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Without this show's success on HBO, you wouldn't have Sopranos, Six Feet Under. or True Blood.

- The first cable series to receive an Emmy nomination for Best Comedy Series.

- Throughout the course of the series, 187 celebrities appeared as themselves.

- David Duchovny's appearances on the show focused on his attraction to Larry. This is a joke that has outlived the Sanders show itself, resurfacing, among other places, on Duchovny's show "The X Files" (1993) (in the episode "Hollywood A.D.", Garry Shandling, appearing as himself, develops a crush on Agent Mulder) and in a skit filmed for The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

The Larry Sanders Show

Rating: TV-MA Genre: Comedy

Synopsis:

Garry Shandling takes us behind the scenes of the late night talk show circuit, hosting real-life celebrities in this funny look at the day-to-day working and feverish pace of a TV talk show.

Starring:

Garry Shandling, Jeffrey Tambor, Rip Torn, Wallace Langham, Penny Johnson, Janeane Garofalo, Scott Thompson, Jeremy Piven, Bob Odenkirk, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Dana Carvey, Roseanne, Dana Delany, Sarah Silverman, David Duchovny, George Segal, John Ritter, Elvis Costello, Bob Saget, Illeana Douglas, Jeff Goldblum, Jerry Seinfeld, David Letterman, Ed Begley Jr., Jason Alexander