This week I started watching The Larry Sanders Show, much to my satisfaction. An important predecessor to more recent hits like Curb Your Enthusiasm (also HBO) and Arrested Development (also starring Jeffrey Tambor), Sanders chronicles the life of a late-night talk show host, played by Gary Shandling, and his trials and tribulations trying to balance a show buisness career, a marriage, and his own sanity. The large cast of characters include a few real gems: in addition to Tambor, the show includes Rip Torn, Janeane Garafolo, and Jeremy Piven.


Give it a shot.

(Oh, and one last thing: The Larry Sanders Show occupies this unique space in time where television shows had become racy, and thus interesting, yet still had to star inherently likable characters. How refreshing.)