Veep Abandoning Its Original Premise Explains Why Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Comedy Won So Many Emmys
While Veep took a major risk when the show abandoned its original premise, this choice paid off judging by the many Emmy wins that the series earned.
Veep
- Cast
- Anna Chlumsky , Timothy Simons , Julia Louis-Dreyfus , Reid Scott , Tony Hale , Matt Walsh , Kevin Dunn , Sufe Bradshaw
- Release Date
- April 22, 2012
- Seasons
- 7
- Network
- HBO Max
- Writers
- Armando Iannucci
- Directors
- Armando Iannucci
- Showrunner
- Armando Iannucci
- Story By
- armando iannucci
Summary
When former U.S. Senator Selina Meyer becomes Vice President of the United States, she finds that it is less like what she hoped for, and more what people warned her it would be.
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