r/television

I'm rewatching Silicon Valley right now. I always found it amusing how they changed the signboards and buildings in the intro to reflect the current top dogs of the tech world. It's been almost 7 years since the season ended. If Silicon Valley aired right now, what companies do you think would be included in the intro?

I’m surprised how little it gets mentioned when people talk about great 2000s TV

Aaron Sorkin’s 2006 NBC drama follows the chaotic production of a fictional Saturday Night Live -style sketch show, with Matthew Perry (in his best ever role) and Bradley Whitford leading a stacked cast

The show had some serious eye candy too, with Lucy Davis, Amanda Peet, Robbie William's wife (what's her name again?) and Sarah Paulson all looking incredible in their 2006 prime

• As mentioned, the cast is strong - but Perry, in particular, is amazing. I felt a little sad seeing him on screen when re-watching it this year
• The production looks fantastic for 2006, on this recent rewatch it didn't look aged at all

There are flaws, though:

Sorkin’s soapboxing is probably at its worst here, while the "SNL but it's shit" comedy sketches are often painfully unfunny

Still, the combination of performances, dialogue, backstage drama and sheer production quality makes this a great watch

Its cancellation was mostly down to it reportedly costing around $3 million per episode, while ratings weren't exactly stellar

Have you watched it and are you a fan?

New broadcast shows starting in 6-8 weeks. What fall shows are folks excited about???

>!Only 1 season so far but I can see this getting renewed!<

I know a lot of people (including me) were dismissive of a Rick and Morty spinoff solely about the President character, which seemed to make no sense in concept. I really thought it would be a boring beat-a-dead-horse show about the President dealing with cleaning up Rick's shenanigans. But after watching the first few episodes, it's actually been pleasantly good, and it's clear this is a blatant attempt at picking up the Inside Job audience.

I think it will suffer as people unfamiliar think it is a continuation of the R&M show style and plot, and will pass on it as such. But it is its own thing (and hardly touches the multiverse stuff of R&M) and really is just a reskin of Inside Job in both characters and government conspiracy plot points.

I'm not sure how this show got made, who thought it was a good idea, or how they decided to tie it to R&M at all. But the jokes hit (sadly a little more "appropriate for TV" than Inside Job) and they are unapologetic about the fact they're stealing from Netflix.

This post is basically a PSA that if you're like me and were very bothered by Inside Job getting cancelled, this makes up for it partially. And that I would like people to watch it so that this show does not get cancelled as fast as IJ did. That would be cool thanks.