13 Apr 2015
Veep Season 4 and Silicon Valley Season 2 premiered their new seasons Sunday, April 12 and on Monday, April 13, both shows were given renewals for another season beyond the season that just started by HBO.
Veep will start Season5 without Armando Iannucci who had been the showrunner for the series for the first four seasons. He announced he would be leaving after the fourth season. David Mandel will take over as showrunner, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus will return for the fifth season.
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Season 3 of Silicon Valley will see Mike Judge and Alec Berg return for a third season.
“Veep and Silicon Valley are terrific series, and I’m immensely proud that they will return to HBO next year,” HBO programming president Michael Lombardo said in a release announcing the news Monday. “Along with Game of Thrones and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, both of which have already been renewed for 2016, they give HBO a stellar Sunday night like no other.”