10 Best TV Shows Of 2016 (So Far)

Although HBO are well-established for their high-quality, star-driven dramas, they've long since shown the world that they can deliver on the comedy front too, and right now that's particularly apparent in Silicon Valley.

The show - based around a team of developers who create their own company, then struggle to keep hold of it - has continued to get stronger throughout its third season, and it stands as not just an incredibly smart sitcom, but an outrageously funny one as well.

Silicon Valley serves as a pitch perfect satire of the tech industry's epic-centre, whether it's in the ridiculously named start-ups, the absolutely shocking sums of money that are thrown around like it's meaningless, or the way talented people slog their way through careers, becoming faceless employees of giant corporations while the undeserving somehow walk their way to the top.

It has its tech smarts, and it isn't afraid to show them off at every opportunity, such as the argument over tabs and spaces. This could be alienating to its audience - I've got no idea what this means, but my web developer friend thought it hilarious - but the context of the situation, at the beginning of a potential new relationship, is something you can relate to, which makes it work on a broader level. And if that doesn't work, then the show can deliver some absolutely sizzling put-downs.

The entire cast is extremely gifted when it comes to comedy, but no one delivers a harsh-yet-immature zinger better than T.J. Miller's Elrich. If that still isn't enough, it can deliver extremely physical comedy, whether it's Richard smacking his head off a desk to ruin a fantasti grandstanding speech, or two horses graphically having sex - yes, that happened, and yes, it was hilarious: that's how confident Silicon Valley is, and the suggestions as we move through Season 3 are that it's a show only just getting into its stride. That we are actually invested in all of these characters, and care about them and empathise and want them to succeed is just an added bonus on top of the hilarity.