‘Veep,’ ‘Silicon Valley’ Renewed

After airing only the first episodes of their respective fourth and second seasons last night, HBO has green lighted new seasons of their hit comedies Veep and Silicon Valley. HBO made the announcement even before any ratings news were published. Veep‘s creator Armando Iannuci will step down as showrunner with Curb Your Enthusiasm‘s David Mandel filling the role in Season …

DGA Television Nominations: Jodie Foster Gets Two

Following up to yesterday’s Director’s Guild of America (DGA) film announcement, the body unveiled its nominations for directing in a host of TV and commercial categories. Of note, Jodie Foster earned nominations in both the drama (for her work on House of Cards) and comedy (for her work on Orange is the New Black) series. …

TV News: Broad City Renewed, and more headlines

Abbi and Ilana are coming back for a third season; Turn, Silicon Valley and Wet Hot American Summer add cast; and more TV headlines

HBO’s Sunday: Game of Thrones, Veep Soar – Silicon Valley Stumbles

Sunday night’s HBO settle-in brought back two solid season premieres of the best HBO has to offer right now: Game of Thrones and Veep. It also introduced a new series, Silicon Valley, by Mike Judge, which suffered greatly for delivering a singularly male vision of the tech industry. This did two things to sabotage the …