HBO orders two new Mike Judge comedies — including one about a-holes

HBO wants to remain a goodjudgeof character(s).

Judge will serve as executive producer and co-writer alongside Josh Lieb (The Daily Show).

The series is based on Marc-Uwe Klings life-optimization satirical novelQualityLand.

The protagonist will attempt to answer the questions nagging at all of us: Why do assholes exist?

Why have they come to dominate our culture?

And can they be cured?

Judge will co-writeA5withSilicon Valleyproducer Etan Cohen (Tropic Thunder), and both will serve as executive producers.

QualityLandandA5are the first projects announced as part of an overall exclusive two-year deal that Judge is signing with HBO.

The creator ofBeavis and Butt-headand co-creator ofKing of the Hillalso wrote and directed the big-screen comediesOffice SpaceandIdiocracy.