Judd Apatow and Lena Dunham seems like a foolproof partnership.
Apatow, of course, is the writer and director behind "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up," as well as the cult-favorite TV shows "Freaks and Geeks" and "Undeclared."
(If we were to include all of the films that Apatow has had a hand in over the last few years, either as a producer or informally, we'd run out of room on the Internet.)
Dunham is a lesser-known artist. After gaining traction with the web series "Delusional Downtown Divas," which she directed, co-wrote and starred in, she made the critically adored "Tiny Furniture" last year.
For her first TV show, she's teamed with Apatow to make "Girls" for HBO, which, if its first teaser is any indication, looks to be a younger, New York City-spun union of the Apatow-influenced "Bridesmaids" and Dunham's own acerbic humor.
Confronting and making funny the obstacles that young women face in New York culture is Dunham's specialty, and Apatow has shown himself in the past to be an excellent facilitator for smart women in comedy.
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