Back when “Veep” first premiered earlier this spring, we praised the show as being a wicked satire of the political system led by a stellar Julia Louis-Dreyfus — who is captivating even though her character is really unsympathetic and often even despicable. However, since the first few weeks we had seen the show lose a […]
It only took three weeks of “Girls” and two weeks of “Veep,” but HBO has already decided that they want to see each these shows stick around for a little while longer. The premium cable network — which traditionally prefers to renew its shows a little bit earlier in their run to give showrunners a […]
There’s something fascinating about “Veep” as show, mostly in the it may the purest form of workplace comedy on TV — even if there is some politics thrown in there. We don’t know anything about Vice-President Selina Myers outside of her position, and even within that we don’t even know what party she is with. […]
Could we try and by cynical about HBO’s new series “Veep” and say that it is over-the-top, or argue that it really just borrows heavily from “Spin City” with a touch of “Parks and Recreation”? Sure, but that seems like the convenient argument of someone who just wants to bash the show for the same […]
