PASADENA, California -- Game of Thrones, Veep and Silicon Valley will return on Sunday, April 12, HBO announced at the top of its Television Critics Association panel here Thursday.
Veep will enter its fourth season, while Silicon Valley is booting up a sophomore season after a successful launch last year.
For Game of Thrones fans, that's 94 days until the beginning of Season 6, with Arya Stark sailing off to Braavos (but who's counting?). The April 12 date is really no kind of surprise -- the first season debuted on April 17, 2011, and premieres have hovered around that date ever since.
With a premiere date firmly set, fans can now look forward to a flurry of trailers, images and other digital goodies, none of which have been yet released.
HBO also announced that Tig Notaro will star in a comedy special -- her first -- that will be taped later this year in a stand-up performance before of a live audience. The network also announced that Real Time With Bill Maher is being renewed for two new seasons, its 14th and 15th.
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