The Pied Piper Boys of Silicon Valley Return for a Sixth and Final Season

ALSO: Kathryn Hahn's Mrs Fletcher, Football, The Affair, Watchmen, and more

posted by Mike Attebery
Sunday 10/27/2019

Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr, Thomas Middleditch and Zach Woods star in the final season of HBO's Silicon Valley. (Photo: HBO)

After last week's gangbusters Watchmen premiere, HBO fills out the rest of its fall Sunday schedule tonight, bringing an old favorite back for one last season, and bowing a promising new limited series. Here's what's new and noteworthy this Sunday:

SEASON PREMIERE: The final season of Silicon Valley kicks off in familiar fashion with Richard (Thomas Middleditch) struggling to maintain a promise about the security of user data, while Gilfoyle (Martin Starr), Dinesh (Kumail Nanjiani), and Jared (Zach Woods) find new and creative ways to sabotage themselves and one another. Read our review. 10:00 PM ET on HBO

SERIES PREMIERE: Based on the book by Tom Perrotta (The Leftovers), Mrs. Fletcher stars Kathryn Hahn as Eve Fletcher, a single mom who sends her son to college and begins exploring new dimensions of her personal life. Read our review. 10:30 PM ET on HBO

SPORTS: It's time for Sunday Night Football, with the Green Bay Packers squaring off against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. 8:15 PM ET on NBC

NEW EPISODE: With the series finale airing next week, The Affair has a lot of ground to cover in its penultimate episode, which sees Noah (Dominic West) and Helen (Maura Tierney) flee Los Angeles as a wildfire threatens the city. 9:00 PM ET on Showtime

NEW EPISODE: The second episode of Watchmen finds Angela (Regina King) reliving the attack on her family. Meanwhile, someone claims responsibility for Tulsa's latest murder. 9:00 PM ET on HBO

ALSO TONIGHT
- Batwoman sees the arrival of a new villain in Gotham. 8:00 PM ET on The CW
- No Time Like Christmas finds former flames Emma (Kyle Pratt) and Fletcher (Ed Ruttle) making beautiful music as they prepare a Christmas Eve show together. 8:00 PM ET on Lifetime
- Killer Siblings examines the history and psychology of cold blooded family killers. 7:00 PM ET PM on Oxygen
Mike Attebery is Senior Editor at Primetimer and the author of seven mystery thrillers. Follow him on Twitter at @mikeattebery.
TOPICS: Silicon Valley, HBO

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