Silicon Valley

The actors on the show at times are given freedom to improvise their scenes due to their backgrounds in stand-up and improvisation comedy.

Zach Woods has been known to improvise some of his lines on the show, including, "My uncle used to say, 'you look like someone starved a virgin to death.'"

Much of the main cast were friends or friendly in real life because they knew each other from the stand-up comedy world. Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Kumail Nanjiani and Josh Brener are all seasoned stand-ups.