The Larry Sanders Show

It's powered by its creator's agonizing awareness of the banality of late-night talk shows and the urgent need to destroy them.

The passing of the comedy torch.

September 23, to be precise.

Garry Shandling's beloved '90s sitcom is returning to HBO. According to The Wrap, Shandling and HBO made a deal before his death to bring The Larry Sanders Show back to the network, which will air the show both live on the air and on its [...]

As part of a deal Garry Shandling negotiated with the network before his death.

Shandling died Thursday at the age of 66.

A publicity rep for Shandling confirmed his death.

Jeffrey Tambor was a guest on yesterday's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, so they had him guest announce the show and do the Hank Kingsley applause/applesauce intro from The Larry Sanders Show over a black-and-white credits sequence that paid [...]

"[It was] one of the great auditions of my life ... That evening, around 5 p.m., I called and I said, 'May I speak to Garry?' ... He came on the line. I said, 'I've never done this in my entire career, but I really want to play Hank. I would [...]

Like that time he used the C-word instead of the B-word. Hey now!

Meta vs. vérité, Troy and Abed vs. Larry and Artie.

We kick off our Sitcom Smackdown, a bracket that pits Cheers, The Simpsons, 30 Rock, Arrested Development, and twelve more comedy greats against each other to find the ultimate champion.

Upon its 40th anniversary, our TV critic looks back at the cable network's greatest achievements.

Entertainment Weekly reunited some classic TV and movie casts for this month’s reunion issue, including Arrested Development, Cheers, and National Lampoon’s Vacation, but today, EW published an interview with Garry Shandling and a reunion video [...]

The HBO show premiered twenty years ago today.

When television geeks use the phrase “single-camera sitcom,” they’re talking about a certain kind of show. People don’t generally refer to The Brady Bunch or Gilligan’s Island that way, though it’s technically correct — neither show is [...]

Former Larry Sanders Show writer/producer Peter Tolan is developing a new show for HBO. He’ll be working on it with creator Nick Schenk, the writer of Gran Torino (you know, that hilarious film where some old dude says racist things to a bunch [...]

He subbed in for Hig on Jimmy Fallon last night.

Jeffrey Tambor stopped by Late Night last night to promote tomorrow night's premiere of Bent on NBC, and he dropped a couple of his catchphrases from roles past. "There's always money in the banana stand." "Hey now." Unfortunately his [...]

The Best Sitcom Episode Ever Tournament is pitting 32 of the greatest episodes of funny TV shows ever produced against each other in a single-elimination winner-takes-all (well, takes-nothing) competition. Every day, we're putting up episodes [...]