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Because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, HBO Is Taking Down Their Paywall for Barry, Silicon Valley, Veep, and More

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If you weren’t fortunate enough to have a good enough income in the “before times” to subscribe to HBO or have a friend or loved one that was nice enough to share their password, HBO is providing relief to those going stir crazy while observing sheltering at home and social distancing.

Via HBO Now and HBO Go, you’ll indeed be able to binge watch all the episodes of some of their best shows in recent memory Veep, Silicon Valley, Barry, and Succession (amongst a bunch of other perennial award winning drama series and HBO docs and even movie titles) without any sort of HBO subscription of any kind.

Best of all, this pay-wall-less access to hundreds hours of previously exclusive content starts tomorrow, April 3rd.

Trailer for Silicon Valley’s Sixth and Final Season Goes for Broke (Literally?)

October 22, 2019

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In a word, after watching this trailer, whoa.

This sixth and final season of Silicon Valley is really upping the ante with disrupting the whole tech world to a greater degree than ever before making Pied Piper, Hooli, and more have avoid complete ruin.

It will be curious if this is a glimpse into the not so distant future of tech (breaking of the biggest companies in the world, ad space taking over your video games, etc.).

Get a taste of what’s just a week away (season premiere on Oct. 27th) with this sixth and final season Silicon Valley trailer here.

Silicon Valley’s Season 6 Teaser Is Here

August 16, 2019

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The sixth and final season of Silicon Valley is just around the corner, which leads HBO to close out another long-lasting, perennial award winning comedy that’s as relevant and resonant as it is funny.

From the looks of this teaser where things seems like they’re all about to come crashing down, it’s going to be a glorious swan song for Silicon Valley.

Look for the premiere of the sixth and final season of Silicon Valley on Oct. 27th at HBO.

Here’s the Teaser for Season 5 of Silicon Valley

January 12, 2018

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It’s more than a couple of months away, but you can start looking forward to a whole brand new season of Silicon Valley. It’ll even feel a little newer than usual as there will be a noticeable absence of one Erlich Bachman.

See what that looks like in this trailer here.

The first season of Silicon Valley premieres on Sunday, March 25th on HBO.

Watch THR’s Latest Full Roundtable Comedy Actress/Actor Discussions

The Hollywood Reporter always does a great job with these big roundtable discussions and this go around is no different.

They did probably more than an hour of discussion that was only slightly cut down between Kathryn Hahn, Issa Rae, Pamela Adlon, Emmy Rossum, Minnie Driver, and America Ferrera, for the comedy actresses, and William H. Macy, Kumail Nanjiani, Anthony Anderson, Ted Danson, Kevin Bacon, and Brian Tyree Henry, for the comedy actors.

It’s fascinating conversation that spans the current deconstruction of inherent expectations within female roles all the way to Kevin Bacon’s feeling on Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.

Watch them here and here, respectively.

HBO’s Silicon Valley Made a Whole Site and Registration Page for “Hoolicon 2017″

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In satirizing the real Silicon Valley as much as they can, HBO’s Silicon Valley (in the same spirit as the faux sites for the characters of Veep) has extended their fictional world further into the real world with a Hoolicon event, complete with a site and registration page allowing for you to sign up.

Of course, Hoolicon is a big event along the lines of something like WWDC put on by Pied Piper’s nemesis, Hooli. If you like up the address, you’ll find that it’s on the campus of Cal State LA, which conveniently looks nothing like the screen grab of the landing page above. Also, we love Hooli CEO Gavin Belson’s quote in the about us page, “I don’t want to live in a world where someone else makes the world a better place better than we do.“

The cost of actually “registering” is several hundred dollars. We don’t have the sort of wallet to see how fun that part of the Hoolicon rabbit hole is, but we appreciate the attention to detail.

See all of this for yourself at the Hoolicon page here.

Both Veep & Silicon Valley Get Renewed By HBO

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Both Veep & Silicon Valley Get Renewed By HBO

Season 7 of Veep and season 5 of Silicon Valley will be happening as HBO just officially renewed one of its most reliable pair of comedies that the network has ever had.

Both shows will be coming in 2018 and have yet another year where real events that transpire might be weirder than their plot lines.

Silicon Valley Season 4 Premieres Tonight

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Just your friendly neighborhood reminder with this Daniel Clowes poster that one of HBO’s prestige comedies is returning for its 4th season tonight.

Tune in for season 4 of Silicon Valley tonight on HBO at 10PM (or stream it later on HBO GO or HBO NOW).

Here’s the Full Trailer for Silicon Valley Season 4

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Just when you think the stakes couldn’t get any higher for a bunch of people that probably shouldn’t be handling high stakes at all, the trailer for season 4 of Silicon Valley has made that possible

Watch it here, then look for the season premiere on Sunday, April 23rd at 10PM on HBO.

Chris Hardwick Is Curating and Hosting His Own Music/Comedy/Gaming/Comics/Tech/Arts Festival in Silicon Valley, ID10T Fest

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Though it’s in Silicon Valley and curated and hosted by Chris Hardwick, ID10T Fest is priced reasonably with single day general admission tickets starting at $65 and weekend passes going for $110.

You’re getting Michael Che, Michael Ian Black, Nikki Glaser, Garfunkel & Oates, Brian Posehn, Yassir Lester, Hampton Yount, Demetri Martin, and Matt Braunger in addition to TV on The Radio, Weezer, Car Seat Headrest, and Crystal Castles as well as plenty of panels and interactive exhibitions.

Not too bad, huh?

ID10T Fest is set for Saturday, June 24th and Sunday, June 25th at the Shoreline Amphitheatre.

Get more details and tickets here.

Silicon Valley Season 4 Gets Its First Teaser

February 17, 2017

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Just because the world is topsy turvy and satires seem less and less fictional these days doesn’t mean you can’t still enjoy hit satirical comedy shows like Silicon Valley.

Watch this teaser for season 4 and you’ll hopefully find that you can still enjoy the insanity of the tech world.

Season 4 of Silicon Valley premieres on Sunday, April 23rd.

Last Week Tonight’s Season 4 Teaser Is Pretty, Pretty Good

January 18, 2017

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John Oliver and his crack staff at Last Week Tonight couldn’t come back sooner this year.

However, we have a few more weeks before Oliver takes up his desk behind one of the best satirical news shows ever on television. Season 4 of Last Week Tonight premieres on Sunday, February 12th at 11PM.

While we won’t have an episode of Last Week Tonight commenting on the inauguration of Trump right after it happens, Oliver made a great teaser (some might say pretty, pretty good) to tide us over in the meantime.

SNL, James Corden, TJ Miller, and Meryl Streep All Win Big at This Year’s Critics Choice Awards

December 12, 2016

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SNL, James Corden, TJ Miller, and Meryl Streep All Win Big at This Year’s Critics Choice Awards

FILM

BEST COMEDY
Central Intelligence
Deadpool *WINNER*
Don’t Think Twice
The Edge of Seventeen
Hail, Caesar!
The Nice Guys

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Ryan Gosling – The Nice Guys
Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
Dwayne Johnson – Central Intelligence
Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool *WINNER*

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Kate Beckinsale – Love & Friendship
Sally Field – Hello, My Name Is Doris
Kate McKinnon – Ghostbusters
Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins *WINNER*

TV

BEST COMEDY SERIES
Atlanta
Black-ish
Fleabag
Modern Family
Silicon Valley *WINNER*
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live *WINNER*
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag
Constance Wu, Fresh Off the Boat

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
Donald Glover, Atlanta *WINNER*
Bill Hader, Documentary Now!
Patrick Stewart, Blunt Talk
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Allison Janney, Mom
Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt *WINNER*
Judith Light, Transparent
Allison Williams, Girls

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Louie Anderson, Baskets *WINNER*
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Tony Hale, Veep
T.J. Miller, Silicon Valley

BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live *WINNER*
Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Larry David, Saturday Night Live
Lisa Kudrow, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Liam Neeson, Inside Amy Schumer

BEST ANIMATED SERIES
Archer
Bob’s Burgers
BoJack Horseman *WINNER*
Son of Zorn
South Park
The Simpsons

BEST TALK SHOW
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
The Late Late Show with James Corden *WINNER*
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Host TJ Miller both co-starred Deadpool and is part of the ensemble cast of Silicon Valley, which both took home Critics Choice Awards last night. This might make TJ the biggest winner of the evening.

The Late Late Show with James Corden also continues its ascent in late night by winning over all the satirical news shows and Fallon, which is pretty astounding considering that Fallon is still a ratings leader and Sam Bee, John Oliver, and Trevor Noah got special focus because of the election.

The election also put special focus on SNL with highlighting both Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin in their respective impressions of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and resulted in their Critics Choice wins.

Meryl Streep continues her dominance with awards in general as she indeed play a historically bad singer perfectly in Florence Foster Jenkins.

Don’t forget that FX has a nice showing here as well with wins for Louie Anderson on Baskets and Donald Glover on Atlanta. It’s further proof that FX’s programming line-up can stand with the premium cable and streaming networks.

Also, we’re glad to see BoJack Horseman taking home Best Animated Series as the show continues to evolve and get more emotionally and satisfyingly complex.

See the full list of this year’s Critics Choice Awards winners here.

TJ Miller Tells the Story of Being Shirtless with a Battle Axe and Then Tries to Burn a Trump Tie

November 1, 2016

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It’s yet another unforgettable TJ Miller appearance on Conan, the talk show where TJ probably gets the most free reign. All of what we wrote in the headline did really happen and it was an absolutely crazy delight.

Not much other context is needed for you to enjoy, so we’ll let you just watch the whole interview outside of the headline.

San Diego/Del Mar’s Kaaboo To Have Silicon Valley, Jeff Ross, Janeane Garofalo, Garfunkel and Oates, Puddles Pity Party

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It’s becoming an ever more popular trend for big music festivals to have a comedy portion.

The Kaaboo in Del Mar, CA (just north of San Diego) is just doing that with a pretty fantastic, star studded comedy line-up. They’ve even recruited the delightful Taylor Williamson to put together a local comedy showcase.

If you’re in, around, or near Del Mar, you shouldn’t miss this. Get more details and tickets here.

Comedy Nominations for 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards

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This year, Veep, Transparent, Last Week Tonight, and Silicon Valley are still going strong as perennial awards favorites, Master of None and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend are new favorites, Key & Peele finished their run strong, Amy Schumer got nods for both her series and her special, and it was nice to see Bob’s Burgers, Childrens Hospital, Catastrophe, United Shades of America, and Triumph’s Election Special 2016 getting nods as well.

Here are the comedy nominees for 2016 Emmys (all comedy nominees in italics):

Comedy Series
-Black-ish
-Master of None
-Modern Family
-Silicon Valley
-Veep
-Transparent
-Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
-Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
-Aziz Ansari, Master of None
-Will Forte, Last Man on Earth
-William H. Macy, Shameless
-Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley
-Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
-Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
-Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
-Laurie Metcalf, Getting On
-Tracee Ellis Ross, Blackish
-Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
-Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

Supporting Actor in a Comedy
-Louie Anderson, Baskets
-Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele
-Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
-Ty Burrell, Modern Family
-Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
-Matt Walsh, Veep
-Tony Hale, Veep

Supporting Actress in a Comedy
-Niecy Nash, Getting On
-Allison Janney, Mom
-Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
-Judith Light, Transparent
-Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent
-Anna Chlumsky, Veep

Outstanding TV Movie
-A Very Murray Christmas
-All the Way
-Confirmation
-Luther
-Sherlock

Variety Talk Series
-Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
-Jimmy Kimmel Live
-Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
-The Late Late Show With James Corden
-Real Time With Bill Maher
-Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon

Variety Sketch Series
-Documentary Now
-Drunk History
-Inside Amy Schumer
-Key & Peele
-Portlandia
-Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
-Bob Newhart, “The Big Bang Theory”
-Tracy Morgan, “Saturday Night Live”
-Larry David, “Saturday Night Live”
-Bradley Whitford, “Transparent”
-Martin Mull, “Veep”
-Peter MacNicol, “Veep”

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
-Laurie Metcalf, “The Big Bang Theory”
-Christine Baranski, “The Big Bang Theory
-Tina Fey & Amy Poehler, “Saturday Night Live”
-Melissa McCarthy, “Saturday Night Live”
-Amy Schumer, “Saturday Night Live”
-Melora Hardin, “Transparent “

Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
-Rob Corddry, “Childrens Hospital”
-Rob Huebel, “Childrens Hospital”
-Lou Diamond Phillips, “The Crossroads Of History“
-Oscar Nuñez, “The Crossroads Of History“
-Jack McBrayer as Ollie, “Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell”

Outstanding Actress In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
-Patrika Darbo, “Acting Dead”
–Erinn Hayes, “Childrens Hospital “
-Janet Varney, “Everyone’s Crazy But Us”
-Michelle Ang, “Fear The Walking Dead: Flight 462”
-Tracie Thoms, “Send Me: an original web series”

Outstanding Animated Program
-Archer
-Bob’s Burgers
-Phineas and Ferb Last Day of Summer
-The Simpsons
-South Park

Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
-Adventure Time
-The Powerpuff Girls
-Robot Chicken
-SpongeBob SquarePants
-Steven Universe

Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program (Half-Hour Or Less)
-The Big Bang Theory
-The Muppets
-Silicon Valley
-Transparent
-Veep

Outstanding Production Design For A Variety, Nonfiction, Reality OrReality-Competition Series
-Drunk History
-Key & Peele
-Portlandia
-Saturday Night Live
-The Voice

Outstanding Narrator
-Adrien Brody, “Breakthrough”
-Keith David, “Jackie Robinson”
–Anthony Mendez, “Jane The Virgin”
-David Attenborough, “Life Story”
-Laurence Fishburne, “Roots”

Outstanding Costumes For A Contemporary Series, Limited Series Or Movie
-American Horror Story: Hotel
-Empire
-The Good Wife
-Grace And Frankie
-Transparent

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
-Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Glenn -Quagmire, Dr. Hartman, Tom Tucker, Mr. Spacely
-South Park, Trey Parker as PC Principal, Cartman
-South Park, Matt Stone as Craig Tucker, Tweek, Thomas Tucker
-SuperMansion, Keegan-Michael Key as American Ranger, Sgt. Agony
-SuperMansion, Chris Pine as Dr. Devizo, Robo-Dino

Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series
-Modern Family, Jeff Greenberg
-Silicon Valley, Jeanne McCarthy
-Transparent, Eyde Belasco
-Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Cindy Tolan
-Veep, Allison Jones

Outstanding Choreography
-America’s Best Dance Crew, Quest Crew
–Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Kathryn Burns
-Dancing With The Stars, Derek Hough
-So You Think You Can Dance, Anthony Morigerato
-So You Think You Can Dance, Travis Wall

Outstanding Cinematography For A Multi-Camera Series
-The Big Bang Theory, Steven V. Silver
-Mom, Steven V. Silver
-Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn , John Simmons
-The Soul Man, George Mooradian

Outstanding Costumes For A Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Program
-Dancing With The Stars, Daniela Gschwendtner, Costume Designer Steven Lee, Costume Designer, Polina Roytman, Assistant Costume Designer Karina Torrico, Assistant Costume Designer Howard Sussman, Costume Supervisor
-Grease: Live, William Ivey Long, Costume Designer, Paul Spadone, Assistant Costume Designer Nanrose Buchman, Assistant Costume Designer Gail Fitzgibbons, Costume Supervisor, Tom Beall, Costume Supervisor
-RuPaul’s Drag Race, Zaldy Goco, Costume Designer
–Saturday Night Live, Tom Broecker, Costume Designer Eric Justian, Costume Designer
-The Wiz Live!, Paul Tazewell, Costume Designer, Rachel Attridge, Assistant Costume Designer Rory Powers, Costume Supervisor

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series
-Master Of None, Aziz Ansari
-Silicon Valley, Alec Berg
-Silicon Valley, Mike Judge
-Transparent, Jill Soloway
-Veep, Dave Mandel
-Veep, Chris Addison
-Veep, Dale Stern

Outstanding Directing For A Variety Series
-Inside Amy Schumer, Ryan McFaul
-Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Paul Pennolino
-The Late Late Show With James Corden, Tim Mancinelli
-Saturday Night Live, Don Roy King
-The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Dave Diomedi

Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special
-Adele Live In New York City, Beth McCarthy-Miller
-Amy Schumer: Live At The Apollo, Chris Rock
-58th Grammy Awards, Louis J. Horvitz
-Grease: Live, Thomas Kail, Alex Rudzinski
-The Kennedy Center Honors , Glenn Weiss
-Lemonade, Kahlil Joseph, Beyoncé Knowles Carter

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series
-Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Kabir Akhtar
-Silicon Valley, Tim Roche
-Silicon Valley, Brian Merken
-Veep, Steven Rasch
-Veep, Shawn Paper

Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series
-The Big Bang Theory, Peter Chakos
-Horace And Pete, Gina Sansom
-Last Man Standing, Kris Trexler
-Mike & Molly, Stephen Prime
-Mom, Ben Bosse
-2 Broke Girls, Darryl Bates

Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming
–CONAN In Korea, Robert James Ashe, Lead Editor
Christopher Heller, Editor, David Grecu, Editor, Meaghan Wilbur, Editor
–Drunk History, Jody McVeigh-Schultz
–Key & Peele. Rich LaBrie, Editor, Neil Mahoney, Editor, Nicholas Monsour, Editor, Stephen Waichulis, Additional Editor
–Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Anthony Miale
-Lemonade. Bill Yukich

Outstanding Hairstyling For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special
-Dancing With The Stars, Mary Guerrero, Department Head Hairstylist
Kimi Messina, Key Hairstylist, Gail Ryan, Additional Hairstylist, Jennifer Guerrero, Additional Hairstylist
Sean Smith, Additional Hairstylist, Dean Banowetz, Additional Hairstylist
-Grease: Live, Mary Guerrero, Department Head Hairstylist
Kimi Messina, Key Hairstylist, Gail Ryan, Additional Hairstylist, Jennifer Guerrero, Additional Hairstylist
Dean Banowetz, Additional Hairstylist
Lucia Mace, Additional Hairstylist, Key & Peele, Amanda Mofield, Department Head Hairstylist, Raissa Patton, Assistant Department Head Hairstylist
-Saturday Night Live, Bettie O. Rogers, Department Head Hairstylist
Jodi Mancuso, Key Hairstylist, Inga Thrasher, Hairstylist, Jennifer Serio, Hairstylist, Cara Hannah Sullivan, Hairstylist
Joe Whitmeyer, Hairstylist
-The Wiz Live!, Charles G. LaPointe, Department Head Hairstylist
Kevin Maybee, Co-Department Head Hairstylist
Elizabeth Printz, Hairstylist, Amanda Duffy, Key Hairstylist

Outstanding Interactive Program
–CONAN, Conan O’Brien, Executive Producer/Host Jeff Ross, Executive Producer, John A. Wooden, Executive Producer Steve Beslow, Producer, Aaron Bleyaert, Producer
-Game Of Thrones, Elastic
-The Late Late Show With James Corden, CBS Interactive
-Saturday Night Live Interactive Experience, NBC Entertainment
-Talking Dead Interactive Experience, Michael Davies, Executive Producer Jen Patton, Executive Producer Brandon Monk, Executive Producer Chris Hardwick, Producer/Host

Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Series
-American Idol, Kieran Healy, Lighting Designer
Harry Sangmeister, Lighting Director
George Harvey, Lighting Director
Harrison Lippman, Lighting Director
-Dancing With The Stars, Simon Miles, Lighting Designer
Matthew Cotter, Lighting Director
Suzanne Sotelo, Lighting Director
-Saturday Night Live, Phil Hymes, Lighting Designer
Geoff Amoral, Lighting Director
Rick McGuinness, Lighting Director
-So You Think You Can Dance, Robert Barnhart, Lighting Designer
Matt Firestone, Lighting Director
Patrick Boozer, Lighting Director
Pete Radice, Lighting Director
-The Voice, Oscar Dominguez, Lighting Designer Samuel Barker, Lighting Director Daniel K. Boland, Lighting Director Craig Housenick, Lighting Director Johnny Bradley, Media Server Operator

Outstanding Makeup For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special (Non-Prosthetic)
-Dancing With The Stars, Zena Shteysel, Department Head Makeup Artist
Angela Moos, Key Makeup Artist, Patti Ramsey Bortoli, Additional Makeup Artist
Sarah Woolf, Additional Makeup Artist, Julie Socash, Additional Makeup Artist
Alison Gladieux, Additional Makeup Artist
-Grease: Live, Zena Shteysel, Department Head Makeup Artist
Angela Moos, Key Makeup Artist, Julie Socash, Additional Makeup Artist, Alison Gladieux, Additional Makeup Artist
–Key & Peele , Scott Wheeler, Department Head Makeup Artist
Suzy Diaz, Key Makeup Artist, Jason Hamer, Key Makeup Artist, Natalie Thimm, Key Makeup Artist, Michael Blake, Key Makeup Artist
–Saturday Night Live, Louie Zakarian, Department Head Makeup Artist
Amy Tagliamonti, Key Makeup Artist, Jason Milani, Key Makeup Artist, Daniela Zivkovic, Makeup Artist, Melanie Demitri, Makeup Artist
Margie Durand, Makeup Artist
-The Wiz Live!, Cookie Jordan, Co-Department Head Makeup Artist Matiki Anoff, Co-Department Head Makeup Artist Debi Young, Makeup Artist, Stephanie McGee, Makeup Artist, Bjorn Rehbein, Makeup Artist Christine Domaniecki, Makeup Artist

Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics
-Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, “Settle For Me”, Adam Schlesinger, Music & Lyrics by Rachel Bloom, Lyrics by, Jack Dolgen, Lyrics by
-Empire, “Good People”, Jim Beanz, Music & Lyrics by
-Galavant “A New Season”, Alan Menken, Music by
Glenn Slater, Lyrics by
-Garfunkel and Oates: Trying To Be Special • “Frozen Lullaby”, Riki Lindhome, Music & Lyrics by
Kate Micucci, Music & Lyrics by
-The Hunting Ground, “Til It Happens To You”, Diane Warren, Music & Lyrics by

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
-Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Rachel Bloom, Theme by
Adam Schlesinger, Theme by
-Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Sean P. Callery, Theme by
-Narcos, Rodrigo Amarante, Theme by
-The Night Manager, Victor Reyes, Theme by
-Sense8, Johnny Klimek, Theme by
Tom Tykwer, Theme by
-The Whispers, Robert Duncan, Theme by

Outstanding Variety Special
-Adele Live In New York City
-Amy Schumer: Live At The Apollo
-The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Prime Time Special
-Lemonade

Outstanding Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
-Childrens Hospital
-Fear The Walking Dead: Flight 462
-Hack Into Broad City
-Her Story
-UnREAL The Auditions

Outstanding Short Form Variety Series
-Epic Rap Battles Of History
-Gay Of Thrones
-Honest Trailers
-Making A Scene With James Franco
-Park Bench With Steve Buscemi

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
-Born This Way
-Deadliest Catch
-Gaycation With Ellen Page
-Intervention
-Project Greenlight
-United Shades Of America

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And
Animation
-Modern Family, Brian R. Harman, Re-Recording Mixer
Dean Okrand, Re-Recording Mixer
Stephen A. Tibbo, Production Mixer
-Mozart In The Jungle, Andy D’Addario, Re-Recording Mixer
Thomas Varga, Production Mixer, Bill Higley, ADR Mixer, Chris Navarro, ADR Mixer
-Silicon Valley, Todd Beckett, Re-Recording Mixer, Elmo Ponsdomenech, Re-Recording Mixer
Ben Patrick, C.A.S., Production Mixer
-The Simpsons, Mark Linden, Re-Recording Mixer
Tara Paul, Re-Recording Mixer
-Veep, John W. Cook II, Re-Recording Mixer
Bill Freesh, Re-Recording Mixer, Bill MacPherson, Production Mixer

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Series Or Special
-Danny Elfman’s Music From The Films Of Tim Burton (Live From Lincoln Center), Ken Hahn, Re-Recording Mixer
Paul Bevan, Production Mixer
-Grease: Live, J. Mark King, Production Mixer, Biff Dawes, Music Mixer, Eric Johnston, Playback and SFX Mixer, Bob LaMasney, Audience Sweetener, Pablo Munguia, Protools Playback Music Mixer
Kevin Wapner, Foldback Mixer, John Protzko, Foldback Mixer, John Garlick, PA Mixer, Barrance D. Warrick, Monitor Mixer
-Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Charlie Jones, Music Mixer
Steve Watson, Audio Mixer
Steve Lettie, PA Mixer
Tony Rollins, Monitor Mixer
-The Oscars, Paul Sandweiss, Broadcast Production Mixer
Tommy Vicari, Broadcast Music Mixer, Marc Repp, Broadcast Music Mixer, Pablo Munguia, Pro Tools Mixer, Michael Parker, Monitor Mixer, Tom Pesa, Orchestra Monitor Mixer, Patrick Baltzell, FOH Mixer, Kristian Pedregon, Post Production and Package Mixer
Bob LaMasney, Audience Sweetener
-The Voice, Michael Abbott, Broadcast Production Mixer, Randy Faustino, Broadcast Music Mixer, Kenyata Westbrook, Reality Supervising Production Mixer
John Koster, Production Reality Mixer, Robert P. Matthews, Jr., Production Reality Mixer, Sterling Cross, Production Reality Mixer, Ryan Young, Re-Recording Mixer, Brian Riordan, Re-Recording Mixer, Tim Hatayama, Re-Recording Music Mixer, Eric White, Re-Recording Music Mixer, William Dietzman, Monitor Mixer/Music Mixer Reality
Eddie Marquez, Interstitial Playback Music Mixer
Christian Schrader, Supplemental Audio Mixer, Andrew Fletcher, House PA Mixer

Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Comedy Series Or Variety Program
-Angie Tribeca, Erik Solky
-Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Norman Howell
-K.C. Undercover, Hiro Koda
-Saturday Night Live, Brian Smyj
-Shameless, Eddie Perez

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Series
-The Big Bang Theory, Brian Wayne Armstrong, Camera
John Pierre Dechene, Camera
James L. Hitchcock, Camera
Richard G. Price, Camera, John D. O’Brien, Video Control
-Dancing With The Stars, Charles Ciup, Technical Director
Brian Reason, Camera, Hector Ramirez, Camera, Nat Havholm, Camera, Jeff Wheat, Camera, Bert Atkinson, Camera
Bettina Levesque, Camera
Adam Margolis, Camera
Damien Tuffereau, Camera
Easter Xua, Camera, Mike Malone, Camera, Rob Palmer, Camera, Ron Lehman, Camera
Keith Dicker, Camera, Mike Carr, Camera, Ed Horton, Camera, Dyan Sanford, Camera
Freddy Frederick, Camera
Chris Hill, Video Control, Ed Moore, Video Control
-Jimmy Kimmel Live, Ervin D. Hurd, Technical Director
Kris Wilson, Camera, Parker Bartlett, Camera, Greg Grouwinkel, Camera, Nick Gomez, Camera
Garret Hurt, Camera
Bernd Reinhardt, Camera
Mark Gonzales, Camera
James Alario, Camera
Kevin Murphy, Camera
Carlos Rios, Camera, Guy Jones, Video Control
-Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Dave Saretsky, Technical Director
John Harrison, Camera, Dante Pagano, Camera, Paul Cangialosi, Camera, Nick Fayo, Camera, Ray Hoover, Camera, Augie Yuson, Video Control
Saturday Night Live, Steven Cimino, Technical Director
John Pinto, Camera, Paul Cangialosi, Camera, Len Wechsler, Camera, Joe DeBonis, Camera, Eric A. Eisenstein, Camera
Susan Noll, Video Control
Frank Grisanti, Video Control
-The Voice, Allan Wells, Technical Director
Terrance Ho, Senior Video Control
Diane Biederbeck, Camera
Suzanne Ebner, Camera, Guido Frenzel, Camera, Nick Gomez, Camera, Alex Hernandez, Camera
Dave Hilmer, Camera, Marc Hunter, Camera, Scott Hylton, Camera
Katherine Iacofono, Camera
Scott Kaye, Camera, Ron Lehman, Camera
Jofre Rosero, Camera
Steve Simmons, Camera
Dan Webb, Camera

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series
-Catastrophe, Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan
-Master Of None, Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang
-Silicon Valley, Dan O’Keefe
-Silicon Valley, Alec Berg
-Veep, David Mandel
-Veep, Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck

Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series
-Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, Jo Miller, Writer, Samantha Bee, Writer
Ashley Nicole Black, Writer
Pat Cassels, Writer
Mathan Erhardt, Writer
Joe Grossman, Writer
Jason Reich, Writer
Melinda Taub, Writer, Eric Drysdale, Writer
-Inside Amy Schumer, Michael Lawrence, Writer
Amy Schumer, Writer
Jessi Klein, Writer, Daniel Powell, Writer
Christine Nangle, Writer
Kim Caramele, Writer
Kyle Dunnigan, Writer
Tami Sagher, Writer, Kurt Metzger, Writer
Claudia O’Doherty, Writer
-Key & Peele, Jay Martel, Writer, Alex Rubens, Writer
Rebecca Drysdale, Writer
Colton Dunn, Writer, Phil Augusta Jackson, Writer
Ian Roberts, Writer, Charlie Sanders, Writer, Rich Talarico, Writer, Jordan Peele, Writer
Keegan-Michael Key, Writer
-Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Kevin Avery, Writer, Tim Carvell, Writer, Josh Gondelman, Writer
Dan Gurewitch, Writer
Geoff Haggerty, Writer
Jeff Maurer, Writer
John Oliver, Writer
Scott Sherman, Writer
Will Tracy, Writer, Jill Twiss, Writer
Juli Weiner, Writer
-Portlandia, Fred Armisen, Writer
Carrie Brownstein, Writer
Jonathan Krisel, Writer
Graham Wagner, Writer
Karey Dornetto, Writer
-Saturday Night Live , Rob Klein, Head Writer
Bryan Tucker, Head Writer
James Anderson, Writer
Jeremy Beiler, Writer
Chris Belair, Writer, Megan Callahan, Writer
Michael Che, Writer, Mikey Day, Writer, Fran Gillespie, Writer, Sudi Green, Writer, Steve Higgins, Writer
Colin Jost, Writer, Zach Kanin, Write, Chris Kelly, Writer, Erik Kenward, Writer, Paul Masella, Writer, Dave McCary, Writer
Dennis McNicholas, Writer
Seth Meyers, Writer, Lorne Michaels, Writer
Josh Patten, Writer, Katie Rich, Writer, Tim Robinson, Writer
Sarah Schneider, Writer
Pete Schultz, Writer
Streeter Seidell, Writer
Dave Sirus, Writer, Will Stephen, Writer, Kent Sublette, Writer, Julio Torres, Writer

Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special
–Amy Schumer: Live At The Apollo, Amy Schumer
-John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid, John Mulaney
-Patton Oswalt: Talking For Clapping, Patton Oswalt
-Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted, Tig Notaro
-Triumph’s Election Special 2016, Robert Smigel, Writer
David Feldman, Writer
RJ Fried, Writer, Michael Koman, Writer
Brian Reich, Writer, Andy Breckman, Writer
Josh Comers, Writer, Raj Desai, Writer, Jarrett Grode, Writer
Ben Joseph, Writer
Matthew Kirsch, Writer
Michael Lawrence, Writer
Craig Rowin, Writer, Zach Smilovitz, Writer
David Taylor, Writer
Andy Weinberg, Writer

Full list of nominees for 2016 Primetime Emmys are here.

Samantha Bee, Master of None, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, You’re The Worst Score TCA Nominations

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Cable networks come up big versus networks yet again.

The Television Critics’ Association have just announced the nominees for the 2016 TCA Awards. For comedy, they are (*comedy nominees in italics):

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY
Aziz Ansari, “Master of None,” Netflix
Samantha Bee, “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,” TBS
Rachel Bloom, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” The CW
Aya Cash, “You’re The Worst” FXX
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep,” HBO
Constance Wu, “Fresh Off the Boat,” ABC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NEWS AND INFORMATION
“CBS Sunday Morning,” CBS
“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,” TBS
“Jackie Robinson,” PBS
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” HBO – (2015 Winner in Category)
“Real Time With Bill Maher,” HBO
“United Shades of America,” CNN

OUTSTANDING NEW PROGRAM
“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” The CW
“Marvel’s Jessica Jones,” Netflix
“Master of None,” Netflix
“Mr. Robot,” USA
“Underground,” WGN America
“UnREAL,” Lifetime

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY
“black-ish,” ABC
“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” The CW
“Master of None,” Netflix
“Silicon Valley,” HBO
“Veep,” HBO
“You’re The Worst” FXX

HERITAGE AWARD
“The Larry Sanders Show,” HBO
“The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” CBS
“Seinfeld,” NBC
“Star Trek,” NBC
“Twin Peaks,” ABC

Outside of ABC scoring a nomination each for black-ish and Fresh Off the Boat and Seinfeld being up for a ‘Heritage Award’, cable networks dominated the TCA nominations for comedy with shows like You’re The Worst, Silicon Valley, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Veep. In fact, they even outperformed streaming services in comedy, which were lead solely by Master of None.

We’re glad to see Samantha Bee, who has hit the ground in a full-tilt sprint since her show Full Frontal premiered on TBS earlier this year, is getting a deserving nod here as well.

Given how expansive TV is, even from last year, we’re going to guess that this won’t be too much of barometer for what the rest of the awards season holds for TV comedies.

The rest of the nominees are listed here.

Silicon Valley Threw a Red Carpet Event Just for One Scene from the New Season

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The highly anticipated return of something like Silicon Valley on HBO wouldn’t be complete without a high profile premiere event.

Because it’s Silicon Valley, they also can’t just throw any premiere event, which is why they pulled out a red carpet, a step and repeat, and rotating searchlights as well as have the cast and the creators gathered altogether to show a single scene from season 3 from the show.

Watch this silly event really happen here.

New Seasons of Silicon Valley and Veep Premiere Tonight

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10PM and 10:30PM on HBO.

With a renewal for 2017 set, both critically acclaimed, perennial awards contenders Silicon Valley and Veep return to HBO for one of the best hours of comedy on television.

Don’t miss season 3 premiere of Silicon Valley at 10PM followed by the season 5 premiere of Veep at 10:30PM.

Oh yeah, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is right after all of that too, which makes it one of the best 90 minute blocks of comedy on TV.

Silicon Valley and Veep Renewed for 2017

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Two of the best and timeliest comedies will get to continue to be the best and most timely through next year.

Announced today, two of HBO’s current hit comedies, Veep and Silicon Valley, are getting to come back for 2017. Selina Meyer and Richard Hendricks are two of the most relevant characters on TV given this election year and the rapidly changing landscape of tech.

We can’t wait to see where either show blurs the line between fiction and reality this year and the next.

Google X Hires Silicon Valley/Pied Piper’s Richard Hendricks for April Fools’ Day

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While other Google April Fools’ Day pranks did go quite as they had hoped, we think the one where Google X brought on Richard Hendricks/Thomas Middleditch from HBO’s Silicon Valley as a Chief Compression Officer worked out pretty well.

Watch how Hendricks “fits” right in at X.

New “Silicon Valley” Season 3 Trailer Has Stephen Tobolowsky Becomes a New Concern for Pied Piper

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Once the nagging insurance salesman Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day, Stephen Tobolowsky seems like he will be a thorn in the side of Pied Piper in the latest season of Silicon Valley as shown in this trailer.

Thomas Middleditch/Richard Hendricks goes through a bit of an early Steve Jobs phase as well.

Catch the premiere next month on Sunday, April 24th at 10PM on HBO.

Veep, The Big Short, Inside Amy Schumer, Silicon Valley, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Jimmy Kimmel Live Win at WGA Awards

February 14, 2016

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HBO is on a roll per usual.

Between, Silicon Valley, Veep, and Real Time with Bill Maher, HBO garnered four Writers Guild of America Awards this year. This is probably one of the few awards this awards season where the premium cable network didn’t have a streaming service like Netflix or Amazon challenging its critical acclaim supremacy.

Also, Inside Amy Schumer makes yet another victory lap with its win for “Comedy/Variety-Sketch Series”.

Here are the rest of the comedy winners announced last night:

Adapated Screenplay–The Big Short-Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay; Based on the Book by Michael Lewis; Paramount Pictures

Comedy Series–Veep-Written by Simon Blackwell, Jon Brown, Kevin Cecil, Roger Drew, Peter Fellows, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons, Sean Gray, Callie Hersheway, Armando Iannucci, Sean Love, Ian Martin, Georgia Pritchett, David Quantick, Andy Riley, Tony Roche, Will Smith

Episodic Comedy–Silicon Valley-Clay Tarver

Animation–Bob’s Burgers-Dan Fybel

Comedy/Variety (including Talk)-Series–Real Time with Bill Maher-Writers: Scott Carter, Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Billy Martin, Danny Vermont; HBO

Comedy/Variety-Music, Awards, Tributes-Specials-Jimmy Kimmel Live: 10th Annual After The Oscars Special-Written by Jack Allison, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Greg Dorris, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Jimmy Kimmel, Bess Kalb, Jeff Loveness, Molly McNearney, Danny Ricker, Joe Strazzullo, Bridger Winegar; ABC

Comedy/Variety-Sketch Series–Inside Amy Schumer-Head Writer: Jessi Klein Writers: Hallie Cantor, Kim Caramele, Kyle Dunnigan, Jon Glaser, Kurt Metzger, Christine Nangle, Dan Powell, Tami Sagher, Amy Schumer; Comedy Centraland Jimmy Kimmel Live: 10th Annual After The Oscars Special won for Comedy/Variety Special.

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement-Elaine May

The full list of WGA Awards winners are here.

Here’s a Teaser for Season 3 of “Silicon Valley”

February 11, 2016

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Silicon Valley is on the precipice of its 3rd season and your favorite underdog tech crew is getting ready to make a stand, yet again.

Watch the teaser here, then look for the season premiere on Sun. Apr. 24th on HBO.

Veep and Silicon Valley Return on Apr. 24th

January 8, 2016

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ICYMI: Selina Meyer and the rest of the #Veep gang return to @HBO April 24. Who have you missed most? pic.twitter.com/h1Dyd97CsD

Mark your calendars or make an event reminder or whatever else you do to make sure that remember that both Veep returns for its fifth season and Silicon Valley for its third season Sun. night on Apr. 24th.

It might even be worthy of actually catching both when they air as opposed to watching it on HBO GO or HBO Now.

#SiliconValley Season 3 premieres April 24th on @HBO.

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