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MAY 2016 SM SUNDAYS AT 10PM ORIGINALS MAY 2016 SM SUNDAYS AT 10PM With Richard (Thomas Middleditch) unexpectedly ousted as CEO, Season 3 picks up with him offered business agenda, the guys must find a way to triumph in the war of Art vs. Commerce. Meanwhile, as Gavin a diminished role of CTO and the rest of his team—Erlich (T.J. Miller), Jared (Zach Woods), Dinesh Belson (Matt Ross) works to rehabilitate Hooli’s image following his blunders, Big Head (Josh Brener) finds (Kumail Nanjiani) and Gilfoyle (Martin Starr)—facing the question of just how far their loyalty extends. himself in a new partnership. Also with Amanda Crew, Jimmy O. Yang and new series regular Suzanne Cryer Now under a new CEO who is hell-bent on transforming everything from Pied Piper’s offices to its as Raviga head, Laurie. (AC,AL) TVMA/L-:28. ON HBO ORIGINALS MAY 2016 Familiar faces will forge new alliances to bolster their strategic chances at survival... while new characters will pits of Meereen; and Cersei’s public humiliation in King’s Landing—survivors regroup and press forward towards emerge to challenge the balance of power in Season 6 of the blockbuster HBO series. In the wake of the shocking their uncertain fates. The superb cast includes Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, developments from Season 5—Jon Snow’s bloody fate at the hands of the Castle Black mutineers; Stannis’ defeat Aidan Gillen, Diana Rigg, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Jonathan Pryce as well as new members Max von Sydow, at the hands of the Bolton army... and death courtesy of Brienne of Tarth; Daenerys’ near-demise at the fighting Freddie Stroma, James Faulkner and Pilou Asbaek. (AC,AL,GV,N) TVMA/V,S,L-:59. ON HBO ORIGINALS MAY 2016 Game Of Thrones is back… and as certain as the fact that HBO: Littlefinger seems like a sociopath at heart—when “Winter Is Coming,” Petyr Baelish, a.k.a. “Littlefinger,” will be you consider how things might eventually turn out for up to his usual devious power plays. Aidan Gillen, the actor him, do you think he is a man capable of containing his who so perfectly embodies Littlefinger and who memorably inner psycho in order to satisfy his need for power… played Mayor Tommy Carcetti on HBO’s The Wire®, kindly or will it be his undoing? took some time to talk about his character, his motivations AG: Yes, Littlefinger is a sociopath, but he’s not messy. He and more in the second part of our interview. can channel his sociopathic energy in just the right way at the right voltage at the right time. On the contrary, his humanity HBO: If Littlefinger’s feelings are genuine about Sansa, is what could prove an undoing if he doesn’t watch it. There are they of a romantic nature or more paternal? have definitely been faint flickers of that from time to time AG: How about “avuncular,” my favorite word in relation to and that makes things more interesting and potentially this dynamic. As in “uncle-like.” He is after all, her uncle by precarious. marriage despite the immediate widowing incident following that marriage. It’s lots of things. He does care about Sansa, HBO: Did playing Carcetti in The Wire help prepare you he cares about where and what she can get him, he still cares for this role? They do seem to have some similarities in about her mother, Catelyn, although that was always a bit their quest for power. obsessive and warped—if you really care for someone, do you AG: Umm. I don’t think Carcetti was as ruthless, and they’re present them with the bones of their loved one who you’ve different worlds really, although I did think of Baelish sold out? I know he likes to plant one on Sansa now and then, primarily as a politician when I first read the scripts. I felt and maybe that’s misguided and maybe she knows exactly there was a kinship there with former British PM Tony Blair what she’s doing. associate Peter Mandelson, a.k.a. “The Prince of Darkness,” and I did go after that man’s particular physical look. Anyway, HBO: Have your feelings about the character and how you playing Carcetti did help pave the way, I suppose, and would play him changed much over the six years? Or is he still have been influential at casting stage. I’ve since played the same guy he was when you first began with the role? Charles Haughey, another fairly driven politician, so you AG: I’d hope he’s not exactly the same person and that I’m could say Carcetti started that trend, yes. And they’ve all got managing to add shades here and there. There’s always been a good hairdos. degree of villainy, obviously, but I’ve always tried to see things from his point of view and not as part of some bigger picture, HBO: Is Littlefinger a character you believe can achieve where I’m conscious of rating on some kind of sliding scale redemption in the end? of good and evil. We all know he’s got a lot of badness to him, AG: Yes, but maybe that’s delusional. So far he’s pushed an but he’s also got charm and even warmth. Anyway, I’m looking essentially good (,) but nuts woman who loved him to her for the warmth and trying to play the good fellow when I can. death, sold out Ned Stark, cross bowed Dontos, plotted the Also, he’s not really who he says he is, you know? poisoning of Joffrey, the death of Jon Arryn and probably a few more I’ve forgotten about. So it’s a push, but nothing’s impossible or irrational in this world. And Littlefinger is nothing if not an optimist. New episodes premiere Sundays at 9PM. (AC,AL,GV,N) TVMA-:50. ORIGINALS MAY 2016 EMMY® AWARD WINNER JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS SUNDAYS AT MAYBE! 10:30PM President Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) finds her future as president coming down to a few hundred (Hugh Laurie)—who in a twist of obscure constitutional procedure could end up becoming president! votes as Season 5 of this Emmy®-winning comedy series continues. With Amy and Dan in Nevada working on a Co-starring Tony Hale, Anna Chlumsky, Matt Walsh, Reid Scott, Timothy C. Simons, Sufe Bradshaw, Kevin Dunn, recount, Selina finds herself spinning her wheels in D.C., as her staff continues their mission to make her seem Gary Cole and Sam Richardson. In addition to Laurie, guests include John Slattery and Sarah Sutherland. presidential while fending off the ambitions of her charismatic vice presidential running mate, Tom James (AC,AL)TVMA-:29. ON HBO ORIGINALS MAY 2016 Back despite THE AWARD-WINNING SERIES RETURNS popular demand. DELIVER US FROM SPIN SUNDAYS AT 11PM FRIDAYS FRIDAYS 10PM AT 11PM Bill Maher is back to put his comic spin on the crazy twists and turns One of the funniest, most refreshing personalities to hit the TV scene in HBO’s Emmy®-winning VICE continues its fourth season, with new editions of this election year! Each new edition features an opening monologue, years, John Oliver returns to HBO for Season 3 of this Emmy®-winning hosted by Shane Smith. Some of the most compelling, important news guests, panel discussion and Maher’s “New Rules” finale exposing series that takes a topical look at the week in news, politics and current stories go unreported by mainstream media outlets—but not by VICE society’s most absurd habits and institutions. (AC,AL) TVMA/L:57. events. (AC,AL) TVMA/L:27. and its intrepid team of correspondents. (AC,AL) TVMA/L-:30. ON HBO ORIGINALS MAY 2016 BRYAN CRANSTON IS LBJ ANTHONY MACKIE IS MLK HBO FILMS® PRESENTS MELISSA LEO AND FRANK LANGELLA MAY 21 8PM Four-time Emmy® winner Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) delivers a tour-de-force performance as Lyndon human-rights legislation—the 1964 Civil Rights Act—that would lead to an unlikely alliance with Dr. Martin B. Johnson in this riveting HBO Films picture. Reprising the role that netted him a Tony® on the stage, Cranston Luther King Jr. and a battle with the southern party leaders who brought him to power. Co-starring Anthony plays the former president during his tumultuous first year in office after the 1963 assassination of John F. Mackie, Melissa Leo, Bradley Whitford, Stephen Root and Frank Langella. Directed by Jay Roach; screenplay by Kennedy. The film follows LBJ as he stakes his presidency on an historic and unprecedented piece of Robert Schenkkan, based on the play written by Robert Schenkkan. (AC,AL) TV14/L,D-2:12. ON HBO ORIGINALS MAY 2016 Nominated for a 2016 Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short, this film explores filmmaker Claude previously unseen outtakes from the nearly 10-hour cinematic masterpiece, Spectres Of The Shoah charts one Lanzmann’s 12-year journey—filled with personal and professional difficulties—to create his groundbreaking man’s struggle to convey the horror of the Holocaust on film—and the burden he was left carrying thereafter. Holocaust film Shoah. Featuring intimate insights from the auteur himself, along with rare photographs and (AC)TVPG/D-:40. ON HBO SPORTS MAY 2016 WED. MAY 11 AT 11PM/10C TUE. MAY 24 AT 10PM/9C Jim Lampley hosts this HBO Sports® series that delves inside boxing’s biggest stories, hottest bouts and more. Interested in a side of sports that can’t be found anywhere else? Look no further than HBO’s Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel.