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HBO Debuts Larry David's History Satire, Obama Exec-Produces

6/12/2026

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Larry David Premieres

HBO will premiere the series “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness” on Friday, June 26, 2026 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Larry David and Jeff Schaffer created the seven-episode sketch comedy that satirizes American history for 250th anniversary and executive-produced it with Barack and Michelle Obama, with Barack Obama appearing as himself.
The cast includes Jon Hamm, Bill Hader, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Parnell as Benjamin Franklin and Susie Essman as Susan B. Anthony.

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Obama Refuses Contact

Barack Obama appears in the trailer, refusing David's request to be his emergency contact.
Rotten Tomatoes gives the series 89% Tomatometer and 92% Popcornmeter scores.
David returns after Curb Your Enthusiasm’s 12-year run, which earned 55 Emmy nominations and two wins.
In the trailer, David mocks the Wright brothers’ flight and a butter-churning war sketch.
Barack Obama jokes in the trailer that nothing prepared him for working with David.

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Fisher, Krakowski Appear

Isla Fisher and Jane Krakowski appear as guest stars in the series' first full trailer.
They previously shared screen time in Season 10 of Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
Krakowski, a five-time Emmy nominee, recently portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln in the Broadway show “Oh, Mary!”
Fisher’s recent work includes “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t” and “Wolf Like Me.”

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Larry David Premieres

HBO will premiere the series “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness” on Friday, June 26, 2026 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Larry David and Jeff Schaffer created the seven-episode sketch comedy that satirizes American history for 250th anniversary and executive-produced it with Barack and Michelle Obama, with Barack Obama appearing as himself.
The cast includes Jon Hamm, Bill Hader, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Parnell as Benjamin Franklin and Susie Essman as Susan B. Anthony.

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