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What new TV series are in HBO's future? What new TV series are in HBO's future?
With True Blood, The Newsroom, and Boardwalk Empire ending this year, a look at what the premium channel has on the horizon
![]() Looking chronicles San Francisco's gay scene. (HBO/David Moir)
It's been a long time since we've seen HBO go through such a major transition. Last year brought the end of Treme, Enlightened, and Eastbound & Down; this year, they'll be followed out the exits by True Blood, The Newsroom, and Boardwalk Empire.
That's a major shakeup for any network — let alone one that relies on the substantial buzz generated by its relatively few original series. HBO still has plenty of strong shows in its stable, including Game of Thrones, Veep, and newcomer True Detective. But there's plenty of rebuilding left to be done. What TV series are (probably) in HBO's future? Gaze into the crystal ball: The shows Looking (Jan. 19)
HBO's second new show of the year (after last week's True Detective) is Looking, a dramedy about a group of men navigating work, relationships, and an ever-evolving gay culture in San Francisco. Jonathan Groff stars alongside Frankie J. Alvarez and Murray Bartlett. Creator Michael Lannan says he wants to come up with "the most contemporary stories [Looking] could tell with gay characters," including the national conversation around gay marriage. Silicon Valley (April 6)
King of the Hill creator Mike Judge makes his HBO debut with Silicon Valley, a black comedy "set in the high-tech rush of the modern Silicon Valley, where the people most qualified to to succeed are the least capable of handling success." It's an apt premise for Judge, who has built his career on endearing corporate oddballs in films like Office Space and Extract. Comedian T.J. Miller leads as ensemble cast that includes Party Down's Martin Starr and the late Christopher Evan Welch. The Leftovers (2014)
Lost creator Damon Lindelof returns to television to launch this drama based on Tom Perrota's novel of the same name. The Leftovers, which stars Justin Theroux, Liv Tyler, and Ann Dowd, takes place after "a Rapture-like event" in which 140 million people from across the globe suddenly disappear. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Lindelof described the show as "ifLost and Friday Night Lights had a baby and then that baby was severely neglected." Togetherness (2014)
Jay and Mark Duplass — who made their names with mumblecore pictures like The Puffy Chair,Cyrus, and Jeff, Who Lives at Home — are breaking into television with Togetherness. The half-hour comedy, which stars Mark Duplass, Amanda Peet, Steve Zissis, and Melanie Lynskey, will chronicle the tensions that emerge when two couples decide to share a house in Los Angeles. The pilots Still, keep an eye out for these six shows — you never know which one might turn out to be HBO's next big hit: The Money The Brink Open Westworld People in New Jersey Ballers
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Ill give Looking a chance but from what I've seen its bloody awful. The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. | |
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