{"id":416643,"date":"2026-05-07T18:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/416643\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:13:09","slug":"barack-obama-roasts-larry-david-in-teaser-for-hbo-sketch-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/416643\/","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama Roasts Larry David in Teaser for HBO Sketch Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBeing President of the United States could not prepare Barack Obama<\/a> for Larry David<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn a new teaser for the HBO<\/a> sketch series \u201cLife, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness,\u201d Obama states \u201cI have sat across the table from some of the world\u2019s most difficult leaders and wrestled with some of the globes most intractable problems. Nothing has prepared me for working with Larry David.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tAs Variety reported in July 2025, David and Obama have partnered on the comedy series in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. The logline states, \u201cPresident and Mrs. Obama wanted to honor America\u2019s 250th anniversary and celebrate the unique history of our nation on this special occasion\u2026But then Larry David called.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tThe show will premiere on June 26 at 9 p.m. ET\/PT on HBO and HBO Max and run for seven episodes through Aug. 7. The show stars David, some of his \u201cCurb Your Enthusiasm\u201d co-stars, and a roster of guest actors, as they skewer major events in U.S. history. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe series is written and executive produced by David and co-creator Jeff Schaffer, who also serves as director. It is Executive produced by Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Ethan Lewis, and Vinnie Malhotra for Higher Ground.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis marks David\u2019s latest return to HBO. \u201cCurb Your Enthusiasm\u201d originally aired for eight seasons at the network between 2000 and 2011. It then returned for a ninth season in 2017, a tenth in 2020, an eleventh in 2021, and what was billed as the twelfth and final season in 2024.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCurb Your Enthusiasm\u201d is one of the most popular comedies of the 21st century. The show has received widespread critical and audience acclaim since its original debut. The show received 55 Emmy nominations across 12 seasons among many other awards and accolades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Being President of the United States could not prepare Barack Obama for Larry David. In a new teaser…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[8881,156,2592,100328,177482,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-416643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-barack-obama","tag-entertainment","tag-hbo","tag-larry-david","tag-life-larry-and-the-pursuit-of-unhappiness","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}