Silicon Valley

About

Silicon Valley is an American television sitcom created by Mike Judge, John Altschuler and Dave Krinksy, which centers around a technology startup company founded in the Silicon Valley portion of the San Francisco Bay Area.

History

On April 6th, 2014, Silicon Valley premiered on HBO, which introduced the character Richard Hendricks (played by Thomas Middleditch) as the series protagonist who is developing his own music application Pied Piper while working at the Internet company Hooli. The first season ran for eight episodes until June 1st. On April 12th, 2015, the second season premiered, which ran for 10 episodes until June 14th.

Online Presence

On January 31st, 2014, a Facebook^[7] page for the show was launched, which garnered upwards of 355,000 likes in the next two years. On March 21st, the /r/SiliconValleyHBO^[1] subreddit was launched for discussions about the series, which received over 26,700 subscribers over the next two years. As of June 2015, the @SiliconHBO^[4] Twitter feed has over 59,000 followers.

PiedPiper.com

The show maintains the website PiedPiper.com,^[8] which contains information about the fictional startup company from the series. The page is often updated with new content related to the story as it progresses with each episode.

Reddit AMAs

On April 12th, 2015, actor Kumail Nanjiani, who plays the character Dinesh Chugtai, participated in an "ask me anything" (AMA) post on the /r/IAmA^[5] subreddit. In the first two months, the post gained over 5,200 votes (89% upvoted) and 1,800 comments. On June 18th, actor Jimmy O. Yang, who plays the character Jian-Yang, submitted a post to /r/IAmA,^[6] which garnered more than 1,100 votes (87% upvoted) and 200 comments in the first week.

Reception

The show has received mostly positive reviews. As of June 2015, it has a score of 84/100 on Metacritic^[2] and a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.^[3]

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