we had to pitch the show every season to hbo. - to come back?come back. - i didn't know that. - david always has a final chapter in mind. and he saw it as the five years, so, and that was it. and i have tried to even convince him to do a movie and he goes, "no." it's like a good book. - [evan] it's over. - it's over, so if you want to see it again, read. but the great thing about "the wire", it's so complex that you can find something new every time. - what i also love, mr. pierce, is that it was an hbo series back when that was not, the episodic series of the sort that "the wire" was, that's much more in evidence now. - yeah, we were in the golden ages of it. - you were earlier, and interestingly, had it been a network program where the same network suits make decisions and everything, you and kima and bubbles might have been right. - oh absolutely. - they would have said, get rid of this show. - we wouldn't have gone past the second season. - right - 'cause people weren't accustomed to-- - what would the world have been like if there had been

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starting next month, "sesame street" is moving to hbo.eet" has been on pbs for like 45 years, now they're going to share it with hbo. they'll get the first-run episodes and a couple months later they'll move to pbs. how can a wholesome "sesame street" fits in with hbo, i have no idea. we took dialogue from "game of thrones" and combined that with video from jim henson's beloved muppet creatures. i think it works very well. >> i could ask you same of you. >> just keeping the king's peace. >> the king? >> you got money to pay for it? >> not a penny. i'll still take that chicken. >> you don't seem to understand the situation. >> i understand if any more words come pouring out of your [ bleep ] mouth, i'll kill every [ bleep ] chicken in this room. >> hey, we have a good show for you tonight. kool and the gang are here, tony hale is here, and we'll be right back with albert brooks. >> dicky: portions of "jimmy kimmel live" are brought to you by kohl's. hey siri... hey siri... which changes how you get in touch. call sophie. how you get answer

-- service in hbo.o it attracts a lot of people, particularly younger people who are not paying for tv today. or maybe at one time paid for tv, said it was just too expensive, and dropped off the pay tv universe. we certainly are encouraged by the start of sling tv, but we have a long way to go. we are not perfect yet. we knew it would be difficult, but it is technically difficult because we are on lots of different devices, and live tv is really hard, because we are doing things -- we are inventing things like dynamic ad insertion and things like that that haven't been done before for live tv. so it reminds me a lot of when we started satellite -- when we started dish satellite television, we had all kinds of technical problems. and night by night, we had to knock them down one by one by one. it took us about six months. and we occasionally have a technical problem today. betty: but you pretty much resolved it. obviously, you resolved it then, and you believe you will resolve it now in the same timefra

>> hbo gave cable something to sell. you were getting movies uncut in your home.975. we debuted coast to coast with the thrilla in manila, one of the all-time classic heavyweight fights. frazier/ali. and that's when hbo explodes. >> it's all over and mohammad ali at the end of the 14th round, it's a tko -- >> before that, you're count ing growth in tens of thousand of subscribers. after that, you're counting in millions. that's really day one for both businesses. hbo and the cable industry. >> if you're a fan, what you'll see in the next minutes to follow may convince you you've gone to sports heaven. >> in the mid-'70s in the sports world, there were just these three giants. cbs, abc, nbc. and then in connecticut, somebody got ahold of a transponder. >> the picture you're watching right now has been taken by a camera sent through sophisticated equipment to this earth transmitting station. >> this guy, bill rasmussen, who had been fired from his job trying to figure out a way to deliver local cable sports. then when they found out about the satellite they said, so

. >> for hbo. >> stephen: one of the stars of "looking." then you came back a month later. was it hard to be away and jump back into the show? when i came back because i'd never done that before. the biggest differences was the crown broke while i was gone. >> stephen: george's crown. >> gorge's crown. >> stephen: did it fall off the understudy's head? >> it was breaking when i left and there was a new crown when i got back and it was such a revelation because the it was pounds lighter than the original crown. the original crown was so heavy it formed my entrance walk on to the stage which is a very specific situation -- >> that stha why you're walking so carefully to keep your neck from snapping? >> a little bit, yes. it's a little like "i love lucy" if i tilt my head in one direction i might fall over. >> stephen: i understand beyonce loves your walk. >> she came to see the show with jayz. i'm obsessed with beyonce. >> stephen: kate blanchet and beyonce together in a room with you. >> i think i would implode, yeah. with jay z, and they bo

it's not hbo. it's tv. >> next to some fresh buzz from another series set to start next month on fx. >> we have been amazed at the teasers for the people versus o.j. simpson showing off the uncanny transformation of john tra stroelt ta into the defense attorney robert shapiro. fx has been sending streaming links to journalists to bing watch the first six episodes. >> so far the buzz has been generally positive mostly in regards to the cast, sarah paulson for her portrayal of prosecutor marcia clark. february 2nd. >> finally speaking of dvds and streaming, we're learning which movies were the most popular to pirate in 2015. >> the firm xcpo pegged the top three most pirated movies. number three an jenners age of ultron. >> and number two furious 7 at nearly 45 million downloads. >> and drum roll, "enter stellar" 4 4 million illegal downloads and american sniper, " 50 shades of grey." the surging numbers are an indication film piracy continues unabated. pay for it. people worked hard for this stuff.

stream netflix, hbo now, hulu, and more... ...without using your data. just in time for the holidays, unwrap the hottest samsung phones for a hundred bucks off and pay zero out the door. this weekend. only at t-mobile. ( cheers and applause ) >> larry: welcome back. look, i don't need to tell you that it's a big day for fans of the greatest movie franchise of all time. ( cheers and applause ) and to be honest with you, even i won't be watching tonight's episode of "the nightly show" because i got tickets for the midnight showing of "alvin and the chipmunks: the road chip." just kidding-- "star wars" opens tonight, you guys! tonight! so excited. but, hey, hold on a second. hold on. already, there's a disturbance in the force. let me tell you what it is. now, you know i will call out anything if i think it was racist. but melissa harris perry, cable news host, tried to insinuate that my beloved original "star wars" was not only racist, but was embodied in the hallowed figure of darth vader. >> but while he was black, he was terrible and bad and awful and u

u2 will play paris tonight and tomorrow and hbo will hair "u2, innocence and experience" live in paris at 9:00 p.m. eastern. to talk about the significance of that night in paris and its aftermath, i'm pleased to be joined now by bono and the band's guitarist, the edge. hey guys. what was it like to be in paris when these attacks took place? >> yeah, its was obviously awful and chaotic and you immediately think of who you know, your crew, who's out in the city, that kind of mentality. and then of course we thought about our fellows the eagles of death metal because they were still locked in at that time. >> this was the band playing at the bataclan. >> we tried to help them the next day. tried to find a plane for them to get out and things like that. turns out the best way we could help them was finding them phones. because their phones had been left in the venue and the venue had been sealed off. turns out that was the most useful thing that we did was find them some phones. >> in a way, this was an attack on the kind of life you guys represent, right? >> yeah. >> an attack on rock mu

u2 will play paris tonight and tomorrow and hbo will air u2 innocence, an appearance live in paris on9:00 eastern. to talk about the significance of that night in paris and its aftermath i'm pleased to be joined by the lead singer of u2. hey, guys. what was it like to be in paris when these attacks took place? >> it was, obviously, awful and chaotic and you immediately think of who you know, your crew, who's out in the city. that kind of mentality. we thought about the eagles and what was happening there. they were still locked in. >> this was the band playing where the largest number of people died. >> we tried to help them the next day with various things. we tried to find plane for them to get out and things like that. turns out the best way to help them was finding them phones. because their phones had been left in the venue and the venue was sealed off. they were in the police station and back in hotel rooms without communications. turns out that was the most useful thing was find them some phones. >> in a way this was an attack on the kind of life you guys represent. it's an att

" will debut on hbo.bo is part of time warner which is our parent company. >>> this weekend with state of the union, jake sits down with donald trump, that's sunday at 9:00 a.m. and at noon. that's it for "the lead." i turn you over to the capable hands of brianna keilar in for wolf blitzer in the situation room. >>> happening now, diving for clues as fbi searchers painstakingly go through a lake near the seen of the san bernardino mass massacre, other investigators are focusing on the killer's friend who bought the rifles and my know more about terror plots and sleeper

in case you don't have hbo, you can go to pbs later. they'll be back. >>> next up, a fish tale about the one that got away and thank goodness, it did. check out this video that's from a fishing charter off the coast of jacksonville, florida, as it was visited by a great white shark, it took a bite out of the bait. it circled the boat and decided to move on. >> the captain said he oftens he estimate this one was about 12 feet long. this guy looked pretty hungry, to me. >> he certainly did. i would be getting out of there immediately. >>> times square here in new york city is getting ready for its big moment. take a look outside right now. quiet. morning. about a million or so people will pack in there thursday night to celebrate the arrival of 2016. >> if you're one of those people, go to the bathroom early and often before you get locked in. the panels are on the iconic ball. lit fall as the world counts down to 2016. all told, the ball has 266,800 >> stay with us.our digestive systems handle a lot over the holidays. 20 hours of anxious

and then i-- it was going-- it wasn't intended to go to hbo. but i just wanted to do a documentary for my family, my meet their grandfather. i kept his studio. i took them there to see it. and so on. but i-- the documentary, as i say, i wanted to do. i did it. they liked it. they wanted-- hbo can, and they wanted to put it on, and i said fine. >> stephen: that's lovely. you made it for your kids. >> yeah. >> stephen: did they like it? did they feel like they were introduced to their grandfather. >> they don't tell me that stuff. >> stephen: really? they go, "that's nice, dad." did you talk to your dad about your desire to be an actor? he was ace painter. did you say, "i want to do something more stable. i want to be an actor." >> not much. he would go off on stuff about painting, some i remember, some i don't, i wish i remembered more. but yeah. it's not quite how i think it is with your kids. >> stephen: nothing is the way you think it is with your kids. >> as far as communicating and discussing things that are maybe uncomfortable for whatever

hbo. liv tyler is with us. your character has been through a lot over the first two seasons of the show. i mean really a lot. like almost too much. really you've taken kind of a beating on the show, haven't you? >> i guess we all have, really, the characters. >> yeah. >> it was so fun that they -- so i wasn't in it that much, damon had said, then i got to do a whole episode last week. >> jimmy: right, yes, last week's episode was all you. >> she got to tell her whole story and that was so fun. it was like a little movie. >> jimmy: what do you feel lake you can say? i don't like to say anything because people get mad at me when i ruin anything about what happened on that episode, about anything specific on it. >> oh, boy. >> jimmy: i'll get mad at you if you ruin it for them. >> we got to see before the departure and after the departure which was quite nice to see. i didn't even know exactly what had happened to her and who she was. we go. it was really fun to get to play. she's so complicated and so not like me

"the leftovers" on hbo, liv tyler is with us tonight. [ cheers and applause ] from ufc the know toe yus conner man gregor is here. and we've got music from g-eazy. his real name is gerald but gerald-eazy doesn't have the same panache. christmas is coming. you have to get everyone inour family to get to put on white shirts and jeans to take the picture for the holiday card because you have to mail that out. sunday we took my daughter to holiday card picture. we waited over an hour in line. sheet supposed to sit in santa's lap, she went nuts, cried, it was a waste of an hour is what it was. so i showed the photo on your show onmonday. since then a lot of viewers have been sending me photos of their kids being scared by santa claus. i thought i would share some of the with you now. let's go to the wall of america and we'll look. [ cheers and applause ] first of all, from katie spence. look at this. santa's had enough. next, let's run through these. nicky.y. santa's haunted my little brother's dreams ever since. jennifer, merry christmas. that kid's mad.. stacy says, even santa's crying in

with the host of hbo's "real time," bill maher. bill, they say at a dinner party you should never talk about sex, politics or religion. have you ever been invited to a dinner party in your life? ( laughs ) are there things you won't talk about? invited to your dinner party, because we're very opposite. >> stephen: really, how so? >> well, like... >> stephen: how are we opposite? really? >> you're married and religious. >> stephen: yeah, i'm married and i give religion a shot. yeah, i give it a shot. >> oh, i thought you were a practicing catholic. >> stephen: i am. doesn't mean i'm good at it. ( laughter ) honest to god. i'm not! honest to god. i suck. i suck as a catholic. doesn't mean i don't keep doing- you-- you were raised catholic. >> i was raised catholic. >> stephen: come on back, bill. ( laughter ) the door is always open! golden ticket right before you, all you have to do is humble yourself before the presence of greater than you in the universe that you do not understand. and salvation awaits you. take pascal's wager: if

"girls" is hbo, so i'll say d, "girls." final answer. >> boom. just like that, $5,000. to go, matt. >> thank you. >> off to a good start. we're gonna take a quick break. i'm gonna get on a ladder when we come back. [dramatic music] ♪ soil is the foundation... for healthy plants. just like gums are the foundation for healthy teeth. new colgate total daily repair toothpaste. it helps remineralize enamel and fight plaque germs for healthier teeth and gums. strengthen the foundation for healthy teeth. new colgate total daily repair. sh sh sh sh we've got at least 20 minutes lets do this first kid okay, we've got at least 20 minutes, lets do this by their second kid, every mom is an expert, and more likely to choose luvs than first time moms luvs locks away wetness two times better than huggies snug & dry and with large tabs for easy fastening live, learn and get luvs >> here's your question of the day. ironically, what sci-fi author predicted decades ago that "robots will neither be common nor very good" in the year 2014? h.g. wells, frank herbert, ray bradbury, or isaac as

. ♪ ♪ emily: you have been portrayed on the hbo show "silicon valley."nd has been portrayed on the hbo show "silicon valley." have you watched it? peter: they would dispute they were portraying me. emily: he is called peter gregory. he invested in an island. peter: they would still dispute that. i think the character gives a compelling portrayal of someone who is passionate about the future, determined to make things happen. people that are driven, slightly crazy. i think overall it is a positive show. emily: can you really grow meat and leather in a lab? peter: yes, i think the problem is if somebody will actually eat it. this idea that failure is ok is one of the more destructive memes in the valley. i think that failure is always a problem. it's -- when a company fails it is always a tragedy. it is often damaging for the people who go through it. emily: what is your biggest failure? peter: there are some things that have worked better than others. but, on the whole, i have always been resilient. i always have come back. emily: i know you have thought

starting with "sesame street" now, you'll get there by going to hbo. >> and we're getting a sneak peekfirst season of the show, new trailer for the iconic children's show is out and it's crammed with big stars. ♪ sunny days >> shouldn't there be applause? ♪ clouds away >> excellent. ♪ on my way to where the air is sweet ♪ ♪ can you tell me how to get how to get to sesame street ♪ >> i always liked oscar the grouch and cookie monster. >> oh, yes. >> two favorites. it kicks off january 16th. a new episode will air on saturdays. nine months later, they'll be free for everyone on pbs. so, in case you don't have hbo, you can go to pbs later. >> they didn't completely, completely sell out. they'll be back. >> they'll be back. >>> next up, a fish tale about the one that got away and thank goodness, it did. check out this video that's from a fishing charter off the coast of jacksonville, florida, as it was visited by a great white shark. it took a bite out of the bait. it circled the boat a few times and then decided to move on. >> the charter boat captain said he often sees sharks. he estimat