A woman accused former Silicon Valley star T.J. Miller of choking and sexually assaulting her while in college, alleged incidents that became the subject of a student conduct proceeding at George Washington University. The alleged assaults reportedly took place in an off-campus residence in the early 2000s, while the…

A 1997 Emmy winner for animated series King of the Hill, Silicon Valley co-creator Mike Judge has been a fixture at the Emmys since the HBO series’ first season, always a bridesmaid but never a bride, despite continued critical praise and a major fan base for the show. Taking it all in stride while in the writers room…

Working as an EP and writer on cultural staples including Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm—and now, Silicon Valley—Alec Berg is something of a comedy legend. On his latest HBO series, in line with a career evolution stemming from Curb, Berg has taken on even more hats, as the director of a great number of episodes. This…

T.J. Miller appeared on Larry King’s Ora TV talk show and was asked about the news last week that he is departing HBO’s Silicon Valley after four seasons. He had helped anchor the ensemble comedy as quasi-entrepreneur/even more quasi-mentor Erlich Bachman on the hit series, which has been nominated for Outstanding…

T.J. Miller, who plays the bong-hitting, forward-failing, quasi-entrepreneur Erlich Bachman on HBO's Silicon Valley, won't be back for the series' just-announced fifth season. “The producers of Silicon Valley and T.J. Miller have mutually agree that T.J. will not return for Season 5,” HBO said in a statement. Miller’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Staking out the same prime media real estate it did with last year’s savvy move to stage an Angry Birds event the day before the Cannes Film Festival kicks off, Sony’s marketing team has come up with a similar plan for The Emoji Movie. Tomorrow afternoon, while much of the world’s media is prepping for…

UPDATED, 10:50 AM: HBO said today that the stand-up special T.J. Miller: Meticulously Ridiculous will premiere at 10 PM Saturday, June 17. PREVIOUSLY, July 18: Silicon Valley star T.J. Miller has announced new standup tour, which will culminate with an hourlong HBO comedy special. The Meticulously Ridiculous Tour will…

“I need to build something else.” With those six little words, Richard Hendricks sends his Pied Piper friends and colleagues careening in a new teaser for Season 4 of HBO’s acclaimed comedy Silicon Valley. Well, actually, it probably was two other words he speaks in the promo: “I’m quitting.” Wait … what? (We agree…

HBO has uploaded an April 23 premiere date for Season 4 of Silicon Valley, its techie romp that has been nominated for the Comedy Series Emmy in all of its previous outings. Without revealing too much for those who aren’t current on the show, Silicon Valley‘s fourth season will start with Pied Piper is under old…

This morning on the Sony lot, Sony Pictures Animation previewed their upcoming slate of films, including The Emoji Movie, Smurfs: The Lost Village, and The Star, all of which will bow in 2017. Among the future releases discussed moving beyond 2017 were Hotel Transylvania 3, with Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez and director…

T.J. Miller's Funny or Die/Warner Music web series The Gorburger Show is heading to television. Comedy Central has ordered The Gorburger Show as an alternative weekly late-night show with an eight-episode order for premiere this spring. There is no time slot for the series, but The High Court‘s 12 AM berth is…

OMG, semicolon close parentheses! Here it is: Our first look at The Emoji Movie, Sony Animation’s glimpse at what goes on inside your smartphone (OK, so the NSA’s probably seen this one already). And what better way to launch than with Mel Meh, father of lead character Gene, because nothing says “animated” like Steven…