We’re still brick-by-brick building all the houses. There is some really funny stuff.”

While there is no word yet on the Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 premiere date, or when it will begin production, all 11 seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm can be streamed now on HBO Max.