From Pied Piper to the President: HBO Comedies SILICON VALLEY and VEEP Return to HBO Canada, April 12

“so much hilarity, so little time” – The Globe and Mail on SILICON VALLEY “one of TV’s sharpest comedies” – Postmedia News on VEEP TORONTO (March 26, 2015) – High-tech humour in Palo Alto and hilarious hijinks in the White House. On Sunday, April 12, following the anticipated Season 5 premiere of GAME OF THRONES, HBO Canada welcomes back two of HBO’s most award-winning, critically acclaimed comedies. Set in the technology gold rush, the Golden Globe^® and Emmy^®-nominated comedy SILICON VALLEY returns at 10 p.m. ET/MT for its 10-episode second season, and continues to follow a team of underdogs struggling to make it in a land of big ideas and bigger egos. The 10-episode fourth season of VEEP debuts at 10:30 p.m. ET/MT, and stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus in her Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Award winning role as President Selina Meyer, for whom even the most banal action can set off a ripple effect that has unexpected and far-reaching consequences. ** Media Note ** – Download images at https://www.bellmedia.ca/pr/tv/hbo-canada or http://mediacentre.corusent.com. Click HERE for a sneak peek of the new season of SILICON VALLEY, and HERE for a sneak peek of the new season of VEEP. A collaboration between Mike Judge (KING OF THE HILL) and Alec Berg (HBO’s CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM), who both direct five episodes, SILICON VALLEY takes a comic look at the modern-day epicentre of the high-tech gold rush, where the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. After taking the tech world by storm last season at TechCrunch Disrupt, Richard (Canadian actor Thomas Middleditch, Search Party) and the rest of the Pied Piper team – Erlich (T.J. Miller, Transformers: Age of Extinction), Jared (Zach Woods, THE OFFICE), Gilfoyle (Martin Starr, FREAKS AND GEEKS), and Dinesh (Kumail Nanjiani, FRANKLIN & BASH) – look ahead to a bright and profitable future. But their success may be in jeopardy, thanks to big changes at Raviga, the company created by Peter Gregory, and Nucleus, the competing compression platform launched by Hooli CEO Gavin Belson (Matt Ross, HBO’s BIG LOVE). The series also stars Canadian Amanda Crew (Jobs) as Monica, Suzanne Cryer (TWO GUYS AND A GIRL) who joins the cast as Raviga managing partner Laurie Bream, and Jimmy O. Yang (2 BROKE GIRLS) as Jian-Yang. Guest star Ben Feldman (MAD MEN) returns as Ron LaFlamme, while new guest stars include Chris Diamantopolous (EPISODES) as Russ Hanneman, and Alice Wetterlund (The Interview) as Carla. The fourth season of VEEP, created by Armando Iannucci (Oscar^®-nominee for In the Loop), begins with President Meyer about to give her first major speech as commander-in-chief, though it remains to be seen if her term will outlast that of America’s shortest-serving president, William Henry Harrison. With the stakes for Selina and her team higher than ever before, she must still run for election, while her staff grapple with how to make her seem more ‘presidential’ The ensemble case of the series includes Tony Hale (ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT) in his Emmy-winning role as Gary, Anna Chlumsky (In the Loop) in her Emmy-nominated role as Amy, Reid Scott (The Intern) as Dan, Matt Walsh (Into the Storm) as Mike, Timothy C. Simons (The Interview) as Jonah, Sufe Bradshaw (Overnight) as Sue, Kevin Dunn (HBO’s TRUE DETECTIVE) as Ben, Emmy nominee Gary Cole (THE GOOD WIFE) as Kent, and new series regular and Sam Richardson (THE OFFICE) as Richard. Recurring guests this season include Patton Oswalt (THE GOLDBERGS) as the new Vice-President’s hands-on chief-of-staff Teddy, Sarah Sutherland (HBO’s THE NEWSROOM) as Selina’s daughter Catherine, and Hugh Laurie (HOUSE M.D.) as a powerful political figure. SILICON VALLEY was created by Mike Judge, John Altschuler (KING OF THE HILL), and Dave Krinsky (KING OF THE HILL). Executive producers are Mike Judge, Alec Berg, John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky, Michael Rotenberg (IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA), and Tom Lassally (Edge of Tommorrow). Co-executive producers are Dan O’Keefe (THE LEAGUE) and Clay Tarver (Joy Ride), supervising producers are Sonny Lee (2 BROKE GIRLS) and Ron Weiner (30 ROCK), while Carrie Kemper (THE OFFICE) and Jim Kleverweis (HBO’s THE COMEBACK) produce. VEEP is created by Armando Iannucci, and executive produced by Armando Iannucci, Christopher Godsick (Face/Off), New York Magazine’s Frank Rich, Chris Addison (DOCTOR WHO), Simon Blackwell (In the Loop), Tony Roche (In the Loop), Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Stephanie Laing (BANSHEE). The series is produced by Bill Hill (BANSHEE). HBO Canada subscribers can catch up on all previous seasons of SILICON VALLEY and VEEP in Eastern Canada on TMN GO and HBO Canada OnDemand, and in Western Canada, on the go with Shaw Go Movie Central app, Bell TV app, Telus Optik on the go, and HBO Canada On Demand. HBO Canada is a multiplex channel of Bell Media’s The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada).