About
Silicon Valley is an American television sitcom created by Mike Judge, John Altschuler and Dave Krinksy, which centers around a compression algorithm 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 March 21st, 2014, the /r/SiliconValleyHBO[1] subreddit was launched for discussions about the series, which received over 26,700 subscribers over the next two years.
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]