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Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm set to have another HBO season

By April MacIntyre Apr 20, 2010, 19:08 GMT

US actor Larry David is baaaack EPA/PAUL BUCK

Swan lovers and fans of the uncomfortable moment taken to high art will enjoy yet another season of HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

The comedic series stars Larry David, and is back for a ten-episode eighth season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, Programming Group and West Coast Operations, HBO.  Production of the new episodes will begin this summer in Los Angeles and New York, with debut slated for 2011.

Lombardo said, “Larry always loves to paint himself into a corner, and after the incredibly wonderful seventh season of Curb, you have to ask, ‘How does he ever top this?’  But he always finds a way.  We can’t wait to see what he does in season eight.”

“After much soul searching – and by the way, it was nowhere to be found – I have decided to do another season of Curb,” says Larry David.  “I look forward to the end of shooting, when I can once again resume the hunt for my elusive soul.  I know it’s here somewhere or perhaps in the rugged mountainous regions of Pakistan.”

The series stars “Seinfeld” co-creator David as a heightened version of himself in an unsparing but tongue-in-cheek depiction of his life.  The series also stars Cheryl Hines as David’s wife Cheryl, Jeff Garlin as David’s manager Jeff and Susie Essman as Jeff’s wife Susie.

With 70 episodes to date, Curb is HBO’s longest-running scripted comedy or drama series.  Season seven inspired critical raves.

But Monsters and Critics wants to know: Will Loretta Black surface again?