Mike Judge has helmed the creation of several iconic shows, Silicon Valley existence a recent case. The HBO one-act series revolved effectually a group of down-on-luck programmers who wish to make it big in Silicon Valley, competing against several other programmers and companies who harbor similar dreams. Rather than delving into familiar underdog narratives, the show takes a more realistic plow leaving no rock unturned in satirizing corporate drama and cracking intellectually superior jokes that many techies might chronicle to.

All the same, despite its technical jargon, it makes for great deadpan and situational sense of humour, bolstered by performances of actors like Thomas Middleditch, Kumail Nanjiani, and Martin Starr. Running for half-dozen seasons, Silicon Valley was definitely a major entry in the pantheon of technological dramas and workplace comedies.

Updated on January 31st, 2022 by Ben Hathaway: Silicon Valley may have ended several years agone, but its influence is still felt. Mike Estimate'due south Emmy-nominated parody of tech moguls pushed the limits of the workplace comedy, only non all shows like Silicon Valley go for the R-rated tone. Even however, there are quite a few series with enough similarities to be worth watching for fans of the HBO comedy.

Artery 5 (2020-)

Available on HBO Max

Non every series likeSilicon Valleyis even earthbound. The reteaming of Hugh Laurie withVeep creator Armando Iannucci is a far cry from Laurie'due south Tom James had with Selina Meyer.

In the hilarious and highly quotableAvenue 5, Laurie's grapheme is a fraud, and not even a good ane. This leads to a feeling that the coiffure of his spaceship is in constant danger, practically always on the verge of death cheers to some easily preventable malfunction. Compare that toSilicon Valley, where very valuable code tin can be erased courtesy of a misplaced tequila canteen.

Ted Lasso (2020-)

Available on Apple TV+

Apple TV+'s zeitgeist-capturingTed Lassofeatures one of the virtually warmly-written characters of the past decades. In this way,Lassois fairly dissimilar fromSilicon Valley. In the latter evidence, the protagonists were funny simply exclusively self-serving, and non exactly likable.

The shows exercise have similarities in terms of the concept of a struggling business, though.Silicon Valleyis near a startup in a cutthroat manufacture, whileTed Lassois about a in one case-famous arrangement that'south again starting up in a cutthroat industry.

Nathan For You lot (2013-2017)

Available on HBO Max, Hulu, and Paramount+

This awkwardly comedic testify from Comedy Central featured Nathan Fielder playing an exaggerated version of his ain comedic persona and positing unique suggestions to struggling concern owners. One of Comedy Central's meliorate shows from the 2010s, if not the best, Fielder's very unique cringe sense of humour makes this series come alive.

LikeSilicon Valley,Nathan for You lotwas a small business-related comedy with subversive ideas on problem-solving, e.1000.Silicon Valley's phallus algorithm.

Infinite Force (2020-)

Available on Netflix

Seen by some equally one of the best new comedy shows from 2020, Netflix'sSpace Forcefeels more like an off-brand variation of Armando Iannucci's vivid repartee-focused workplace comedy way. Dissimilar Iannucci's space-setAvenue 5, though,Infinite Forcetakes a more true-to-life approach: the creation of what is now an actual military branch.

Space Forceis similar toSilicon Valleyin that the stars have 18-carat chemistry. Stars Steve Carell and John Malkovich work well off each other as do Carell and Diana Silvers, who stars equally Carell's character's daughter.

Mythic Quest (2020-)

Available on Apple Television set+

Mythic Quest is a new Apple Television+ evidence that follows a group of employees in accuse of making and marketing an extremely pop multiplayer video game. There are tech and coding issues brought upward, egos get in the style, and there are more emotional moments between the characters besides.

Mythic Questis a show similar to Silicon Valley because of its wacky workplace environment that brings together co-workers for more serious moments as well.

Succession (2018-)

Bachelor on HBO Max

Succession is a series like Silicon Valley considering of the loftier stakes and at times cutthroat business earth it portrays. Succession centers on a powerful family in the news industry and infighting between members of the family in order to gain power in business concern.

Silicon Valley looks in depth at the at times cutthroat culture the tech valley has garnered over the years and the infighting betwixt tech employees that it has created.

Vice Principals (2016-2018)

Available on HBO Max

Vice Principals is another serial that characters with, at times, questionable morals and balances drama and comedy in a similar style to Silicon Valley.

Although this show focuses on the much smaller world of ane high school, it's still a barbarous fight between two potential vice-principals to get the newly opened spot of principal. The 2 main vice-primary characters seem pretty normal at kickoff, but they slowly descend into fighting dingy to get what they desire.

Political party Down (2009-2010)

Available on Hulu and Starz

Party Downward is some other sitcom that fans of Silicon Valley would almost likely savour. Although the series isn't in the tech world, it follows a grouping of co-workers only trying to get through the day at their catering jobs while pursuing another hobby outside of work.

Party Downwardly also stars actor Martin Starr who portrayed Gilfoyle in Silicon Valley and fans would relish seeing his comedic piece of work in this prove equally well.

Veep (2012-2019)

Bachelor on HBO Max

Veep is another series that delves deep into an intense work environment as it follows the lives of the Vice President's inner circle and employees that often play 2nd to the President's staff like to Pied Piper always battling Hooli.

Both the employees on Silicon Valley and Veep seem out of their depth in their technological or political fields and both shows focus on both the one-act and drama of the situations the characters are put in.

The IT Oversupply (2006-2013)

Bachelor on Netflix

A show that might be the closest culling to Silicon Valley is The Information technology Crowd. The British sitcom stars Richard Ayoade, Chris O'Dowd, and Jen Barber as three bumbling workers of a company'due south Information technology section. It might seem like a goofy one-act on the surface, but The IT Crowd'southward cult status was largely due to the atomic number 82 performances and its dry out wit. The laughing track in the initial episodes might seem dated but it gets better as the episodes progress.

The side plots involving the behind-the-scenes functioning of the company'south executives also provide farther entertainment, with Martin Berry delivering a stand-out operation as the spoilt, brash CEO of the company.

Devs (2020)

Available on Hulu

A miniseries written and directed past modernistic sci-fi maestro Alex Garland, Devs reinvents familiar tropes around a hereafter run by Artificial Intelligence and quantum calculating. A big part of the show revolves effectually the companies of Silicon Valley that are venturing into such territories as a software engineer (Sonoya Mizuno) attempts to solve the mystery of her swain's death. The boyfriend, as it turns out, died on his first chore at an IT visitor called Devs.

Her quest for the truth brings her closer to the company's founder played by Nick Offerman in i of his best roles. Devs is highly engaging and thrilling, serving as a alarm for a technology-dominated future.

Upload (2020-)

Available on Prime number Video

Upload is based on an interesting concept that quickly shifts from being gimmicky to pretty emotional and even believable. Information technology'due south set in a time when people tin 'upload' their consciousness after their expiry, leading to a virtual afterlife. A programmer similarly gets a new life after his untimely death. But his overbearing girlfriend makes him question the negatives of such an altered state of mind. Matters get complicated as his cyber persona is handled by a company'southward executive who seems to share a romantic bond with the protagonist.

Created past Greg Daniels (The Role, Parks and Recreation), Upload can get increasingly introspective in its approach, transcending the tropes of his usual sitcom routines. Its intellect

Maniac (2018)

Available on Netflix

A surreal have on the Norwegian TV series of the same name, Maniac'southward bizarre, vibrant atmosphere makes for a highly engaging experience. Emma Stone and Jonah Loma's performances are an added bonus. Both play troubled individuals who often dwell in confinement, finding meaning in life and overcoming a gloomy past.

To escape their worries, they volunteer as subjects for a heed-altering experiment that can erase their lamentable memories. Every bit the experiment undergoes some unprecedented changes, they are forced to undergo virtual simulations in diverse settings and timelines where they tin survive only with each other'southward help. As much as Bedlamite is a masterful tech-thriller, it's a heartwarming romance too.

Silicon Valley: The Untold Story (2018)

Available to buy on Prime Video

A three-part documentary Discovery's Science Channel, the miniseries attempts to understand the timing and context of multiple revolutions in the tech world that made Silicon Valley what it is today. Dwelling to Facebook, Google, Intel, and hundreds of other major Information technology giants, this region in California got its proper noun after the initial development of silicon chips and computers that progressed to further innovations in no fourth dimension.

The in-depth research attempts to sympathize not only the scientific nature and entrepreneurship of the Valley (interviewing executives and founders like Apple tree'south Steve Wozniak) but besides presents the Valley as an efficient business model, based on interviews with venture capitalists.

Mad Men (2007-2015)

Available on Prime Video

Widely considered every bit a masterclass in writing and acting, Mad Men focuses on the advert sector in 1960s America as Don Draper (Jon Hamm) works at a New York business firm. While Draper'southward professional life seems to exist touching new heights, his own personal life suffers at the cost of this corporate success. The show drew immense praise for its characters, socio-political narratives, and accurate tones pertaining to its time period.

Running for seven seasons, Mad Men makes for essential viewing for all those who crave stories around professional person success and the burden that comes along with it.

Halt And Catch Fire (2014-2017)

Available on The Roku Aqueduct, fuboTV, and Prime number Video

Halt and Grab Burn with its power-hungry characters drew parallels with shows like Mad Men but its premise and attention to detail however fabricated it stand out on its own as a technology-driven menstruation drama. Set in the engineering boom of the 1980s, the show attempts to capture the excitement and innovations when the era of personal computing was just about to start. As IBM's computers show to have some flaws in them, a renegade employee of the company ends up fronting his own team to create a PC that would exist much more effective than the IBM model.

Even though the storyline is fictitious, it dissects the era with as much authenticity as possible and serves as a fitting tribute to the engineers and programmers who shaped the futurity of Silicon Valley and computing.

Mr. Robot (2015-2019)

Available on Prime Video

The show that launched Rami Malek's career, Mr. Robot continues to be 1 of the most impactful and riveting cyber-thrillers in today'south times. Malek plays the part of Elliot, a supersmart cyber-security engineer with anxiety issues. While he manages his day chore in the morning, he uses his hacking skills to catch felons by nighttime.

After being recruited by a mysterious agitator named Mr. Robot, Elliot'south life turns upside downwards every bit he attempts to accept downwardly the seemingly sinister corporation he works for. The lead character serves as an enthralling vigilante and goes through several moral debates that seem socially relevant in the existent world too.

StartUp (2016-2018)

Available on Crackle, Netflix, and fuboTV

Equally tech entrepreneurs rack their brains to go their pale in the rise digital currency sector, a ganglord, a hacker, and a banker join forces to run their ain hugger-mugger criminal empire based on a currency called GenCoin. Crooked secret agents and government forces enter the game either to take downwards this new era of American organized criminal offence or make these tech geniuses work for the Pentagon.

StartUp had a limited run but it presented an interesting picture of digital criminal offence and the continuing debate on the misuse of advanced tech if it falls in the incorrect hands.

Planet Of The Apps (2017)

Available on Apple TV+

Apple Idiot box's first original series Planet of the Apps is an unapologetic exercise in self-indulgence and was canceled afterwards just i season. However, this reality serial has its entertaining moments and tin be seen as Shark Tank for mobile apps. Contestants become a minute to pitch app ideas to the celebrity judge console that includes actresses Jessica Alba and Gwyneth Paltrow, vocalizer will.i.am, and entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk.

The expected drama aside, the prove does offer a few useful tips for app developers on how to pitch and sell their ideas.

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