hbo HBO picks up 'Silicon Valley' to series

[V-Tech]

HBO has seen the latest comedy pilot from Mike Judge and they like what they see: 'Silicon Valley' has been picked up to series at the network.

Mike Judge, John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky--who all worked together on Judge's animated smash hit series 'King of the Hill'--got the team together again to write and produce a dark comedy set in the world of IT professionals. The untitled single-camera project is set in the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, where the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Judge is famous for creating the animated series 'Beavis & Butt-Head' as well as the long-living hit 'King of the Hill,' however he's also the man behind the hit feature films 'Office Space,' 'Idiocracy' and 'Extract.'

The pilot for 'Silicon Valley' starred T. J. Miller, an improvisation comedian known for his work on 'Gravity Falls' and 'Dragons: Riders of Berk.' Miller is also offering his voice as his 'Dragons: Riders of Berk' character in the upcoming 'How to Train Your Dragon 2.' Joining Miller is Thomas Middleditch, Josh Brener, Lindsey Broad, Christopher Evan Welch, Amanda Crew, Angela Trimbur, Zach Woods and Kumail Nanjiani--some recognizable names, some fresh faces. It seems very likely that 'Silicon Valley' will serve to launch a few of these careers into the next echelon.

HBO is currently rocking when it comes to comedies, with 'Girls' and 'Veep' both receiving commercial and critical success. 'Silicon Valley' joins these shows, along with another half-hour comedy being picked up by the network: an untitled San Francisco project from Michael Lannan and Andrew Haigh.

http://www.tvrage.com/news/6682/hbo-picks-up-silicon-valley-to-series

[Rappy Veteran]

It sounds interesting, it's on a good network to be itself as well

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[RageOfFury]

Hmmm looking interesting. Is there a series premiere date yet?

[Rappy Veteran]

Hmmm looking interesting. Is there a series premiere date yet?

Jan 19th

[Brendeth]

Office Space is still one of my all-time favourite movies and after recently falling in love with King of the Hill, I am all for more Mike Judge!

[DocM]

A retcon Revenge of the Nerds?

[Mandosis]

This sounds interesting. I think i might watch it when it airs.

[dead.cell]

Will keep an eye on it, as I love Mike Judge. Though, I'll be honest: I came here thinking this was somehow in relation to Pirates of Silicon Valley haha. That movie never gets old... :wub:

[Rappy Veteran]

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[Rappy Veteran]

I enjoyed the pilot!

[mudslag]

I enjoyed the pilot!

 

 

 

Ditto

[GameOverRob]

Might give this a go, I hadn't realised it was a HBO show.

[djdanster]

Really good pilot. Looks like a promising show!

[StandingInAlley]

I watched this yesterday and really liked it. Can't wait for the next episode

[_neutrino Veteran]

watched the first episode last night and it was a bit strange, however, i think i will give it a chance and watch a few more to see where it goes.

[Osiris]

Wasn't too bad, would have preferred Marrtin Starr to play the main perhaps.  Might just be they've written the main character to be a bit too stereotyped.

[Brendeth]

Watched the pilot last night, really enjoyed it and appreciated that it didn't come off like the Big Bang Theory and just stereotype the hell out of each character.

[vanx]

For a pilot of the HBO show, I was underwhelmed. It had Entourage-y feel to it, so I hope for a better next episode.

[DarkyDan]

I found it to be very amusing.  Without Geek references it would still be pretty decent.. but I liked some of the characters from other comedies they have been in (NTSF:SD:SUV:: Newsreaders etc)

[The_Observer]

Enjoying it so far. Looking forward and hoping it does well! 

[Rappy Veteran]

This weeks episode was cool, I am digging this series alot

[Lingwo]

I'm really enjoying the series too. I wasn't too sure about it to begin with. Then i watched the pilot and thought it had alot of promise.

They seem to have the show well cast. The jokes are and not too geeky and try hard.

 

It has Gabe in it! Pretty much playing the exact same role as he did in The Office.

 

Be interesting to see how the show develops.