Convergent TV

How Garry Shandling (and Larry Sanders) Changed TV

Groundbreaking comedian created HBO's first great series

By Jason Lynch

March 24, 2016

Long before Tony Soprano, Carrie Bradshaw or the fictional version of Larry David, HBO had Larry Sanders.

Jason Lynch

Jason Lynch is TV Editor at Adweek, overseeing trends, technology, personalities and programming across broadcast, cable and streaming video.

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