Veep 

Former Senator Selina Meyer finds that being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she hoped and everything that everyone ever warned her about.

Creator:

Armando Iannucci

Stars:

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tony Hale, Anna Chlumsky

Nominated for 7 Golden Globes. Another 62 wins & 176 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	...	Selina Meyer 58 episodes, 2012-2017
Anna Chlumsky	...	Amy Brookheimer 58 episodes, 2012-2017
Tony Hale	...	Gary Walsh 58 episodes, 2012-2017
Reid Scott	...	Dan Egan 58 episodes, 2012-2017
Timothy Simons	...	Jonah Ryan 58 episodes, 2012-2017
Matt Walsh	...	Mike McLintock 58 episodes, 2012-2017
Sufe Bradshaw	...	Sue Wilson 48 episodes, 2012-2016
Gary Cole	...	Kent Davison 48 episodes, 2013-2017
Kevin Dunn	...	Ben Cafferty 47 episodes, 2013-2017
Sarah Sutherland	...	Catherine Meyer 36 episodes, 2012-2017
Sam Richardson	...	Richard Splett 33 episodes, 2014-2017

Storyline

"Politics is about people," former Sen. Selina Meyer is fond of saying. Unfortunately, the people Meyer, a charismatic leader and rising star in her party, meets after becoming vice president are nothing like she expected, but everything she was warned about. "Veep" follows the new VP as she puts out political fires, juggles her public schedule and private life, and does everything within her limited powers to improve her dysfunctional relationship with the chief executive. Meyer's trusted -- and some not-so-trusted -- aides include chief of staff Amy, spokesperson Mike, secretary Sue and right-hand man Gary.

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Plot Keywords:

president | vice president | female protagonist | swearing | abusive relationship | 

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Taglines:

Boldly running for president. Proudly standing for everything.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 April 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Az alelnök

Filming Locations:

Sykesville, Maryland, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dundee Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

28 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Phil Reeves (Andrew Doyle), Tony Hale (Gary Walsh) & Diedrich Bader (Bill Ericsson) also worked together on episode 4.14, Arrested Development: Off the Hook (2013), of Arrested Development (2003) as Colonel Smalls, Buster Bluth & Gunner respectively.

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Quotes

Selina Meyer: I'm the Vice President of the United States, you stupid little fuckers! These people should be begging me! That door should be half its height so that people can only approach me in my office on their goddamn, motherfucking knees!

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Connections

Featured in Conan: Bryce Dallas Howard/Tony Hale/Zella Day (2015)

User Reviews

Many great laughs, do not give up after the couple of episodes based on The Thick Of It comparisons

For those who gave up after the first episode or two and are writing this off as 'not as good as The Thick Of it', you're doing yourself a great disservice.

The Thick Of It is brilliant. This is brilliant too, and in parts surpasses the original. The subtlety is still all there, the bullies, the bullied, the excellent dialogue, the jokes that you'd miss if you blinked, and it manages to hold up well even without any Malcolm Tucker character (something I'm not so sure the original could manage).

The closing title sequences are often hilarious (unlike in the original), and I'm sure Arrested Development fans will enjoy Tony Hale as Gary.

I know it takes extra effort to to accept a remake of something that's already so brilliant ('why do they need to do remake in the first place?? you think'), but I honestly think the effort is worth it in this case.