Larry David "Curb Your Enthusiasm". He was nominated for an Emmy award 19 times for "Seinfeld", winning twice – once for best comedy and once for writing. The HBO cable television channel aired David's 1-hour special, "", on October 17, 1999. This was followed by "Curb Your Enthusiasm", a television series on HBO that aired its first episode on October 15, 2000. The show revisits many of the themes of "Seinfeld", and is improvised from a story outline only several pages long that David writes (as of the 5th season, additional writers were hired). The actors improvise their dialogue based on the
The Larry Sanders Show of the series were made in this season: "Everybody Loves Larry", in which Larry starts suspecting that David Duchovny has sexual feelings for him; "My Name is Asher Kingsley", in which Hank explores his Jewish roots; "Ellen, or Isn't She?", in which Larry and Artie try to find if Ellen DeGeneres is really a lesbian; "The New Writer", in which Wendy (Sarah Silverman) begins working as a writer, much to Phil's dismay; "The Book", in which Larry writes an autobiography; "Pain Equals Funny", in which Paula leaves the show; and the season finale, "Larry's New Love", in which Hank is