Though we haven’t had many details yet aboutLarry DavidbringingCurb Your Enthusiasmback to HBO for Season 9 (after five years, it’s worth noting), it seems like the casting is confirming that most of the originals will be back for the new episodes.Ted DansonandMary Steenburgen– who played fictionalized versions of themselves on the series – are both set to return according toTHR, alongside David,Cheryl Hines,Jeff Garlin, andSusie Eastman.
Almost all of those core cast members are currently on TV elsewhere (Danson onThe Good Place, Steenburgen onThe Last Man on Earthas well asBlunt Talk, Hines onSon of Zorn, Garlin onThe Goldbergs), so it’s little wonder that there’s no sense yet of when we might actually see Season 9 due to scheduling. And, those conflicts are also true of the producers as well, sinceDavid MandelhasVeepandAlec BerghaveSilicon Valley(of course, both are also on HBO).
Fellow EPJeff Schaffersaid a few months ago that,
“It won’t be long. It won’t be long. Geologically speaking, it’ll be a blink of an eye. Whether the next season ofCurbcame out one year later, three years later, five years later, 20 years later — detailing the petty behavior of the selfish and the self-serving is an evergreen business […]“We’d love to have everyone back, and I think everyone wants to be back, so it should be business as usual.”
The only major cast member who has not yet been confirmed isJ.B. Smoove, who has been an enormous contributor to the show’s humor in its last few seasons. It would be really disappointing if he didn’t return, so hopefully (per Schaffer’s comments) they’ll be able to work something out.
Curb has gone a lot of places and addressed a lot of things throughout its run, although I tend to think that its best seasons are the ones that stay focused on L.A. and the minutia of Larry’s life there (especially my favorites, Season 2 and Season 7). As far as what we might see in Season 9, well, anything is possible, but it will surely be a welcomed return for David.
