Complex sentence: The pilot episode was written by Levinson and directed by Peter Berg.The series' third season premiered in July 2017, and in August 8,2017, HBO picked up "Ballers" for a fourth season, which is set to premiere in 2018.
Split into simpler sentences: The pilot episode was written by Levinson and directed by Peter Berg. On August 8,2017, HBO picked up Ballers for a fourth season to be released in 2018.