February 4 - 10, 2024
After 24 years and 12 seasons, Larry David is pulling the plug on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” The final season premieres Sunday, Feb. 4, on HBO and Max.
Larry David stars in “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
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BY JAY BOBBIN
James Stewart OF THE JIMMY STEWART SHOW ON NBC Q: I always enjoy watching James Stewart’s movies. Did he ever do a television series? A: Actually, he did a couple of them. The first was NBC’s appropriately titled comedy “The Jimmy Stewart Show” (197172), in which he played a college professor living a relatively tranquil life with his son’s (Jonathan Daly) family under the same roof. Also featuring Julie Adams as the Stewart character’s wife, the show also had Stewart playing his alter ego’s grandfather in flashback sequences. It didn’t take Stewart long to try series TV again, though on a reduced schedule. During the 1973-74 season, he played the title role in “Hawkins,” which was one of the rotating elements of “The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies.” The law drama alternated with a television version of “Shaft” – with Richard Roundtree reprising his movie part – and a variety of one-shot original films. Eight episodes of “Hawkins” were made, including the pilot movie that aired earlier in 1973, and Stewart won a Golden Globe Award for the show. After that, the actor’s TV work was relatively occasional, and he was seen as himself more often than not. He made quite a few appearances as a member of the dais on NBC’s “Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts,” as is verified now by the marathons of those specials that Catchy Comedy runs from time to time. Stewart also made a memorable visit to “The Carol Burnett Show” for its final CBS episode in 1978, with his “reveal” at a piano clearly surprising an emotional Burnett, who was a longtime fan of his.