HBO is coming back in full force after the season finales of Veep, Silicon Valley, and Game of Thrones. While those shows are coming back for new seasons this Sunday, Ballers and newcomer Vice Principals are starting in July for their sophomore and freshman seasons respectively. Sunday, July 17th at 10:00 PM will have the Dwayne Johnson and Rob Corddry led series Ballers returning and Vice Principals will follow at 10:30 PM. Vice Principals is the show that's taking the spot that once belonged to The Brink which was offered a second season that the network quickly reneged on. The show follows Danny McBride's Neal Gamby as he tries to graduate from vice principal to principal principal before his inner school nemesis, Lee Russell, played by Walton Coggins. The show feels very much like McBride's other HBO show, Eastbound & Down but that's a good thing. Check out trailers for the new seasons below.
Rob Corddry and The Rock are the GOAT in the new season 2 'Ballers' trailer
If you liked the smell of the hyper sexed, hyper douchey dish that HBO's Ballers was cooking, then you're in luck as the trailer for season two is here. Although there's no release date for the sophmoric season of the Rock led show, you can see a whole lot of what the show promises. That is what trailers do, after all. Rob Corddry and Dwayne Johnson are taking on the world as they try to become two of the top guys in their division or whatever. Ballers was picked up in July of 2015 while its friend in the timeslot, Brink, was picked up then dropped.
HBO's Newest Comedies Premiere Soon-ish
Following the sure to be a huge fucking hit season two of True Detective (or season Tru-Detective if you're trying to save time) are HBO's new comedy shows The Brink and Ballers.
Dwayne Johnson leads Ballers as the show explores the lives of former and current football players. Rob Corddry is also Johnson's old boss and current financial adviser. Other stars include Omar Benson Miller, John David Washington, Troy Garity, Donovan Carter, Jazmyn Simon, Taylor Cole and LeToya Luckett.
The Brink follows "a geopolitical crisis and its effect on three disparate and desperate men: U.S. Secretary of State Walter Hollander (Tim Robbins); Alex Coppins (Jack Black), a lowly Foreign Service officer; and Zeke Callahan (Pablo Schreiber), an ace Navy fighter pilot." It's up to these guys to save the world from World War III. Both of these shows have stellar casts and should be interesting enough. Also, The Rock is in a TV show.
Both shows air at 10 and 10:30 PM on Sunday, June 21.