LOS ANGELES, CA — HBO has renewed the hit comedy series "Curb Your Enthusiasm," starring Larry David, 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.

Said Lombardo, "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."

"Curb Your Enthusiasm" stars "Seinfeld" co-creator David as an over-the-top 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.

Concluding its seventh season last November, with 70 episodes to date, "Curb Your Enthusiasm" is HBO's longest-running scripted comedy or drama series. Season seven inspired critical raves, with the Washington Post calling the show "side-splitting," and hailing David as "the best thing to happen to TV comedy," while Newsday declared, "Larry David is a comic genius," and the Boston Globe described the series as "the funniest show on television."