HBO announced today that they've renewed the critically-acclaimed, Emmy-winning comedy Veep for a third season. Created by UK comedy mastermind Armando Iannucci and starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the U.S. Vice President, the series began airing its second season last month and earned its highest ratings for the season yet this past weekend. Tony Hale, Anna Chlumsky, Matt Walsh, Reed Scott, Timothy Simons, Sufe Bradshaw, and Kevin Dunn. Like the second season, the third season order is for 10 episodes. The new season is expected to debut sometime next year, so once Veep Season 2 wraps, you'll just have to start paying attention to Joe Biden for a few months [...]
HBO just released this new trailer for its excellent political comedy Veep, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and created by Armando Iannucci. Season Two debuts on April 14th, and it looks more action-packed than the first, full of cool guest stars like Gary Cole and that guy from The Wire who says "sheeeeee-it."
HBO announced today that its Vice Presidential comedy Veep, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and created by Armando Iannucci, is returning for a second season on Sunday, April 14th, at 10:30pm. The whole ensemble cast, made up of Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Matt Walsh, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, and Sufe Bradshaw, is coming back, with Gary Cole and Kevin Dunn joining up for major recurring roles. The new season will be 10 episodes compared to last season's eight, continuing HBO's quest to transition creator Armando Iannucci away from tiny six-episode British seasons, inch by inch.
Last night was the Emmy Awards, a three-hour-long ceremony the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences holds each year to honor Modern Family. The cast and crew of other TV comedies are invited to attend too, but they know going in that they will probably lose to Modern Family and that they were only nominated because there aren’t enough people working on Modern Family to fill every category.
Modern Family won a whopping four Emmys, significantly more than any other comedy at last night’s awards. Included in Modern Family’s bounty is the prize for Outstanding Comedy Series, which the sitcom has taken home for three years in a row [...]
People don't talk about JLD enough. She was arguably the most talented actor of the Seinfeld four, as has been proven by a pretty solid post-90s career, especially compared to the other guys. Her new show, Veep, premieres on Sunday and looks pretty great. Grantland sat down for an interview with her, to talk about the show, being totally over NBC, and cursing. On the latter: "You know, I still get swoony for 'motherfucker.' But I also like 'busting my ladyballs.' That’s awfully fun to say too." The. Best. Also, the interviewer mentions that she is 51, which is insane. If I looked that good at 31, I'd [...]
Veeps collided on Friday, when the real Vice President, Joe Biden, and the fake Vice President, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, met for lunch at the White House. Louis-Dreyfus, who plays VP Selina Meyer on HBO's Veep, surprised Biden by sitting down at his desk when she showed up for their pre-arranged lunch. "He thought he'd just ask my advice on some various briefs he had to deal with," Louis-Dreyfus said in an audio clip posted to the White House's website, "And I was happy to give him my advice which he paid no attention to whatsoever, which is why he's such a wise vice president."
Here's a teaser trailer for the second season of HBO's Vice Presidential comedy Veep, featuring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tony Hale, Matt Walsh, and the rest of the gang back in action. It's back April 14th, so if you want wacky Vice President hijinx before then, just set your Google alerts for "Joe Biden."
Saturday Night Live has been home to over a hundred cast members throughout the past 36 years. In our column Saturday Night’s Children, we present the history, talent, and best sketches of one SNL cast member each week for your viewing, learning, and laughing pleasure.
She'll always be identified with Elaine Benes on Seinfeld, but not many people recognize Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the young television newcomer she was on early-80s SNL. Before going on to star in a string of critically acclaimed shows, Louis-Dreyfus spent three years as a repertory player during the Dick Ebersol days developing characters and paving her quick path to stardom. Since then, she's dominated [...]
"So many Emmy roundtables so little time," says everyone this month. "But they talk about farting on set," says I! Also, this roundtable takes place around a square table, which makes it slightly more visually interesting. In the full, uncut version below they discuss hosting SNL, the non-controversy (or nontroversy) surrounding women being funny, and more.
Finally, Vice Presidents are getting their day in the sun! In this trailer for HBO's Veep, Julia Louis-Dreyfus is a champion for the overlooked Bidens, the ignored Gores, the maligned Quayles and the outright publicly neglected Mondales. The show looks funny enough to be optimistic about its premiere on April 22, and certainly funny enough to keep around in case your first-string shows die of a heart attack. Will you be checking it out?
Veep Season 1 is out on DVD and Blu-Ray this week! The Armando Iannucci-created Julia Louis-Dreyfuss-starring show is incredible, with some of the smartest and funniest dialogue on television. Matt Walsh and Tony Hale round out a talented cast of comedians and actors playing the oft-harried workers assisting the Vice President of the United States. The show returns to HBO next Monday, so that gives you a small amount of time to catch up very quickly, but also season one is just eight half-hour episodes so that's not too hard at all. Plus they're really good!
In the wake of Amy Poehler, Lena Dunham, and Judy Greer landing big book deal for their memoirs, The Hollywood Reporter observes the growing trend of books from female comedians and comedic actors, reporting that Kristen Wiig and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are high on wish lists for the next big comedian-authored books. THR notes that books by male comedians haven't been doing as well lately – partially because of a lack of said books that stand out and because women tend to buy more books than men. The recent wave of books by female comedians began with Chelsea Handler's 2005 tome My Horizontal Life, with [...]
Last night on Late Night, Amy Poehler and Jimmy Kimmel both bonded over their mutual love of doing bits and how they were each excited to have lost at the Emmys because it allowed them to do the elaborate jokes they wanted to do. Poehler lost to Julia Louis-Dreyfus but got to pretend like they accidentally swapped speeches and Kimmel lost to The Daily Show but got to have his parents escorted out of the awards show in retaliation for believing in him too much. Let's hope these two never win any awards, for the sake of great bits.
As a newcomer to the world of TV, actor Timothy Simons is joining a very impressive group of writers and performers for his first big role in the HBO political comedy series Veep. Created by Oscar-nominated auteur Armando Iannucci (In the Loop, The Thick of It) and boasting a cast that includes Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Matt Walsh, Anna Chlumsky, and Tony Hale, Veep has a more impressive pedigree than any TV comedy in recent memory. I’ve seen the first three episodes of Veep, and Timothy Simons holds his own against these heavy-hitters. It’s a funny show that lives up to the high expectations set by Armando Iannucci’s previous work, and [...]
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