Curb Your Enthusiasm main characters travel to New York City, where the rest of the season is set. On June 14, 2016, it was announced that Larry David would be returning for a ninth season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" after a five-year hiatus. He announced his return: "In the immortal words of Julius Caesar, 'I left, I did nothing, I returned.'" In addition to David, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman, J.B. Smoove, Bob Einstein, Richard Lewis, Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen also returned. Guest stars included Bryan Cranston, Lauren Graham, Jimmy Kimmel, Nick Offerman, Elizabeth Banks, Ed Begley Jr., Carrie Brownstein, Nasim
Curb Your Enthusiasm culminates in a season finale that often features the return of many of the characters that appeared throughout the season. The style and the characters of the show are introduced across a series of mostly isolated episodes, in the only season without a major story arc. Cheryl is tired of Larry not working, so he begins to develop a new television show, initially with guest stars Jason Alexander and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (George and Elaine, respectively, on "Seinfeld") as themselves. But Larry's constant social faux pas ruin the chances of the show being financed by a major television network. Larry invests