Mike Judge

2014 · 6 Seasons · HBO · Comedy

Silicon Valley spent six seasons proving that the tech industry is beyond parody by parodying it with terrifying accuracy, from hot dog identifying apps to founders promising to make the world a better place through middle-out compression. Mike Judge's startup odyssey follows Richard Hendricks and the Pied Piper crew through funding rounds, patent suits, and self-inflicted catastrophes, with Thomas Middleditch's panic spirals and the immortal Erlich Bachman providing the engine. Industry insiders vouch for its accuracy like veterans vouch for war films. The failure-reset formula wears by the middle seasons, and a key cast exit stings, but the finale sticks a landing few comedies attempt.

1999 · Mike Judge · 89 min · Comedy

Mike Judge's deadpan workplace comedy flopped at the box office and then became the most relatable film in every office worker's DVD collection, a quiet revenge fantasy about everything wrong with cubicle culture.

1997 · 13 Seasons · Fox · Animated Comedy

King of the Hill remains one of television's finest comedies about ordinary American life, finding extraordinary humor in mundane situations through patience, observation, and genuine affection for its characters, even as later seasons dilute what made the early years special.