HBO passes on Mike Judge comedies QualityLand and A5

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Judge's "Who do a**holes exist? comedy A5 that he co-wrote with Etan Cohen, revolving around a bioengineeer who discovers the gene that makes a person an a**hole was one of two shows HBO ordered as part of the Silicon Valley co-creator's overall deal. Qualityland was a comedy based on the novel of the same name by Marc-Uwe Kling.