Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, August 13, 1993 TAG: 9309120253
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: GAIL SHISTER KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
``The Larry Sanders Show,'' starring Shandling as a mondo-neurotic late-night talk-show host, will return to HBO for two more seasons, the cable network announced Wednesday. Seventeen episodes will be produced each year, bringing the hit show's four-season total to 65.
The renewal of ``Sanders'' means Shandling's on-again, off-again flirtation with CBS is definitely off. At least for two years. CBS had reportedly been wooing Shandling to host a new late-late-show after David Letterman's laugh riot at 12:30 a.m.
Brad Grey, Shandling's manager and co-exec producer of ``Sanders,'' had no comment on the CBS situation beyond saying Shandling is committed to ``Sanders'' ``for right now'' and has no intention of doing a real talk show ``right now.''
Shandling's decision to continue with ``Sanders'' was made solely on a creative basis, Grey says. ``
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