In the premiere of this comedy following the public and private lives of U.S. vice president Selina Meyer and her staff, the office goes into damage-control mode to deal with a pair of gaffes that could tarnish her already suspect reputation
Armando Ianucci’s CV is fit to bursting with side-splitting stuff. If we’d forgotten, we got a reminder when he received a Writers Guild gong at this year’s Comedy Awards, and they played clips of his successes – Alan Partridge, The Day Today … more
Earlier this week, I shared my thoughts on Veep , the new HBO sitcom that premiered tonight.
Simply put, it's my favorite new comedy of the season, blending political satire with the sort of shenanigans seen on the best days of The Office . It's quick, more
"Veep" premiered Sunday night on HBO, a new workplace comedy that just happens to be set in the Vice President's office. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is Vice President Selina Meyer, who is surrounded by a quirky band of cohorts. Zap2it spoke with Matt Walsh, who p more
Nearly every time Vice President Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) returns to her office, she asks her assistant, "Did the president call?"The answer, for at least the first three episodes of HBO's new comedy "Veep," is always no. The fact that he doesn' more
If you hold the opinion, as many of us do these days, that Washington, D.C., apparently is a combination of lunatic asylum and day care center for petulant infants, HBO's new comedy series "Veep," which premieres on Sunday, April 22, probably won't change more
NEW YORK -- One of the ways Julia Louis-Dreyfus prepared for her role as Vice President Selina Meyer in the new HBO comedy "Veep" was to study how to answer questions in a public setting by not really answering them.
She watched a lot of C-SPAN.
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HitFix's Alan Sepinwall reviews HBO's "Veep" and says that 'Seinfeld' alum Julia Louis-Dreyfus shines in the new political satire from 'Thick of It' creator Armando Iannucci. http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/review-julia-louis-drefyus more
The new HBO series Veep premieres Sunday, April 22 with its first episode “Fundraiser” Episode 1 at 10 pm. Episode Synopsis : Vice President Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus ) and her staff – chief of staff Amy (Anna Chlumsky), spo more