The Larry Sanders Show changed the face of television
LOS ANGELES—It’s easy to think that the HBO model was born with the debut of The Sopranos in 1999, but in reality the cable provider’s legacy of critically lauded, profoundly influential television started years before with Garry Shandling and The Larry Sanders Show.
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