Curb Your Enthusiasm had six years worth of awkwardness to unleash, resulting in denser, longer episodes

Variety

Larry David’s HBO comedy will be slightly different when it returns Sunday after a six-year hiatus -- not only will episodes will be super-sized, they'll also be denser. Executive producer Jeff Schaffer explains, “That’s the one thing we were rusty at: Guestimating how long these shows were going to be based on how much we were putting in. We were in the editing room last week editing episodes nine and 10 and I asked, “How could we have ever thought this show could have been a half hour?” We went back to look at the outline and said, “What were we thinking? There are like 30 scenes!” The longest run time is going to be episode 10, the season finale. I don’t have an exact time because we haven’t finished editing it, but it’s big. Closer to an hour. HBO was very generous with their time!

ALSO:

• If he does another season, David won’t wait five years

• David recalls starting filming on the morning after Trump was elected
• J.B. Smoove is the true star of Curb — Leon Black steals the show
• Curb’s first two episodes of the season — which TV critics did not see in advance -- are pretty, pretty good 
• Ranking every Curb episode: "Palestinian Chicken" is No. 1
• Another ranking of every episode: "The Freak Book" is No. 1
• Curb’s Top 10 food moments
• How Curb Your Enthusiasm heals the world