Burbank, CA – Two fan-favorite HBO television series will be available in their entirety when Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Silicon Valley: The Complete Series boxset on DVD ($89.99 Srp Us / $169.99 Srp Canada) and The Deuce: The Complete Series boxset on DVD ($79.99 Srp Us / $109.99 Srp Canada) on May 26, 2020.
Additionally, the Silicon Valley: The Complete Sixth Season DVD and The Deuce: The Complete Third Season DVD will both be available the same day-and-date courtesy of Warner Archive Collection. Warner Archive releases are found at wb.com/warnerarchive and your favorite online retailer.
“Following the highly successful run of both Silicon Valley and The Deuce on HBO,” said Rosemary Markson, Whbe Senior Vice President, Television Marketing. “Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is thrilled to bring the complete series boxsets of each show to fans this spring so they can relive and collect their favorite show.”
Silicon Valley is a comedy series set in the high-tech...
Additionally, the Silicon Valley: The Complete Sixth Season DVD and The Deuce: The Complete Third Season DVD will both be available the same day-and-date courtesy of Warner Archive Collection. Warner Archive releases are found at wb.com/warnerarchive and your favorite online retailer.
“Following the highly successful run of both Silicon Valley and The Deuce on HBO,” said Rosemary Markson, Whbe Senior Vice President, Television Marketing. “Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is thrilled to bring the complete series boxsets of each show to fans this spring so they can relive and collect their favorite show.”
Silicon Valley is a comedy series set in the high-tech...
- 3/14/2020
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Network: HBO
Episodes: 53 (half-hour)
Seasons: Six
TV show dates: April 6, 2014 -- December 8, 2019
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Thomas Middleditch, Tj Miller, Josh Brener, Martin Starr, Kumail Nanjiani, Matt Ross, Zach Woods, Christopher Evan Welch, and Amanda Crew.
TV show description:
Created by Dave Krinsky, John Altschuler, and Mike Judge, this irreverent comedy series revolves around a group of programmers who live together and seek success in Silicon Valley.
Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch) invented and built the Pied Piper start-up -- a program designed to find music matches. Pied Piper's compression algorithm sparks a bidding war in Silicon Valley, giving Richard a certain level of power. Unfortunately, Richard doesn't deal with stress very well and it becomes clear very quickly that decision-making isn't one of his talents.
Erlich Bachmann...
Episodes: 53 (half-hour)
Seasons: Six
TV show dates: April 6, 2014 -- December 8, 2019
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Thomas Middleditch, Tj Miller, Josh Brener, Martin Starr, Kumail Nanjiani, Matt Ross, Zach Woods, Christopher Evan Welch, and Amanda Crew.
TV show description:
Created by Dave Krinsky, John Altschuler, and Mike Judge, this irreverent comedy series revolves around a group of programmers who live together and seek success in Silicon Valley.
Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch) invented and built the Pied Piper start-up -- a program designed to find music matches. Pied Piper's compression algorithm sparks a bidding war in Silicon Valley, giving Richard a certain level of power. Unfortunately, Richard doesn't deal with stress very well and it becomes clear very quickly that decision-making isn't one of his talents.
Erlich Bachmann...
- 12/9/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
When HBO’s “Silicon Valley” returns for its sixth and final season, the Pied Piper gang will be pivoting one last time to tackle emerging privacy issues, a new internet and some degree of actual success for its perpetually stumbling underdogs.
Which is exactly why it was time to wrap the series with its final seven episodes.
“If the Bad News Bears win the championship, they’re not the Bad News Bears anymore,” says executive producer Alec Berg. “They’re just the Bears. This is a show about people with aspirations. If they achieve their goals, it always felt like the show would stagnate.”
That satirical push-and-pull of knocking on the door of high-tech success, but never succeeding completely has been a consistent challenge. From the series-defining first season finale, in which Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch) unlocks the key to his data-compression system while his cohorts argue over how to...
Which is exactly why it was time to wrap the series with its final seven episodes.
“If the Bad News Bears win the championship, they’re not the Bad News Bears anymore,” says executive producer Alec Berg. “They’re just the Bears. This is a show about people with aspirations. If they achieve their goals, it always felt like the show would stagnate.”
That satirical push-and-pull of knocking on the door of high-tech success, but never succeeding completely has been a consistent challenge. From the series-defining first season finale, in which Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch) unlocks the key to his data-compression system while his cohorts argue over how to...
- 10/25/2019
- by Amber Dowling
- Variety Film + TV
Ending months of speculation, HBO has confirmed that the upcoming sixth season of comedy series Silicon Valley will be its last. Currently in pre-production, Season 6 will consist of seven episodes and premiere later this year.
“Silicon Valley has been a career and life highlight for us,” series executive producers/showrunners Mike Judge and Alec Berg said. “We’ll miss it desperately, but we’ve always let Pied Piper’s journey guide the way, and Season 6 seems to be the fitting conclusion. We are forever indebted to our incredible cast, crew and partners at HBO. At a certain point, there’s only so much we can do to make the world a better place.”
Rumors about Silicon Valley possibly coming to an end started when Season 6 was delayed, largely to accommodate Berg, who co-created and runs fellow HBO comedy series Barry. All previous seasons of Silicon Valley, ranging from eight to 10 episodes,...
“Silicon Valley has been a career and life highlight for us,” series executive producers/showrunners Mike Judge and Alec Berg said. “We’ll miss it desperately, but we’ve always let Pied Piper’s journey guide the way, and Season 6 seems to be the fitting conclusion. We are forever indebted to our incredible cast, crew and partners at HBO. At a certain point, there’s only so much we can do to make the world a better place.”
Rumors about Silicon Valley possibly coming to an end started when Season 6 was delayed, largely to accommodate Berg, who co-created and runs fellow HBO comedy series Barry. All previous seasons of Silicon Valley, ranging from eight to 10 episodes,...
- 5/31/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
It turns out that “Silicon Valley” the show isn’t too far off from the real life Silicon Valley. The relevance of the series to the constantly evolving world of technology was a common theme at Sunday night’s PaleyFest panel, which was held at the Dolby Theater and hosted by Vulture editor Stacey Wilson Hunt. The event kicked off with a special treat: a screening of the first episode from the upcoming fifth season. Without spoiling too much, it’s safe to say that the laughs haven’t slowed down and that the Richard Hendricks-Gavin Belson rivalry is alive and well. Also, there’s lots of pizza.
Present for the panel were stars Thomas Middleditch, Zach Woods, Kumail Nanjiani, Amanda Crew, and Martin Starr. They were joined by series creator Mike Judge and executive producer Alec Berg. Everybody got in on the action as they reflected on the show’s real-world similarities and implications.
Present for the panel were stars Thomas Middleditch, Zach Woods, Kumail Nanjiani, Amanda Crew, and Martin Starr. They were joined by series creator Mike Judge and executive producer Alec Berg. Everybody got in on the action as they reflected on the show’s real-world similarities and implications.
- 3/20/2018
- by Kevin Yang
- Indiewire
Jian Yang’s Erlich impression. Big Head’s sudden ascension through the guest lecture circuit. Gavin Belson’s failed key-card swipe. Last night’s “Silicon Valley” was an episode that kept the Season 4 hot streak alive with some unsurprisingly delightful developments.
But there’s one that has them all beat.
While going through the files of their early investor Peter Gregory, Richard (Thomas Middleditch) discovers that the man who once gave Pied Piper some much-needed runway also may have left the key to building a brand new, decentralized internet.
Read More: Zach Woods Compares His ‘Silicon Valley’ Character to a ‘New England Mom,’ and Here’s Why That’s Hysterically Tragic
Jared (Zach Woods), Richard’s partner in amateur sleuthing, helps them both realize this discovery means that a new internet might be more viable than either of them thought. Richard’s newfound excitement leads to a back-and-forth of happy enthusiasm.
But there’s one that has them all beat.
While going through the files of their early investor Peter Gregory, Richard (Thomas Middleditch) discovers that the man who once gave Pied Piper some much-needed runway also may have left the key to building a brand new, decentralized internet.
Read More: Zach Woods Compares His ‘Silicon Valley’ Character to a ‘New England Mom,’ and Here’s Why That’s Hysterically Tragic
Jared (Zach Woods), Richard’s partner in amateur sleuthing, helps them both realize this discovery means that a new internet might be more viable than either of them thought. Richard’s newfound excitement leads to a back-and-forth of happy enthusiasm.
- 5/8/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
There's no need to worry that this HBO series will be cancelled this time around since it's already been renewed for a fourth season. Last year, the ratings for Silicon Valley went up. Will they continue to rise in season three? Stay tuned.
Co-created by Mike Judge, Silicon Valley follows the lives of a group of developers who live together and chase success in Northern California. The cast includes Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Josh Brener, Martin Starr, Kumail Nanjiani, Christopher Evan Welch, Amanda Crew, Zach Woods, Matt Ross, Suzanne Cryer, Jimmy O. Yang, Ben Feldman, Chris Diamantopoulos, and Alice Wetterlund.
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Co-created by Mike Judge, Silicon Valley follows the lives of a group of developers who live together and chase success in Northern California. The cast includes Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Josh Brener, Martin Starr, Kumail Nanjiani, Christopher Evan Welch, Amanda Crew, Zach Woods, Matt Ross, Suzanne Cryer, Jimmy O. Yang, Ben Feldman, Chris Diamantopoulos, and Alice Wetterlund.
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- 5/3/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
As with my list of new series premiering over the same period, this is a highly subjective and not at all comprehensive rundown of what’s coming up for TV and “TV” (eg Netflix) over the next few months. That means no Fear The Walking Dead, no House of Cards, no Togetherness, no Agents of Shield, etc., because for one reason or another, they’re just not my bag.
Oh, and midseason premieres don’t count.
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Younger (TV Land)
One of 2015’s undersung pleasures, the Sutton Foster vehicle overcame a theoretically heinous premise (40-year-old divorcee pretends to be 26 to work as an intern at a publishing house, complete with work bestie Hilary Duff) with ample servings of wit, charm, and some surprising literary humor (a recurring character seems to be a walking reference to Karl Ove Knausgård). The second season has stumbled out of the gate a little...
Oh, and midseason premieres don’t count.
Already Back
Younger (TV Land)
One of 2015’s undersung pleasures, the Sutton Foster vehicle overcame a theoretically heinous premise (40-year-old divorcee pretends to be 26 to work as an intern at a publishing house, complete with work bestie Hilary Duff) with ample servings of wit, charm, and some surprising literary humor (a recurring character seems to be a walking reference to Karl Ove Knausgård). The second season has stumbled out of the gate a little...
- 1/18/2016
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
Silicon Valley took the world by storm with its first season, but the caustic, geek-centric, culture commentary show had a lot to work out to get a second season to fly, and while still better than quite a bit of the television world, it didn’t quite make it to the level of the first few episodes of the show.
The second kicks off by finally addressing the death of Christopher Evan Welch, who played Peter Gregory. While the show figured out ways to dodge his loss at the end of the first season, it was something that had to be explained for the show to continue. The show also had to take a turn away from the success of our crew of tech-geeks, lest the show lose all perspective. You can’t really rip on the culture of super start-ups and the general world of tech stars if you...
The second kicks off by finally addressing the death of Christopher Evan Welch, who played Peter Gregory. While the show figured out ways to dodge his loss at the end of the first season, it was something that had to be explained for the show to continue. The show also had to take a turn away from the success of our crew of tech-geeks, lest the show lose all perspective. You can’t really rip on the culture of super start-ups and the general world of tech stars if you...
- 7/23/2015
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Back to Part 1 of the Best TV Episodes of 2015 (So Far)
Man Seeking Woman, “Teacup”
Written by Sofia Alvarez
Directed by Tim Kirkby
Aired March 11th, 2015 on Fxx
You won’t find Fxx’s Man Seeking Woman in many year-end discussions, but over the course of its admittedly spotty, watched-by-no-one first season, it staked a claim on some truly unique stylistic real estate in a landscape previously thought to be worked to death: the search for love. Over the last year, there has been a tremendous influx in the number of series trying to combine a “modern” and “edgy” take on modern courtship with ages-old sitcom tropes, but most of these have ranged from lackluster to outright lame. (See almost the entire new network comedy lineup, Fall/Winter 2014-15.) Creator Simon Rich’s vision of the dating world as a literal fantasy hellscape—complete with demonic destination weddings, time travel,...
Man Seeking Woman, “Teacup”
Written by Sofia Alvarez
Directed by Tim Kirkby
Aired March 11th, 2015 on Fxx
You won’t find Fxx’s Man Seeking Woman in many year-end discussions, but over the course of its admittedly spotty, watched-by-no-one first season, it staked a claim on some truly unique stylistic real estate in a landscape previously thought to be worked to death: the search for love. Over the last year, there has been a tremendous influx in the number of series trying to combine a “modern” and “edgy” take on modern courtship with ages-old sitcom tropes, but most of these have ranged from lackluster to outright lame. (See almost the entire new network comedy lineup, Fall/Winter 2014-15.) Creator Simon Rich’s vision of the dating world as a literal fantasy hellscape—complete with demonic destination weddings, time travel,...
- 6/28/2015
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
A review of the "Silicon Valley" season 2 finale — and thoughts on this season as a whole — coming up just as soon as I become a meme in the Philippines... The "Entourage" movie pretty much came and went at the box office last weekend, and with it came a lot of mockery of the no consequences ethos of the "Entourage" universe, where no one's future is ever really in jeopardy, because Kanye West will turn up at the last second with his private plane, or Vince will have held onto Turtle's tequila investment behind his back. I complained about that kind of narrative laziness and lack of stakes for most of the run of "Entourage." But I have to admit that there have been times throughout this season of "Silicon Valley" where Richard has been so close to financial ruin — sometimes, as the result of his own mistakes, sometimes due to...
- 6/15/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Silicon Valley, Season 2, Episode 4, “The Lady”
Written by Carson Mell
Directed by Alec Berg
Airs Sundays at 10pm Et on HBO
Running a business is hard. Hell, being in charge of anything is hard. Decisions have to be made that affect the vague notion of a collective, and these have tangible impacts on the egos of the guys (and gal) lower on the totem pole than the decision-maker. Sometimes these bruised egos manifest themselves in worker complaints calling the leader a pussy for supposedly paying a new employee too much. At other times, this means a board member will go on a tirade about the tyranny of wide spoons and the inefficient design of Fage yogurt containers. A new investor could poach a prospective employee from the company and use the wrong logo on $30,000 dollars worth of swag for the company. Of course, none of that could matter if your...
Written by Carson Mell
Directed by Alec Berg
Airs Sundays at 10pm Et on HBO
Running a business is hard. Hell, being in charge of anything is hard. Decisions have to be made that affect the vague notion of a collective, and these have tangible impacts on the egos of the guys (and gal) lower on the totem pole than the decision-maker. Sometimes these bruised egos manifest themselves in worker complaints calling the leader a pussy for supposedly paying a new employee too much. At other times, this means a board member will go on a tirade about the tyranny of wide spoons and the inefficient design of Fage yogurt containers. A new investor could poach a prospective employee from the company and use the wrong logo on $30,000 dollars worth of swag for the company. Of course, none of that could matter if your...
- 5/5/2015
- by Jj Perkins
- SoundOnSight
Silicon Valley, Season 2, Episode 1, “Sand Hill Shuffle”
Written by Clay Tarver
Directed by Mike Judge
Silicon Valley, Season 2, Episode 2, “Runaway Devaluation”
Written by Ron Weiner
Directed by Mike Judge
Airs Sundays at 10pm Et on HBO
Let’s talk shop: The second season of a show, if it is lucky enough to get one, is its most important. Season two is where the writers, producers, and cast have a chance to build up what works and cut the fat. Silicon Valley’s first season brought the show to a place prime for second season rejiggering, with an established world and tone, cracker jack dialogue, and performances both subtle and grandiose. But the unfortunate death of Christopher Evan Welch, who played the angel investor for the show’s startup, gave Mike Judge and Co. the added challenge of having to move forward without one of its key actors and narrative tools.
Written by Clay Tarver
Directed by Mike Judge
Silicon Valley, Season 2, Episode 2, “Runaway Devaluation”
Written by Ron Weiner
Directed by Mike Judge
Airs Sundays at 10pm Et on HBO
Let’s talk shop: The second season of a show, if it is lucky enough to get one, is its most important. Season two is where the writers, producers, and cast have a chance to build up what works and cut the fat. Silicon Valley’s first season brought the show to a place prime for second season rejiggering, with an established world and tone, cracker jack dialogue, and performances both subtle and grandiose. But the unfortunate death of Christopher Evan Welch, who played the angel investor for the show’s startup, gave Mike Judge and Co. the added challenge of having to move forward without one of its key actors and narrative tools.
- 4/20/2015
- by Jj Perkins
- SoundOnSight
Before Christopher Evan Welch passed away after a three-year battle with lung cancer, he portrayed oddball techie billionaire Peter Gregory on Mike Judge’s HBO comedy Silicon Valley. Despite only appearing in a handful of episodes before his death, Welch emerged as one of the most compelling reasons to watch, drolly perfecting the idiosyncrasies of a visionary investor willing to seed Richard Hendricks’ (Thomas Middleditch) data-compression startup. Having ostensibly written around Welch’s passing for the back third of season one – attributing Peter’s absence to an overseas business expedition – Judge and his co-producers and writers realized they needed to address Gregory’s whereabouts more concretely in season two in order to move the story forward [spoilers ahead]. The result was Sunday night’s tribute to both Welch and the role he imbued so colorfully, complete with yarns about hippo invasions and a funeral scene featuring Welch (as Gregory) projected on massive...
- 4/13/2015
- by Kenny Herzog
- Vulture
This Sunday, April 12, HBO’s Silicon Valley, which was easily one of the best new shows to debut on TV last year, returns for its highly anticipated second season, and after watching the first three episodes of Season 2, I can confirm that the series is just as crude, compelling, and hilarious as it was in Season 1. One of the new characters in Silicon Valley Season 2 that helps bring those laughs is Laurie Bream, the managing partner at Raviga Capital, who takes over for Peter Gregory (played by the late, great Christopher Evan Welch). Earlier this week, I got the chance to speak with Laurie’s portrayer, Suzanne Cryer, who previewed her character’s role in Season 2, teased some very funny moments to come, and addressed the one major issue that some critics had with Silicon Valley last season: its lack of female characters. TVOvermind: Tell us a little bit about…...
- 4/10/2015
- by Chris King
- TVovermind.com
The first season of HBO's "Silicon Valley" offered abundant comic delights, culminating in perhaps the most highbrow dick joke ever told. Almost everything that made the show a treat a year ago is present for the new season, which debuts Sunday night at 10, after "Game of Thrones" and before the terrific new season of "Veep." It's a pleasure to have the whole Pied Piper team back, and there's a montage in the season premiere featuring Thomas Middleditch's Richard and T.J. Miller's Erlich Bachman(*) visiting a bunch of venture capital firms is a wonder of uncomfortable comedy and clever crudeness. (*) "Erlich Bachman" is such a pleasingly goofy collection of syllables that he becomes one of those TV characters who can only be referred to by his full name. See also Will Tippin, Raylan Givens, Finn Polmar and Jordan Catalano, among others. The one element the new season sadly lacks is Peter Gregory,...
- 4/10/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
This review was based off the first three episodes of season two, which were provided to us prior to broadcast.
Peter Gregory is dead. If there’s one major takeaway to be found in Sunday’s premiere, and the following two episodes of Silicon Valley’s second season, it’s that the eccentric tech billionaire and benefactor of Pied Piper is no more. That’s bad news for Richard, Erlich, and the rest of the guys at the Hacker Hostel, and not much better news for viewers at home: Silicon Valley suffered a major loss with the untimely passing of actor Christopher Evan Welch midway through the first season. His absence weighed heavily on the final batch of episodes from last spring, and how the show would choose to move forward in its sophomore year has been a big question.
Welch was only able to film an initial five of...
Peter Gregory is dead. If there’s one major takeaway to be found in Sunday’s premiere, and the following two episodes of Silicon Valley’s second season, it’s that the eccentric tech billionaire and benefactor of Pied Piper is no more. That’s bad news for Richard, Erlich, and the rest of the guys at the Hacker Hostel, and not much better news for viewers at home: Silicon Valley suffered a major loss with the untimely passing of actor Christopher Evan Welch midway through the first season. His absence weighed heavily on the final batch of episodes from last spring, and how the show would choose to move forward in its sophomore year has been a big question.
Welch was only able to film an initial five of...
- 4/8/2015
- by Sam Woolf
- We Got This Covered
Stars: Thomas Middleditch, Martin Starr, Kumail Nanjiani, Zach Woods, T.J. Miller, Christopher Evan Welch, Matt Ross | Created by Alec Berg, Mike Judge
I’m a fan of The Big Bang Theory and I always will be, but the criticism it often gets for mocking “nerds” is something hard to defend it from, because a lot of the humour is obviously doing just that. What we need is a comedy with a little more intelligence where it’s not just about the geeks being awkward around women, but actually smartly satirises a culture that is now seen as the new “cool”. Step forward Alec Berg and Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley: The Complete First Season.
Silicon Valley is the heart of the gold rush in the technological world. Everybody dreams of having that startup company that will make them the next Facebook, Google or Twitter (but hopefully not Myspace). When...
I’m a fan of The Big Bang Theory and I always will be, but the criticism it often gets for mocking “nerds” is something hard to defend it from, because a lot of the humour is obviously doing just that. What we need is a comedy with a little more intelligence where it’s not just about the geeks being awkward around women, but actually smartly satirises a culture that is now seen as the new “cool”. Step forward Alec Berg and Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley: The Complete First Season.
Silicon Valley is the heart of the gold rush in the technological world. Everybody dreams of having that startup company that will make them the next Facebook, Google or Twitter (but hopefully not Myspace). When...
- 3/22/2015
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Read More: 10 Cool and Crazy Must-See Films at SXSW 2015 The 15th Annual Texas Film Awards unofficially kicked off South By Southwest last night by honoring Texans who contribute to film. Animator and filmmaker Mike Judge hosted the ceremony, which honored the 2015 inductees into the Texas Film Hall of Fame, including Tommy Lee Jones, Luke Wilson, Bonnie Curtis, Guillermo del Toro, Christopher Evan Welch and L.M. Kit Carson. During producer Bonnie Curtis' segment, her 17-year partner Stephen Spielberg popped up on the screen to offer her congratulations and many thanks for her hard work over the years. "We've shared some of the greatest moments of our careers together," said Spielberg. Curtis has worked with Spielberg on his films "Saving Private Ryan," A.I," "Minority Report" and "The Lost World: Jurassic Park." Take a look at Spielberg's touching tribute above. Is it us, or does he give himself a little pause after saying.
- 3/13/2015
- by Casey Cipriani
- Indiewire
Surprises and snubs from Thursday morning's announcement of the 2015 Golden Globe nominees are to be expected; the Globe voters can't nominate every worthy person, movie, and TV show, and yet they always include some head-scratching inclusions and omissions.
It's hard to get outraged -- after all, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that gives out the Globes every January, isn't taken nearly as seriously or regarded with anywhere near the prestige enjoyed by the Academies that grant the Oscars and the Emmys. Nonetheless, the Globes do shape the conversation about which movies and TV shows deserve prizes each year, and no one wants to be left out of consideration. Here, then, are this year's notable Globe snubs and surprises.
Movies
In the age-old Team Jen vs. Team Angelina struggle, the HFPA came down decidedly in the former camp this year. Jennifer Aniston won a rare dramatic honor with her...
It's hard to get outraged -- after all, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that gives out the Globes every January, isn't taken nearly as seriously or regarded with anywhere near the prestige enjoyed by the Academies that grant the Oscars and the Emmys. Nonetheless, the Globes do shape the conversation about which movies and TV shows deserve prizes each year, and no one wants to be left out of consideration. Here, then, are this year's notable Globe snubs and surprises.
Movies
In the age-old Team Jen vs. Team Angelina struggle, the HFPA came down decidedly in the former camp this year. Jennifer Aniston won a rare dramatic honor with her...
- 12/11/2014
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
Oscar producers: Neil Patrick Harris received the Academy's only formal offer to host Responding to a Hollywood Reporter report that Harris was the 4th choice to host the Oscars, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron released a statement saying: “After every Oscar show there is always a discussion as to who will host the next one. Many names are discussed and sometimes even floated without there being any formal offers. At times, these casual discussions take on a life of their own, and some are eager to break a story without knowing the facts. Neil Patrick Harris received the Academy’s formal offer. He is the perfect choice for the Oscars and will be the consummate host.” Anderson Cooper ticks off a reporter by refusing to take a selfie with him at the Canadian shooting site “No, I will not take a photo with you on a day where someone was killed!
- 10/23/2014
- by Norman Weiss
- Hitfix
Two thousand fourteen is only half over, yet the year in culture has already been dominated by people who are dead. I don’t mean people like Elvis and Shakespeare, whose work endures long after their passing; I mean people like Michael Jackson, who, five years in the grave, performed at the Billboard Music Awards in May. And Rick James, who’s been dead for a decade and who has a new memoir this year. And the great Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died in February and has a new movie out.These three aren’t alone among posthumous performers with a stranglehold on pop culture. The brilliant New York actor Christopher Evan Welch was introduced to a whole new audience in HBO’s Silicon Valley in April, several months after he had passed away. The journalist Michael Hastings, killed in a car accident last year, is now the author of a posthumous novel,...
- 7/28/2014
- by Adam Sternbergh
- Vulture
Before creating Silicon Valley— the new HBO comedy that Thursday morning garnered five Emmy nominations—Mike Judge says he “hadn’t had a hit in awhile.” Specifically, he was referring to a pair of high-profile 2009 projects: the ABC animated series The Goode Family and the Jason Bateman-led feature film Extract, both of which were received unenthusiastically by audiences. Despite those hiccups, flops have been the exception rather than the rule for the creator of Beavis & Butthead, King of the Hill, Office Space, and Idiocracy. So when it was announced that Silicon Valley was up for Emmys in Best Comedy,...
- 7/11/2014
- by Neil Janowitz
- EW - Inside TV
Melissa Maerz: Jeff,
When the Emmy nominations were announced this morning, I was sitting at my desk, shouting, “Hodor! Hodor! Hodor!” Game of Thrones dominated with 19 nominations! Hot pie for everyone! I’d quibble with the fact that Noah Hawley’s fantastic update of Fargo didn’t get a best drama nod, especially since it was the runner-up with 18 nominations, and The Good Wife was unjustly ignored in that category, coming off its best season ever—it might be the only network drama that I truly loved—but the rest of the list was pretty solid. Among the smartest choices...
When the Emmy nominations were announced this morning, I was sitting at my desk, shouting, “Hodor! Hodor! Hodor!” Game of Thrones dominated with 19 nominations! Hot pie for everyone! I’d quibble with the fact that Noah Hawley’s fantastic update of Fargo didn’t get a best drama nod, especially since it was the runner-up with 18 nominations, and The Good Wife was unjustly ignored in that category, coming off its best season ever—it might be the only network drama that I truly loved—but the rest of the list was pretty solid. Among the smartest choices...
- 7/10/2014
- by Melissa Maerz
- EW - Inside TV
The first major awards ceremony honoring this past year’s accomplishments on the small screen took place last night as Cedric the Entertainer hosted the 2014 Critics’ Choice Television Awards from the Beverly Hilton. I’ve always preferred the Critics’ Choice Awards to the Emmys, just because my views tend to line up more with the members of the Broadcast Television Journalists Association. This year was no different, as a number of highly deserving actors, actresses and shows were honored.
Allison Janney was the clear winner last night, taking home two Critics’ Choice TV Awards. The actress won Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series for her devastating work on Showtime’s Masters of Sex and also tied with Orange is the New Black actress Kate Mulgrew for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance as the title character on CBS’s Mom.
FX’s Fargo also had a great night,...
Allison Janney was the clear winner last night, taking home two Critics’ Choice TV Awards. The actress won Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series for her devastating work on Showtime’s Masters of Sex and also tied with Orange is the New Black actress Kate Mulgrew for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance as the title character on CBS’s Mom.
FX’s Fargo also had a great night,...
- 6/20/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
It was an epic night for the small screen, as the best shows on primetime took home awards during the 2014 Critics' Choice Television Awards this evening (June 19).
The Beverly Hilton Hotel was buzzing as fan favorites including Emmy Rossum and Christina Applegate took to the stage to present trophies to the night's victors.
Prizes went home to stars including Matthew McConaughey ("True Detective") and Tatiana Maslany ("Orphan Black") for Best Actor and Best Actress in a Drama, respectively.
Meanwhile, "Breaking Bad" won the big one for Best Drama, while Netflix favorite "Orange is the New Black" took home the award for Best Comedy.
Check out the full list of 2014 Critics' Choice Television Award winners below!
Best Drama Series
Winner Breaking Bad (AMC)
The Americans (FX)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Masters of Sex (Showtime)
True Detective (HBO)
Best Actor In A Drama Series
Winner Matthew McConaughey, True Detective (HBO)
Bryan Cranston,...
The Beverly Hilton Hotel was buzzing as fan favorites including Emmy Rossum and Christina Applegate took to the stage to present trophies to the night's victors.
Prizes went home to stars including Matthew McConaughey ("True Detective") and Tatiana Maslany ("Orphan Black") for Best Actor and Best Actress in a Drama, respectively.
Meanwhile, "Breaking Bad" won the big one for Best Drama, while Netflix favorite "Orange is the New Black" took home the award for Best Comedy.
Check out the full list of 2014 Critics' Choice Television Award winners below!
Best Drama Series
Winner Breaking Bad (AMC)
The Americans (FX)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Masters of Sex (Showtime)
True Detective (HBO)
Best Actor In A Drama Series
Winner Matthew McConaughey, True Detective (HBO)
Bryan Cranston,...
- 6/20/2014
- GossipCenter
Some of the biggest shows on television went head to head. Here's who came out on top.
All the hottest names in TV turned out for the 2014 Critics Choice Television Awards on June 19, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Cedric the Entertainer hosted the gala event presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, and the night was really a battle between two cable channels.
Premiere pay-cable network HBO had a whopping 18 nominations, but in a show of strength for a smaller cable channel, FX topped that with 19. Meanwhile, the big contenders for individual shows were the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, the CBS drama The Good Wife, FX's crime dramedy Fargo, Showtime's drama series Masters Of Sex and HBO's The Normal Heart, all getting five noms each.
Also, Netflix struck a blow against the traditional television hierarchy with their original series Orange Is The New Black competing in several key categories.
So, with all...
All the hottest names in TV turned out for the 2014 Critics Choice Television Awards on June 19, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Cedric the Entertainer hosted the gala event presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, and the night was really a battle between two cable channels.
Premiere pay-cable network HBO had a whopping 18 nominations, but in a show of strength for a smaller cable channel, FX topped that with 19. Meanwhile, the big contenders for individual shows were the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, the CBS drama The Good Wife, FX's crime dramedy Fargo, Showtime's drama series Masters Of Sex and HBO's The Normal Heart, all getting five noms each.
Also, Netflix struck a blow against the traditional television hierarchy with their original series Orange Is The New Black competing in several key categories.
So, with all...
- 6/20/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
At the Critics’ Choice Television Awards on Thursday, Allison Janney nabbed two prizes — but she had to share one.
The veteran actress won for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series for her work on Showtime’s Masters of Sex, and she split Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series with Kate Mulgrew (Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black) for her work in CBS’ Mom. Other big winners included FX’s Fargo, which won for Best Mini-Series, Best Actor in a Movie or Mini-Series (Billy Bob Thornton), and Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Mini-Series (newcomer Allison Tolman...
The veteran actress won for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series for her work on Showtime’s Masters of Sex, and she split Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series with Kate Mulgrew (Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black) for her work in CBS’ Mom. Other big winners included FX’s Fargo, which won for Best Mini-Series, Best Actor in a Movie or Mini-Series (Billy Bob Thornton), and Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Mini-Series (newcomer Allison Tolman...
- 6/20/2014
- by Katie Atkinson
- EW - Inside TV
The Broadcast Television Journalists Association’s fourth annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards were held Thursday night at the Beverly Hills Hilton, and FX’s Fargo and Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black did best, you betcha, winning three times each.
Also among the multiple winners were AMC’s Breaking Bad, Fox’s Cosmos, HBO’s The Normal Heart and actress Allison Janney, each topping two categories.
Here’s the complete list of winners:
Best Drama Series
The Americans
Winner – Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Masters of Sex
True Detective
Best Actor In A Drama Series
Bryan Cranston,...
Also among the multiple winners were AMC’s Breaking Bad, Fox’s Cosmos, HBO’s The Normal Heart and actress Allison Janney, each topping two categories.
Here’s the complete list of winners:
Best Drama Series
The Americans
Winner – Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Masters of Sex
True Detective
Best Actor In A Drama Series
Bryan Cranston,...
- 6/20/2014
- TVLine.com
Hollywood's brightest small screen stars stepped out on Thursday night to honor TV's finest at the Critics' Choice Television Awards. The ceremony, an important precursor to the Emmys, awarded trophies to a mix of newcomers on the rise and past winners, and was not without a few surprises (there was even a tie!).
FX was the one to beat -- the network took home five wins. HBO followed by receiving four awards, even though "True Detective" was taken out in the Best Drama Series category by "Breaking Bad." "Orange Is the New Black" won Best Comedy Series, and its cast members Uzo Aduba and Kate Mulgrew both walked away with trophies.
Here is the full list of nominees and winners:
Best Drama Series
"Breaking Bad" (AMC) *Winner
'"The Americans" (FX)
"Game of Thrones" (HBO)
"'The Good Wife" (CBS)
"Masters of Sex" (Showtime)
"True Detective" (HBO)
Best Actor In A Drama Series
Matthew McConaughey,...
FX was the one to beat -- the network took home five wins. HBO followed by receiving four awards, even though "True Detective" was taken out in the Best Drama Series category by "Breaking Bad." "Orange Is the New Black" won Best Comedy Series, and its cast members Uzo Aduba and Kate Mulgrew both walked away with trophies.
Here is the full list of nominees and winners:
Best Drama Series
"Breaking Bad" (AMC) *Winner
'"The Americans" (FX)
"Game of Thrones" (HBO)
"'The Good Wife" (CBS)
"Masters of Sex" (Showtime)
"True Detective" (HBO)
Best Actor In A Drama Series
Matthew McConaughey,...
- 6/19/2014
- by Alana Altmann
- Moviefone
In the third episode of HBO comedy Silicon Valley, titled “Articles of Incorporation,” eccentric tech billionaire and angel investor Peter Gregory (Christopher Evan Welch) demonstrated exactly how brainy and zany he can be. Ignoring the pleas for emergency funds from two executives running a business on the verge of shutdown, he orders up and then studies every item on the Burger King menu with alien-like curiosity. But just when the stressed-out pair reach their flame-broiling point with Gregory and his seemingly disassociated contemplation, he snaps into focus and offers a cropload of comic relief: He coolly delivers a connect-the-dots speech...
- 6/19/2014
- by Dan Snierson
- EW - Inside TV
HBO has had mixed success with their comedy series. Will Silicon Valley help the pay-for-view channel attract/retain customers. Will it be cancelled or renewed for a second season? We shall see.
Co-created by Mike Judge, Silicon Valley follows the lives of a group of developers who live together and chase success in Northern California. The cast includes Thomas Middleditch, Tj Miller, Josh Brener, Martin Starr, Kumail Nanjiani, Matt Ross, Zach Woods, Christopher Evan Welch, and Amanda Crew.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show's chances of staying on the air. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available.
4/21 update: This series has been renewed for a second season.
Final season averages: 1.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 1.72 million total viewers.
Note: If...
Co-created by Mike Judge, Silicon Valley follows the lives of a group of developers who live together and chase success in Northern California. The cast includes Thomas Middleditch, Tj Miller, Josh Brener, Martin Starr, Kumail Nanjiani, Matt Ross, Zach Woods, Christopher Evan Welch, and Amanda Crew.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show's chances of staying on the air. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available.
4/21 update: This series has been renewed for a second season.
Final season averages: 1.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 1.72 million total viewers.
Note: If...
- 6/5/2014
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
For the last three years, four of the six slots in this category have belonged to "Modern Family." Should we have hope that changes this year? Its all up to Adam Driver ("Girls"), Tony Hale ("Veep"), Andre Braugher ("Brooklyn Nine Nine"), Beau Bridges ("The Millers") and perhaps the long Emmy-suffering cast of "Parks and Recreation" to change that. But we wouldn't bet on it... Below are predictions for best comedy supporting actor from both Indiewire Awards Editor Peter Knegt and Assistant TV Editor Ben Travers. Check back as they might very well change 'em up between now and July 10th. Check out predictions in all the categories here. Ben's predictions: 1. Ed O'Neill, Modern Family 2. Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine Nine 3. Ty Burrell, Modern Family 4. Tony Hale, Veep 5. Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family 6. Christopher Evan Welch, Silicon Valley Spoiler: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family In a Perfect World Nick Offerman, Parks and Recreation Peter's predictions: 1. Ty.
- 6/3/2014
- by Peter Knegt and Ben Travers
- Indiewire
I had been wondering how the first season of "Silicon Valley" might wrap, as things had been looking mighty dour for Pied Piper in the last few episodes. As has been mentioned, long ago VHS beat out the superior Betamax technology, and Hooli seemed poised to do something similar by stealing the Pied Piper programming and making it their own. A complete failure for Pied Piper at TechCrunch wouldn't have meant the end of the show (it's already been renewed for another season), but it would have sent it spinning in a different direction, and likely a dark one. Initially it seems that's exactly where we're headed, though, as even Gilfoyle and Dinesh look to jump ship and everything Richard does to save the project seems to be moving around deck chairs on the Titanic. That what eventually transpires, though it probably has real compression experts screaming, nicely takes us...
- 6/2/2014
- by Liane Bonin Starr
- Hitfix
A quick review of the "Silicon Valley" season finale coming up just as soon as I pivot from social media to a playground for the sexually monstrous... I wrote my initial review of the show based on the first five episodes, which were unfortunately the only ones to include Christopher Evan Welch before he died. And though it doesn't feel like the Pied Piper vs. Hooli plot changed an enormous amount due to Peter Gregory's absence, the show definitely missed something without his weird energy, especially because Monica is such a non-character. (Though the tech field is overwhelmingly male, I stand by my belief that "Silicon" could stand to do much better with women, whether that's making Monica more interesting or bringing in some new people.) That said, there was still an awful lot to enjoy in the concluding three episodes, and particularly in the finale. This is a crude,...
- 6/2/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Though the Emmys and Golden Globes are generally better known than the Critics’ Choice Television Awards among the general populace, I actually prefer the Critics’ Choice Awards (and not just because its voters handed last year’s Best Dramatic Actress trophy to the highly deserving Tatiana Maslany for Orphan Black – though that’s probably a large part of it). Every year, the TV critics who come together to nominate the best television series and miniseries airing today do a fine job of honoring both the deserving heavyweights and the less familiar diamonds in the rough.
This year, the Critics’ Choice Awards included a slew of nominations for Netflix and HBO, but it was actually FX that led the charge, with a whopping 19 total nominations. Fargo, which premiered in April, made a huge impression on voters, nabbing nominations for Best Miniseries, Martin Freeman, Billy Bob Thornton, Colin Hanks and Allison Tolman,...
This year, the Critics’ Choice Awards included a slew of nominations for Netflix and HBO, but it was actually FX that led the charge, with a whopping 19 total nominations. Fargo, which premiered in April, made a huge impression on voters, nabbing nominations for Best Miniseries, Martin Freeman, Billy Bob Thornton, Colin Hanks and Allison Tolman,...
- 5/29/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
It’s that time of year again, and as the networks try to get everyone as riled as possible for the upcoming fall shows, critics everywhere weigh in on the best shows from the previous year. The Broadcast Television Journalist Association (yes, that’s me) have announced the nominations for the Critics’ Choice Television Awards.
I was honored to again serve on one of the nominating committees, and if you think it’s easy to make decisions about such things, you have to really try to imagine a bunch of critics going back and forth about what is, and is not, great television.
It’s going to be an interesting show, and there are some very solid categories.
I’ll give you a little rundown, and you let me know what you think about the nominations and who should win, and especially if you think people or shows were left...
I was honored to again serve on one of the nominating committees, and if you think it’s easy to make decisions about such things, you have to really try to imagine a bunch of critics going back and forth about what is, and is not, great television.
It’s going to be an interesting show, and there are some very solid categories.
I’ll give you a little rundown, and you let me know what you think about the nominations and who should win, and especially if you think people or shows were left...
- 5/28/2014
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
The nominees are in for this year’s Critics’ Choice Television Awards, and, thanks to hits like The Americans and Fargo, FX is leading the pack with 19 total nods.
The fourth annual awards, held by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, will be hosted by Cedric the Entertainer at the Beverly Hilton Hotel June 19. The ceremony will air on the CW at 8 p.m. Et that night.
Check out the nominees below:
Best comedy series
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Broad City (Comedy Central)
Louie (FX)
Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Veep (HBO)
Best actor in a comedy series
Louis Ck,...
The fourth annual awards, held by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, will be hosted by Cedric the Entertainer at the Beverly Hilton Hotel June 19. The ceremony will air on the CW at 8 p.m. Et that night.
Check out the nominees below:
Best comedy series
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Broad City (Comedy Central)
Louie (FX)
Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Veep (HBO)
Best actor in a comedy series
Louis Ck,...
- 5/28/2014
- by Ariana Bacle
- EW - Inside TV
While last week's episode of "Silicon Valley" smacked of tired sitcom tropes and predictable outcomes, this week the show manages to put the TV writing 101 textbook away and let character dictate both the humor and the direction of the plot. Crazy, right? Most importantly, Gilfoyle and Dinesh are able to do something other than lob semi-funny co-worker jokes at one another. Note to the writers' room: Kumail Nanjiani and Martin Starr are two of your greatest assets. Use them wisely. This episode was a step in the right direction, if only a step. Instead of staying stubbornly tied to their computers, Dinesh and Gilfoyle actually have a reason for their bickering: Tara. While Tara isn't much of a character, she doesn't have to be more than a walking silk bathrobe to unsettle the testosterone-centric house. Just the news that Gilfoyle has a girlfriend rocks the geek collective; the fact that Erlich,...
- 5/12/2014
- by Liane Bonin Starr
- Hitfix
Last night's Silicon Valley was Christopher Evan Welch's last. Because after shooting five episodes playing the show's best and most interesting character, Welch couldn't go on, as a result of complications stemming from the cancer that would eventually kill him. Rewatching the episode for the first time since learning that Welch had died, my reaction was the same mix of sad, angry, and inspired that I originally felt and wrote about in my tribute to the actor last month.The scene, which is embedded below, was always my favorite one of Welch's character, Peter Gregory. Partly because of that super weird throat noise he makes when seeing Gavin Belson, which is exactly the type of big acting swing that I loved about his performance. And partly because of the eventual confrontation with Belson. In that moment, Welch is able to play Gregory as both totally bonkers and also obviously affected.
- 5/5/2014
- by Jesse David Fox
- Vulture
Remember the premiere of "Silicon Valley"? It was just April 21, so it's not as if you have to climb into the way back machine. Still, that first sharp-edged episode seems so far away after this week's episode, a faded memory of better, smarter times. It wasn't that this week's show was bad, per se. It followed traditional sitcom tropes, hit the expected marks, and fell neatly in step with any so-so sitcom you've seen on network TV. Too bad. I knew it was a bad sign when the show began with Dinesh and Gilfoyle resorting to the kind of fighting little kids do when they lack the vocabulary and maturity to manage anything else. Freaked out about Erlich driving him and Gilfoyle to a dicey neighborhood in search of a graffiti artist named Chewy, Gilfoyle resorted to silliness -- unlocking the car doors, locking Dinesh out of the car, yanking...
- 5/5/2014
- by Liane Bonin Starr
- Hitfix
If you aren't watching Mike Judge's Silicon Valley on HBO you are missing out on a seriously awesome show. It's only a few episodes in so there's still time to catch up without spending a ton of time binge watching.
Earlier this week the cable network announced that they are giving the series a second season. Judging from the promo spots the show looked funny, but I really didn't know what to expect from it because trailers can be deceiving. Now I'm hooked, and I hope it doesn't end anytime soon.
The story centers on a character named Richard, an introverted computer programmer who manages to entice a bidding war over his search algorithm. The show is described as being "rather merciless in its focus on Silicon Valley and all it entails, both in reality and in stereotype."
A fake website was also recently launched for the fictional tech company in the show,...
Earlier this week the cable network announced that they are giving the series a second season. Judging from the promo spots the show looked funny, but I really didn't know what to expect from it because trailers can be deceiving. Now I'm hooked, and I hope it doesn't end anytime soon.
The story centers on a character named Richard, an introverted computer programmer who manages to entice a bidding war over his search algorithm. The show is described as being "rather merciless in its focus on Silicon Valley and all it entails, both in reality and in stereotype."
A fake website was also recently launched for the fictional tech company in the show,...
- 4/23/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Are you watching Silicon Valley, HBO’s pitch-perfect sendup of the tech world? (Well, pitch perfect besides its near total lack of female characters. Wait, what’s that you say? This is what Silicon Valley is actually like? Never mind!)
If you are, you’ll be pleased to note that Pied Piper — the fledgling startup at the center of the series — just got its own spiffy website. Hell, even if you don’t already watch the show, give this page a whirl; if incredible strings of technological gobbledygook (“Pied Piper is a multi-platform technology based on a proprietary universal compression...
If you are, you’ll be pleased to note that Pied Piper — the fledgling startup at the center of the series — just got its own spiffy website. Hell, even if you don’t already watch the show, give this page a whirl; if incredible strings of technological gobbledygook (“Pied Piper is a multi-platform technology based on a proprietary universal compression...
- 4/22/2014
- by Hillary Busis
- EW.com - PopWatch
Network: HBO
Episodes: Ongoing (half-hour)
Seasons: Ongoing
TV show dates: April 6, 2014 -- Tbd
Series status: Has not been cancelled
Performers include: Thomas Middleditch, Tj Miller, Josh Brener, Martin Starr, Kumail Nanjiani, Matt Ross, Zach Woods, Christopher Evan Welch, and Amanda Crew.
TV show description:
Created by Dave Krinsky, John Altschuler, and Mike Judge, this irreverent comedy series revolves around a group of programmers who live together and seek success in Silicon Valley.
Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch) invented and built the Pied Piper start-up -- a program designed to find music matches. Pied Piper's compression algorithm sparks a bidding war in Silicon Valley, giving Richard a certain level of power. Unfortunately, Richard doesn't deal with stress very well and it becomes clear very quickly that decision-making isn't one of his talents.
Erlich...
Episodes: Ongoing (half-hour)
Seasons: Ongoing
TV show dates: April 6, 2014 -- Tbd
Series status: Has not been cancelled
Performers include: Thomas Middleditch, Tj Miller, Josh Brener, Martin Starr, Kumail Nanjiani, Matt Ross, Zach Woods, Christopher Evan Welch, and Amanda Crew.
TV show description:
Created by Dave Krinsky, John Altschuler, and Mike Judge, this irreverent comedy series revolves around a group of programmers who live together and seek success in Silicon Valley.
Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch) invented and built the Pied Piper start-up -- a program designed to find music matches. Pied Piper's compression algorithm sparks a bidding war in Silicon Valley, giving Richard a certain level of power. Unfortunately, Richard doesn't deal with stress very well and it becomes clear very quickly that decision-making isn't one of his talents.
Erlich...
- 4/22/2014
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The many annoyances of starting a business, any business, are well-fertilized comic turf, and "Silicon Valley" has managed to take broad swipes at quite a few in a short window of time. This week, Richard discovers the name is the thing, and while the business name he wants -- Pied Piper -- inspires near universal revulsion (Jared makes the point that the fairy tale "is about a predatory flautist who murders children in a cave"), he's willing to fight for it. I'm not sure if this week is more about Richard showing he has the guts to go far or simply proof that he has that asshole quality Erlich so values, but it was pretty funny nonetheless. As we know, Richard wasn't able to cash Peter's $200,000 check last week because he hasn't filed the name Pied Piper as a business yet, and Jared has even worse news -- Pied Piper...
- 4/21/2014
- by Liane Bonin Starr
- Hitfix
A couple of weeks ago, I was talking with one of my editors here about potential interviews with cast members of the new HBO comedy Silicon Valley. "We got to get the weirdo angel investor," he said. I agreed. In a hilarious pilot full of standout characters, Peter Gregory was maybe the most dynamic, or at least the strangest. And, having seen the next few episodes, I can attest that the show triples-down on his oddness. I was excited to talk to the actor who plays Gregory. That was until Friday, when I got a series of IMs from my editor. It started with, "So, the guy that plays Peter Gregory in Silicon Valley" and included a link to his IMDb page. There it was: Christopher Evan Welch died on Monday, December 2, 2013 at age 48, after a three-year battle with lung cancer. Maybe there were some people who knew...
- 4/8/2014
- by Jesse David Fox
- Vulture
Let no one say Mike Judge doesn't have it in for The Man. As in "Office Space," the new HBO series "Silicon Valley" follows the trials of a group of under-appreciated ham-and-eggers hoping to break free of the bottom rung. Unlike "Office Space," the plan here is to do it honestly. Initially it looks like programmer Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch) has big dreams but little to back them up. By day he works as a grunt for a thoroughly ridiculous (and Google-riffic) megacompany called Hooli. Some of the best jokes in the pilot come at Hooli's expense, and while a lot of the humor is tech company-specific, anyone who has worked for a massive corporate entity will feel a queasy sense of recognition. When Richard takes the cushy, company-run bus into work (a real-life perk for Google employees), riders must suffer through an annoyingly slick video plug for the company from ego-bloated founder Gavin Belson.
- 4/7/2014
- by Liane Bonin Starr
- Hitfix
Mike Judge 'Office Space,' 'Beavis amp Butt-head,' 'King of the Hill' brings his irreverent brand of humor to HBO in the new comedy series Silicon Valley. The series features late stage and screen actor Christopher Evan Welch 'The Master', 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona', who passed away on December 2, 2013 of lung cancer at the age of 48. Five and a half of the eight episodes were filmed before Welch's death and the plot will continue as planned for Season 1.
- 4/5/2014
- by TV News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Silicon Valley presented in the terrific new HBO comedy of the same name (it debuts Sunday night at 10) is a kind of Wild West for nerds: a lawless territory where they can be among their own kind rather than struggle to fit into a more structured world that doesn't understand them, and a place where they can seek massive fortune along the way. That vision of the Valley also fits HBO itself in a way, since it's long been a place where creative types with idiosyncratic personalities and specific, uncompromising creative visions could go to find success in a safer, more wide-open environment. It's where David Chase could go when he was on the verge of quitting the TV business altogether and tell the story of a wiseguy in therapy. It's where David Milch could go to be given the absolute freedom to succeed so beautifully with "Deadwood" (and...
- 4/4/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
It's a mixed set of emotions on this week's Firewall & Iceberg video show. On the one hand, Dan and I have lots of positive things to say about HBO's "Veep" and "Silicon Valley," and mostly positive things to say about "The Mindy Project." On the other, we also spent about half the show discussion the "How I Met Your Mother" finale, and you already know where I stand on that. We'll be back tomorrow with a podcast to discuss "Turn," "The Walking Dead" finale and more, including more mail and possibly more "Himym" talk. One thing to note: in the "Silicon Valley" segment, Dan and I neglected to mention that castmember Christopher Evan Welch died unexpectedly in December. His performance is perhaps the best thing about a show that has a lot of excellent things; if HBO renews it (and I hope they will), it's a big loss. The rundown:...
- 4/2/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
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