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HBO Renews Comedies ‘Veep,’ ‘Silicon Valley’
5 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Fresh off their Sunday season premieres, HBO has renewed comedies “Veep” and “Silicon Valley.”
“Veep” is getting a fifth term in office. “Silicon Valley” is renewed for a third season.
” ‘Veep’ and ‘Silicon Valley’ are terrific series, and I’m immensely proud that they will return to HBO next year,” said Michael Lombardo, HBO’s president of original programming. He noted that the two half-hours coupled with “Game of Thrones” and “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” have given HBO a “stellar Sunday night like no other.”
“Veep” is expected to undergo a change of showrunner next season as creator/exec producer Armando Iannucci intends to step back. The British hyphenate has been commenting from his home in the U.K. to the U.S. each season. David Mandel, an alum of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” will take the reins of the show that lenses in Baltimore.
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- Cynthia Littleton
David Letterman's Final Shows to Feature Oprah, Clooney, Seinfeld, More
10 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
David Letterman's final weeks are upon us. Though the longtime host has remained characteristically low-key about his looming exit, his booker has lined up a star-studded guest list for his final six weeks. Though the roster does not include rival Jay Leno, it does feature the pair's 2010 Super Bowl commercial co-star Oprah Winfrey along with Letterman pals Jerry Seinfeld, Steve Martin, Julia Roberts and Sarah Jessica Parker. Also included in the A-list mix are George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr., Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Tom Hanks, Jack Hanna, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Keaton, Bill Murray, Don Rickles, Ray
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- Lacey Rose
‘American Horror Story': Sarah Paulson Officially Joining ‘Hotel’
6 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Just a few days after “American Horror Story” alum Kathy Bates was confirmed to rejoin the series for the upcoming “Hotel,” Sarah Paulson has checked in as well.
In true Ryan Murphy style, the showrunner tweeted that “Ahs” mainstay Paulson will be returning for the fifth season.
“Sarah Paulson is checking into ‘Hotel.’ And this season, she’s the baddest bad girl of them all. #AHSSeason5,” wrote Murphy.
Paulson has starred in all four of the previous installments. She joins the previously announced Lady Gaga, Matt Bomer, Cheyenne Jackson, Wes Bentley and Chloë Sevigny.
Paulson received two Emmy nominations for her roles in the “Asylum” and “Coven” installments. She played the two-headed Bette/Dot in the most recent “Freak Show” season.
Another “Ahs” mainstay, Jessica Lange, announced last month that she would not be returning to the anthology series. Other vets of the show, including Frances Conroy, Dennis O’Hare and Lily Rabe, »
- Alex Stedman
Quartet Upped To Regulars On HBO’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Drama Series
37 minutes ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Paul Ben-Victor, Birgitte Hjort Sorensen, James Jagger and J.C. Mackenzie, originally cast as recurring in HBO’s untitled Rock 'n' Roll pilot from Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter, have been promoted to regulars now that the project has gone to series. Set in 1970s New York, the drama explores the drug- and sex-fueled music business as punk and disco were breaking out, all through the eyes of record executive Richie Finestra (Bobby Cannavale) trying to… »
Game of Thrones By the Book: Will Brienne and Pod Meet Sansa?
1 hour ago | TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide - Breaking News news »
Hello, friends and bannermen. On Sunday's Game of Thrones, dragons breathed fire, a king burned in the fire, and Tyrion drank a lot of fire (water). How did it match up with the books? How did it differ?
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- Hanh Nguyen
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