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Larry David

Lawrence Gene "Larry" David (born July 2, 1947) is an American actor, writer, comedian, and producer. He is best known as the co-creator (with Jerry Seinfeld), head writer, and executive producer of the television series Seinfeld from 1989 to 1996, and for creating the 1999 HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, a partially improvised sitcom in which he stars as a semi-fictionalized version of himself.

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QA: Former NBC honcho offered Jerry Seinfeld over $100 million for one more 'Seinfeld' season

From 1993 through 1998, NBC ruled prime time with 'Must see TV' on Thursday nights, attracting an incredible 75 million viewers.

Overseeing it all was Warren Littlefield, President of Entertainment, who has compiled a behind-the-scenes account of how Thursday night mainstays like "Seinfeld,"' "Cheers" and "ER" all almost got the quick hook in his new book, "Top of the Rock."Fox411: Football player and "Hunter" star Fred Dryer was a strong contender to play Sam Malone in "Cheers."Warren Littlefield: Fred Dryer was great in the audition. We thought, now there's a lot of people who know Fred Dryer as an athlete, what a big upside, and it was really the Charles brothers and Jimmy Burrows (the creators) who said, 'Fred's great but we cannot give him the time to get the performance on the stage.' They told us to do a drama with Fred, and we listened, and they said, 'The guy we really believe in is Ted Danson,' and they were right.Fox411: It got terrible ratings the first year.WL: At the end ...

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  11. Accuser: Gore Demanded 'Sexual Favors'

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