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The largely forgotten 16-year-old comedy created by Beavis and Butt-Head creator Mike Judge has found newfound success on streaming.

Directed by the creator of several iconic adult cartoon series, including Beavis and Butt-Head and King of the Hill, Judge's 2009 live-action comedy film Extract has become a streaming hit. The film climbed to #2 most streamed film on Paramount+ U.S.Extract stars Jason Bateman as Joel Reynolds, the founder of a company specializing in making flavoring extracts. The film had an $8 million budget to work with and ultimately grossed $10.8 million at the global box offices. Despite the lukewarm financial success, Extract was generally positively received and currently has a 62% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Extract is a satire showing the company's questionable working conditions. When an accident results in one of Joel's employees, Dean Slade, played by Ben Affleck, losing a testicle, Cindy, a con artist played by Mila Kunis, steps in to capitalize on the incident.

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Mythic Quest is one of the best Apple TV+ original series and a brilliant comedy series with genius performances by the ensemble cast. Created by It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia famed creator Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, and Megan Ganz, the series follows the team behind the biggest multiplayer video game of all time as they are tasked with building new worlds and creating new heroes and legends. McElhenney and Charlotte Nicado lead the series’ cast into some brilliantly funny storylines. So, if you loved the outrageous storylines, hilarious comedy, and compelling characters in Mythic Quest, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia is a dark comedy series created by Rob McElhenney. The FX series revolves around a group...

From ‘Curb’ to ‘The Comeback,’ HBO knows comedy.

Writing a list of the top HBO comedy TV shows of all time is hard because it’s subjective. What I think is funny and what you think is funny is different – and we’re both right (except I’m more right). Still, it’s fun to do and I can use the release of the new HBO comedy TV series “The Franchise” as an excuse to do it.

With new episodes dropping on Sunday nights, “The Franchise” follows the crew of an unloved franchise movie as they showcase the secret chaos inside the world of superhero moviemaking. Sam Mendes is co-creator, so he’s bound to bring the realism having spent years and years of his life making franchise movies. More importantly – as this list will exemplify - HBO knows comedy. So, here are the top 7 HBO comedy TV shows of...

Richie Stephens has turned his real-life path to redemption, from Irish gangster to an actor with guest roles on series like “NCIS” and “Blue Bloods,” into the upcoming book “The Gangster’s Guide to Sobriety: My Life in 12 Steps.” And now, “Silicon Valley” co-creators John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky have signed on to develop a TV series based on the personal account, with Stephens involved as well.

“The Gangster’s Guide to Sobriety,” set to be released on May 24 by Post Hill Press and distributed by Simon & Schuster, tells the true story of Stephens’ involvement with drug trafficking, kidnapping, and robbery (along with other misdeeds that he alludes to), followed by his path away from that world via acting.

Altschuler and Krinsky will developing Stephens’ story for TV via the book, which they helped write with Stephens. “Hopefully if people see that someone as fucked up as me could change their life,...

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...

Spoiler Warning: This article reveals details from the series finale for HBO’s Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley finished its sixth and final season on HBO on Sunday night with a swan song episode for Pied Piper.

Created by Mike Judge, John Altschuler, and Dave Krinsky, the Emmy-nominated Silicon Valley is a subversive satire of modern-day tech sector with its the brightest and the biggest aren’t necessarily the best.

“Silicon Valley has been a career and life highlight for us,” series executive producers/showrunners Mike Judge and Alec Berg said when the final season was announced in May. “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.

“Silicon Valley” co-creators John Altschuler and David Krinsky are poised to tackle another tech-related subject.

The duo’s adaptation of the novel “The Players Ball: A Genius, a Con Man, and the Secret History of the Internet’s Rise” about the origins of the dating website Match.com has received a pilot script order at TBS, Variety has learned exclusively.

The project has original author David Kushner attached as an executive producer and hails from The Gotham Group, where Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Eric Robinson, Jeremy Bell and DJ Goldberg are all on board as EPs.

“The Players Ball,” published in April, 2019 by Simon & Schuster, tells the story of the incredible battle between the founder of Match.com and the con man who swindled him out of the website Sex.com, resulting in an all-out war for the control of love and sex on the internet.

In 1994, entrepreneur Gary Kremen used...

That’s right folks, we are going to have to say goodbye to the loveable bunch of nerds from northern California. HBO has announced that the seven episode final season of Silicon Valley will premiere in October.

The show stars Thomas Middleditch, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr, Zach Woods, and Josh Brener as a group of programmers that stumble upon success and find out they are not prepared for said success. The show was created by Mike Judge, John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky.

When previously talking about the series coming to an end, executive producers/showrunners Mike Judge and Alec Berg had this to say:

“Silicon Valley has been a career and life highlight for us. 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.

Several HBO signature series are coming to an end this year. One of them, Emmy-nominated comedy Silicon Valley, will debut its sixth and final season in October, the network announced at TCA today.

HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys has a personal connection to the show, executive produced/showrun by Mike Judge and Alec Berg, as he had developed it while running comedy for the network.

“I love working with Mike and Alec and this cast; a lot of the cast have broken out and gone off to do great things,” he told Deadline at TCA. “But if you have gotten to 5, 6, 7 seasons, that’s’ great, that’s all gravy.”

Created by Mike Judge, John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky, Silicon Valley stars Thomas Middleditch, Zach Woods, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr, Amanda Crew, Jimmy O. Yang, Suzanne Cryer, Matt Ross and Josh Brener.

Most of the core cast have stayed til...

Silicon Valley will return for its seven-episode, sixth and final season in October, HBO revealed today at TCA. A specific date was not announced.

Created by Mike Judge, John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky, the Emmy-nominated Silicon Valley takes a comic look at the modern-day epicenter of the high-tech gold rush, where the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success.

“Silicon Valley has been a career and life highlight for us,” series executive producers/showrunners Mike Judge and Alec Berg said when the final season was announced in May. “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.

The sixth and final season of “Silicon Valley” is returning in October, HBO announced Wednesday. An official premiere date has yet to be set.

A collaboration between showrunners Mike Judge and Alec Berg, the final season will consist of seven episodes. The series takes a comedic look at the modern-day epicenter of the high-tech gold rush, where the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success.

HBO announced in May that the sixth season of “Silicon Valley” would be its last.

“‘Silicon Valley’ has been a career and life highlight for us. 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,” Judge and Berg said at the time. “We are forever indebted to our incredible cast, crew, and partners at HBO. At a certain point, there’s only so much...

The upcoming sixth season of “Silicon Valley” will be the HBO comedy’s last, Variety has learned.

The final season will be an abbreviated seven episode run, making it the shortest season of the show. “Silcon Valley” is currently in pre-production and is slated to debut later this year. It had been announced late last year that production on the season would be delayed until this summer due to co-showrunner and executive producer Alec Berg’s commitments to fellow HBO comedy “Barry.”

“’Silicon Valley’ has been a career and life highlight for us,” said Berg and fellow co-showrunner/executive producer Mike Judge. “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...

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 co-creator Mike Judge has signed a two-year overall deal with HBO, which includes series production commitments for two new comedy series. Judge’s deal includes all forms of television, excluding animation.

Under the pact, the two new comedies are Qualityland, based on the novel of the same name by Marc-Uwe Kling, a co-production with HBO and Lionsgate, and limited series A5.

Co-written and executive produced by Judge and Josh Lieb (Silicon Valley), Qualityland, based on Kling’s novel, is set in the very near future. It’s everything we have now, and more so. It’s the story of humanity’s struggle against the tyranny of convenience. But funny.

3 Arts’ Michael Rotenberg also executive produces. HBO co-produces with Lionsgate.

A5 is co-written by Judge and Etan Cohen. It is centered on a bioengineer who discovers the gene that makes a person...

HBO’s comedy series Silicon Valley is taking a long break between Season 5 and and Season 6. Renewed for a sixth season last summer, Silicon Valley is likely not going to go into production until this summer. That is in part because its executive producer/showrunner Alec Berg also runs fellow HBO comedy series Barry, which he co-created.

The long delay and the series’ age have prompted much speculation that Silicon Valley‘s sixth season would be its last.

“In terms of last season, it’s a natural question; we have had conversations with them,” HBO president of programming Casey Bloys told Deadline. “Obviously when you get to the sixth season of a show, you have to talk about how much more is there in this, do you want to do more, so we have had those conversations. To be honest, what (the producers) want to do is get in the (writers) room,...

HBO is pushing back the start of production on the sixth season of “Silicon Valley” in order to accommodate showrunner Alec Berg’s same responsibilities on “Barry.”

There is no word from HBO on when production on the new season of “Silicon Valley” will start, but TV Line reported it will likely be next summer, which could mean that the series may not return until 2020.

“As Alec Berg is a showrunner on both ‘Barry’ and ‘Silicon Valley,’ the schedule was structured to allow Alec to wrap on ‘Barry’ before starting work on ‘Silicon Valley,'” an HBO spokesperson said in a statement.

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The move will likely take “Silicon Valley” out of contention for the Emmys, where it has been nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series each year. “Barry” won a pair of acting Emmys for its first season,...

Production on the sixth season of HBO’s “Silicon Valley” has been delayed until mid-next year, Variety has confirmed.

The comedy series will now begin production on the new season in summer 2019, meaning the season may not air until 2020.

“As Alec Berg is a showrunner on both ‘Barry’ and ‘Silicon Valley,’ the schedule was structured to allow Alec to wrap on ‘Barry’ before starting work on ‘Silicon Valley,'” an HBO spokesperson said in a statement to Variety.

“Barry,” HBO’s new comedy starring Bill Hader as a hitman with dreams of being an actor, debuted back in March and was renewed for a second season at the same time “Silicon Valley” was renewed for its sixth.

“Silicon Valley”–which stars Thomas Middleditch, Martin Starr, Kumail Nanjiani, Zach Woods and Amanda Crew–has been nominated for multiple Emmys throughout its run, including best comedy series. It has won two of the awards to date,...

Stars: Johnny Knoxville, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Chris Pontius, Dan Bakkedahl, Johnny Pemberton, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Eric Manaka, Joshua Hoover, Conner McVicker, Michael Everson, Matthew Peterson | Written by John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky | Directed by Tim Kirkby

The Johnny Knoxville starring Action Point attempts to once again recalibrate and weave the Jackass level of stunt filmmaking into a structured story narrative in the same vein as Knoxville’s moderately successful 2013 feature Bad Grandpa. The outcome is quite surprisingly successful while remaining ever so childish and formulated yet with a balanced tone of comedy and light-hearted drama.

D.C. is the crackpot owner of Action Point – a low-rent, out-of-control amusement park where the rides are designed with minimum safety for maximum fun. Just as his estranged daughter Boogie comes to visit, a corporate mega-park opens nearby and jeopardizes the future of Action Point. To save his beloved park and his relationship with Boogie, D.C.

Johnny Knoxville is getting older. He knows it too. The one-time (and perhaps perpetual) Jackass is close to hitting 50. His youth is fading behind him. He’s nearer to his old-man persona than the recluse provocateur he was two/three decades earlier. And the thing is, Johnny Knoxville isn’t in denial. Adulthood might not come gradually for the man, but it’s coming. His glory days have dwindled. He isn’t going to be performing too many stunts in the near future — unless he seriously wants to get hurt. Action Point isn’t merely another studio comedy from the stunt-man entertainer; it’s the last hurrah. It’s a twinkle-eyed remembrance to the days of yesteryear, glittered by nostalgia and a smidgen of remorse, but by no means regret. His reckless youth is both no longer in fashion and the inspiration for thousands of idiots on YouTube. His relevance is dated.

Comedy Central is adding animated series King of the Hill and The Cleveland Show to its lineup. The network has acquired from Twentieth Television all 13 seasons of King of the Hill for premiere on Monday, July 23 and all four seasons of Family Guy spinoff The Cleveland Show for premiere in the fall.

It was the off-network run of Family Guy on Adult Swim after its cancellation by Fox that triggered its revival by the broadcast network. We will see if Comedy Central’s airings could have a similar impact on spinoff The Cleveland Show, which has the rare distinction of never been officially canceled by Fox.

On Comedy Central, the two library series join another 20th TV-produced animated series that aired on Fox, Futurama, which also airs on Syfy.

King of the Hill originally aired on Fox from 1997 to 2010. Created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, King of the Hill...

In another death knell for raunchy comedies at the box office, Paramount’s Johnny Knoxville stunt comedy Action Point is hitting the skids in the worst way this weekend, opening to $2.2M.

That’s the lowest wide release debut of the star’s career, and a major setback for the prankster whose four Jackass films have made the studio close to a half billion dollars worldwide off combined budgets just north of $50M over a 16-year period. That weekend result is even lower than Paramount’s prestige misfires last year, mother! ($7.5M opening) and Suburbicon ($2.8M), even though those catered to different audiences.

Action Point arrives without the Jackass label because it only stars Knoxville and Chris Pontius and not the whole gang, and that’s one of the reasons why the pic’s fans are staying away, even though Paramount earnestly billed the comedy as “From the Star of Jackass” in trailers.

I heard Johnny Knoxville say during an interview that throughout his entire career, no production has bruised, battered, or sent him to the hospital more times than Action Point. That, right there, is saying something.

For those who’ve grown up watching Knoxville physically disassemble himself with old pals Steve-o and Bam Margera on the Jackass TV show or any of its subsequent movies know that such a statement, if true, would suggest quite an entertaining (not to mention painful) display. After all, we did see a motorbike crush his…well…most “private” of areas.

Though I’m no doctor, and am not ashamed to admit I would be terrified to do any of the things I saw on the screen, I certainly doubt that Action Point, Knoxville’s first major narrative-stunt hybrid since Bad Grandpa, hurt the industry’s most entertaining maniac as much as he let on. It...

A Jackass movie by any other name would smell just as sweet – even when it comes out rancid. Action Point brings Johnny Knoxville and his anarchic crew of self-abusers back to the screen in a movie that keeps selling syrupy when we want mad-dog crazy. It's still R-rated and, yes, and you do get to see Knoxville get hurled into the broad side of a barn while his old buddy Chris Pontius finds his balls being used as a snack for a squirrel. Good times. But someone thought this comedy...

Johnny Knoxville may be one of the world’s foremost scholars of self-inflicted pain, but he’s never subjected himself (or us) to anything even half as excruciating as “Action Point,” a dismal new comedy that will leave you longing for the relative artistry and sophistication of the “Jackass” glory days. Because, as much as this might look like a “Jackass” movie — as much as it might provide a ridiculously great premise for a “Jackass” movie — this joyless aberration is most definitely not a “Jackass” movie. It feels generous to call it a movie at all.

The basic idea should have been a total slam dunk. Inspired by New Jersey’s famously dangerous “Action Park,” a deathtrap that was forced to close when the owners were buried in an avalanche of personal injury lawsuits, “Action Point” was never going to be anything more than a masochistic playground built on top of a flimsy plot.

What if Johnny Knoxville and a couple of his buddies from the “Jackass” hurt-yourself-for-the-hell-of-it TV series were put in charge of an amusement park? Instead of safety being the owners’ primary concern, guests would be encouraged to tempt fate on notoriously risky waterslides, ziplines, and a high-speed downhill toboggan. That’s the lowbrow high concept behind the gleefully brainless “Action Point,” which was inspired by just such a death trap in Vernon, New Jersey, known as Action Park, where much fun was had (and many bones were broken) before a handful of personal injury lawsuits forced its closure in 1996.

Knoxville and his team clearly see this as the ideal stage for a fresh batch of willfully idiotic stunts — one of which was reportedly so severe that it dislodged Knoxville’s eyeball, such that it pops out of its socket whenever he sneezes — all in service of a woefully unfunny comedy...

Following the recent season premieres of both shows, HBO has renewed the freshman comedy series Barry and returning fan favorite Silicon Valley. The announcement was made by Amy Gravitt, executive vice president, HBO Programming.

“While Barry has delighted audiences with its deft interplay of comedy and drama, Silicon Valley remains as brilliantly and frighteningly prescient as ever,” noted Gravitt. “We’re thrilled that these two smart, funny shows are returning for another season.”

Created by Alec Berg and Bill Hader, Barry launched its eight-episode first season March 25. Hader stars in the title role as a depressed, low-rent hitman from the Midwest who finds himself drawn into a community of acting students while on a hit job in La. He wants to start a new life, but his criminal past won’t let him walk away. Can he find a way to balance the two worlds?

The current season of Barry,...

HBO has renewed comedy series Barry for a second season and Silicon Valley for its sixth go-round.

“While Barry has delighted audiences with its deft interplay of comedy and drama, Silicon Valley remains as brilliantly and frighteningly prescient as ever,” noted Amy Amy Gravitt, executive vice president, HBO Programming. “We’re thrilled that these two smart, funny shows are returning for another season.”

The renewal for both series comes shortly after the season premieres for each.

Created by Alec Berg and Bill Hader, Barry launched its eight-episode first season March 25. Hader stars in the title role as a depressed, low-rent hitman from the Midwest who finds himself drawn into a community of acting students while on a hit job in La. He wants to start a new life, but his criminal past won’t let him walk away. Can he find a way to balance the two worlds?

Berg and...

HBO has renewed the comedies “Barry” and “Silicon Valley.”

“While ‘Barry’ has delighted audiences with its deft interplay of comedy and drama, ‘Silicon Valley’ remains as brilliantly and frighteningly prescient as ever,” said Amy Gravitt, executive vice president of HBO Programming. “We’re thrilled that these two smart, funny shows are returning for another season.”

Created by Alec Berg and Bill Hader, “Barry” lauched its first season on March 25. Hader stars in the title role as a depressed, low-rent hitman from the Midwest who finds himself drawn into a community of acting students while on a hit job in La. He wants to start a new life, but his criminal past won’t let him walk away.

Season 1 of “Barry” also starred Henry Winkler, Stephen Root, Sarah Goldberg, Glenn Fleshler, Anthony Carrigan, and Paula Newsome. Berg and Hader also serve as executive producers, with Aida Rodgers and Emily Heller producing.

Paramount Pictures has released the first trailer for the upcoming action-comedy, ‘Action Point’. The film centers around Johnny Knoxville‘s D.C., who owns a low-rent amusement park. After D.C.’s ammunsment park is threatened to go out of business by the opening of a spiffy new rival park, D.C. and his teenage daughter pull out all the stops to keep their park alive. There’s plenty of great moments in the trailer, but it really feels like a potentially great funny combination of ‘Jackass‘ and ‘Bad Grandpa‘.

The film will be directed by Tim Kirkby and produced by Knoxville, Bill Gerber and Derek Freda. It is based on a story by Knoxville, Freda, John Altschuler, Dave Kinsky and Mike Judge, with a screenplay by Altschuler and Kinsky. In addition to Knoxville, ‘Action Point‘ will star Chris Pontius, Dan Bakkedahl, Matt Schulze, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Johnny Pemberton, Brigette Lundy-Paine,...

It's been nearly 8 years since Jackass 3D and now Johnny Knoxville is back to his daredevil roots in the trailer for Action Point, which hits theaters June 1st. Fans of the Jackass franchise got their hopes up about a possibility of a 4th movie when Knoxville posted a picture of himself with Wee-Man and Bam Margera. It was the first time that he and some of the crew had been in the same place in 7 years, since the filming of Jackass 3D. However, there has not been anything mentioned about a proper reunion and 4th installment since then.

For those looking for the same kind of stunts as Jackass, Action Point should quench some of that thirst. The movie has real-life stunts mixed with acting in a real storyline. The trailer begins with Johnny Knoxville in heavy makeup to be an old man again, much like Bad Grandpa, but he's...

Paramount Pictures has released the first trailer for the upcoming action comedy Action Point. Directed by Tim Kirkby (Brockmire), the film stars Johnny Knoxville as the owner of a low-rent amusement park who, when his teenage daughter comes to visit, pulls out all the stops in order to compete with a bigger, badder theme park that threatens to put them out of business. The screenplay hails from Silicon Valley writers/producers John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky, and indeed Silicon Valley creator Mike Judge has a “story by” credit on the film. The final result is a blend of that …...

Between 2004 and 2009, Tom Petty supplemented his rock and roll career with a surprising side gig, voicing the character Lucky on Mike Judge‘s beloved animated show, King of the Hill. In a short tribute shared with Rolling Stone, Judge remembers Petty as “the nicest, most humble and unassuming rock star you could ever hope to meet.” Petty died Monday at the age of 66 after going into cardiac arrest.

“We had all grown up on his music, that unique voice of his, and to have him as the voice of Lucky...

HBO has renewed hit series Veep and Silicon Valley for their seventh and fifth seasons, respectively. Both are slated to premiere in 2018. The renewals come ahead of each series’ current season finales on June 25. Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning Silicon Valley, created by Mike Judge, John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky, takes a comic look at the modern-day epicenter of the high-tech gold rush, where the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling…...

HBO has just released the new trailer for season 4 of “Silicon Valley.” The clip begins with Richard (Thomas Middleditch) gathering the Pied Piper crew to inform them he’s quitting. Richard insists in keeping the name, and lets the team know that he won’t budge. But the rest of the guys couldn’t care less.

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From there, things continue to get awkward as Richard looks to the future, hoping to invent something new to revolutionize the tech game. If the first three seasons have been any indication, it’s going to be a long way to the top.

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Created by Mike Judge, John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky, “Silicon Valley” focuses on six guys who struggle with...

HBO’s Silicon Valley is unquestionably one of the sharpest, timeliest, sleekest and funniest shows on television right now, at least in this writer’s humble opinion. And in many ways, it only gets better as it continues. The tech world satire grows more cutting, telling, brighter and dependable with each new year, and now we finally know when the comedy series returns. According to HBO, it’ll be with us again on April 23rd.

Starring Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr, Amanda Crew and Zach Woods, among others, Silicon Valley‘s fourth season will continue to see the rising tech enterprise juggling hurdle after hurdle in this oddball computerized world. Last season left more than a few loose ends, most notably regarding the state of Pied Piper’s management, and we’re sure the newest outing will keep bringing the nail-biting suspense and gut-busting laughs in equal measure.

If you loved watching Johnny Knoxville get mauled by dogs and bulls on “Jackass” or freak people out in “Bad Grandpa,” you’re in luck. The studio behind those illustrious films, Dickhouse Productions, is collaborating with Paramount to produce a new Knoxville-centered flick called “Action Park,” according to multiple media reports. The premise is simple: Knoxville and his buddies create their own ramshackle theme park and invite unsuspecting members of the public to try it out. Pratfalls, reckless behavior and bewildered reactions from bystanders ensue. Along with starring in the film, Knoxville will write the script with John Altschuler & Dave Krinsky.

Paramount has announced that it’s giving a whole (fake) theme park to perpetual pain magnet Johnny Knoxville. According to Deadline, the studio has green-lit Action Park, a movie that asks, “What if a full-on-Jackass-mode Johnny Knoxville had his very own amusement park?”

The film is being directed by Veep and Look Around You director Tim Kirkby, from a script by Knoxville and Silicon Valley’s John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky. That’s a pretty top-loaded team for a movie that sounds like an excuse to film a hundred takes of dudes getting smacked in the nuts by a Tilt-a-Whirl, but Knoxville has earned a little leeway from Paramount; their last collaboration, 2013’s Bad Grandpa, managed to bring in $152 million on a $15 million budget.

Exclusive: Paramount Pictures has set a March production start in South Africa for Action Park, the working title of a comedy starring Johnny Knoxville. Tim Kirkby will direct the script by John Altschuler & Dave Krinsky and Knoxville. Billy Gerber, Knoxville and Derek Freda are producing. Knoxville is producing through his Hello Junior banner. The film is casting up and is very much in the spirit of Knoxville’s last Paramount comedy Bad Grandpa. The logline: Imagine…...

Richard Hendricks (Emmy nominee Thomas Middleditch), the sheepish, high-strung CEO of Pied Piper, prefers to take his bad news lying down. Confronting a choice between termination and demotion in the season premiere of “Silicon Valley,” he sprawls on the floor, face pressed to the carpet; later, after attempting to grow his compression platform’s number of “daily active users,” he admits defeat by curling up in a bathtub the color of Pepto-Bismol.

On both occasions, he’s comforted by loyal CFO and kindred spirit Donald “Jared” Dunn (the note-perfect Zach Woods), a man of strong ethics and strange social graces, and it’s their relationship that reveals the satire’s soft heart. “Silicon Valley” features mercilessly funny criticism of tech-sector excess, but its sense of humor is built on the belief that the good guys can win. The series accepts Richard’s lament in the season finale—”Every time I...

TV Land announced today the second season order of “Lopez” starring and executive produced by stand-up comedian and actor George Lopez. “Lopez” is currently in its first season on TV Land, airing Wednesdays at 10pm and full episodes can be viewed on the TV Land App. The finale airs on Wednesday, June 22nd.

The series revolves around George as he struggles with wanting to give back to the Latino community where he grew up, but also feeling as though he can never satisfy all the demands placed on him by both the celebrity world and his hometown.

“Lopez” is also executive produced and written by John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky (“Silicon Valley,” “King of the Hill”). Michael Rotenberg (“It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia”) of 3 Arts Entertainment also served as executive producer alongside Troy Miller, who also directed all episodes of season one and produced the show via Dakota Pictures.

Ahead of the June 22 Season 1 finale, TV Land has ordered a second season of comedy series Lopez, starring and executive produced by George Lopez. The series revolves around George as he struggles with wanting to give back to the Latino community where he grew up but also feeling as though he can never satisfy all the demands placed on him by both the celebrity world and his hometown. Lopez is also executive produced and written by John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky (Silicon…...

TV Land has ordered a second season of the George Lopez comedy series “Lopez,” the network announced on Friday. Lopez stars as a fictionalized version of himself, in which he struggles with wanting to give back to the Latino community where he grew up, but also feeling as though he can never satisfy all the demands placed on him by both the celebrity world and his hometown. “Lopez” is executive produced and written by John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky. Michael Rotenberg of 3 Arts Entertainment also served as executive producer alongside Troy Miller. Miller directed all episodes of season one and produced the show.

With all three shows set to return for new seasons on Sunday, April 24, HBO has renewed Silicon Valley, Veep and Game of Thrones for 2017, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. The Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated Silicon Valley takes a comic look at the modern-day epicenter of the high-tech gold rush, where the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. A collaboration between Mike Judge and Alec Berg, the show returns for its ten-episode third season Sunday, April 24 (10:00-10:30 p.m.). Series regulars include Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Zach Woods, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr, Josh Brener, Amanda Crew, Matt Ross, Jimmy O. Yang and Suzanne Cryer.

Silicon Valley Season 3 credits include creators Mike Judge & John Altschuler & Dave Kinsky. Executive producers are Mike Judge, Alec Berg, Michael Rotenberg and Tom Lassally. Co-executive producers include Clay Tarver, Dan O'Keefe, Jim Kleverweis, Ron Weiner and John Levenstein.

With all three shows set to return for new seasons on Sunday, April 24, HBO has renewed Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley, and Veep for 2017, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. The Emmy-winning Game of Thrones begins its ten-episode sixth season Sunday, April 24 (9:00-10:00 p.m. Et/Pt).

Based on the bestselling fantasy books by George R.R. Martin, the fantasy series chronicles an epic struggle for power in a vast and violent kingdom. Series regulars this season include: Emmy and Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Aidan Gillen, Diana Rigg, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams and Jonathan Pryce.

Season six credits for Game of Thrones include the showrunners and executive producers David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger and Bernadette Caulfield. Co-executive producers are Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis and George R.R. Martin. Supervising producer include Bryan Cogman along with producers Chris Newman,...

While many fans are looking forward to Sunday, April 24 because of Game of Thrones' return, others are circling that date because Season 3 of Silicon Valley will kick off on that same night. To get fans ready for the upcoming season, HBO has released the first trailer, which centers on Thomas Middleditch's character Richard Hendricks trying to assert himself, although it doesn't go so well. Now that his company Pied Piper is back, Richard wants to get back the CEO title he rightfully deserves.

Last season, Richard was forced out as CEO of Pied Piper, the start-up company that developed innovative data-compression technology. As we can see in the trailer below, Richard is demanding to be re-instated as CEO of the company he built from the ground up, although he doesn't exactly make a good impression. The series is loosely based on series co-creator Mike Judge's experiences as...

HBO has confirmed that the new seasons of Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley and Veep will debut back-to-back on Sunday, April 24, starting at 9:00 p.m. (Et/Pt). Game of Thrones begins its ten-episode sixth season Sunday, April 24 (9:00-10:00 p.m.). Based on the popular book series A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R.R. Martin, this hit Emmy-winning fantasy series chronicles an epic struggle for power in a vast and violent kingdom. The ensemble cast for the fifth season included Emmy and Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Aidan Gillen, Kit Harington, Diana Rigg, Natalie Dormer, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner. Executive producers, David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger, Bernadette Caulfield; co-executive producers, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis and George R.R. Martin.

Silicon Valley returns for its ten-episode third season Sunday, April 24 (10:00-10:30 p.m.). The Emmy-winning and...

George Lopez is coming back to television on TV Land The cable channel has ordered a new sitcom called Lopez. The first season will have a dozen episodes and will debut in 2016.

Here are the details:

TV Land Gives Series Order To Innovative New Comedy "Lopez" Starring Acclaimed Actor And Comedian George Lopez

12 Episode Series To Premiere in 2016

New York - August 11, 2015 - TV Land continues to expand its slate of original, contemporary comedies with the series pickup of "Lopez," starring and executive produced by renowned stand-up comedian and actor George Lopez, it was announced today. The half hour single camera serialized comedy has a 12 episode order and will premiere in 2016. John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky ("Silicon Valley," "King Of The Hill") will write and executive produce the series. Michael Rotenberg ("It's...

TV Land is teaming with George Lopez for an autobiographical sitcom based on the comedian’s life.

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Lopez, to be written and exec-produced by John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky (Silicon Valley), revolves around the successful Hispanic American comedian as he struggles between his two worlds. “Too rich to go back to his working class, Latino roots, and too ‘brown’ to feel comfortable in his affluent celebrity life, being George Lopez comes with many problems,” the synopsis reads.

Lopez from 2002 to 2007 fronted an eponymous ABC sitcom which also featured a fictionalized version of himself (and...

TV Land, which is currently airing the first season of The Jim Gaffigan Show, has given a straight-to-series order to another semi-autobiographical, single-camera comedy toplined by a veteran stand-up comedian. The cable network has picked up 12 episodes of Lopez, starring and executive produced by George Lopez, for a 2016 premiere. The order was made based on a short presentation and a pilot script written by Silicon Valley co-creators/executive producers John Altschuler…...

“I had to do a lot of research and acting workshops to just try and even fathom what those dweebazoids in Silicon Valley were up to,” jokes Thomas Middleditch star of HBO’s hit comedy series “Silicon Valley,” during our recent webcam chat (watch below). The two-time Critics’ Choice nominee makes merry with just how hard it is getting into character: “It was tough because you know I’m such a cool guy and I do cool things like play in ‘Halo’ tournaments.” -Break- Watch dozens of video chats with 2015 Emmy contenders Middleditch plays Pied Piper’s quiet mastermind Richard Hendricks, a role written for him: “I was working on an animated show ("Beavis and Butt-Head") with John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky who also co-created the show and at one point they said to me, ‘Hey we’re working on this show for HBO and we think you&r...