#85 – It’s the Summer of Veep!
The one where we somehow manage to avoid the explicit label.
Jul 29, 2024
Everyone is suddenly rewatching the iconic HBO comedy Veep but with 7 seasons available to stream where should you start? Relax, because we’re here to be your tour guides through the halls of almost-power.
But first: Bundle Watch! Sportspocalypse! And with The Olympics kicking off we ask the eternal question: What’s the deal with Peacock?!
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📺 Rewatch: Veep
- 🧭 Where to Watch: Max
- 🎟️ Originally Premiered: April 22, 2012 on HBO
- 🍂 Seasons: 7 (65 episodes)
- 🤩 Starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, Matt Walsh
- 🧑🎨 Created By: Armando Iannucci (Showrunner Seasons 1-4), David Mandel (Showrunner Seasons 5-7)
- ⚠️ Spoiler Alert for all episodes starting at 38:10
Specific Episodes Mentioned:
- S1E1 – Fundraiser
- S1E2 – Frozen Yoghurt
- S3E2 – The Choice
- S3E9 – Crate
- S4E2 – East Wing
- S4E10 – Election Night (Armando Iannucci’s last episode)
- S5E10 – Inauguration (Season 5 Finale)
- S7E7 – Veep (Series Finale)
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🔗 Links:
- Warner Bros. Discovery Sues the NBA After League Rejects Matching Rights Proposal – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter
- NBA Loss Sinks Warner Bros. Discovery Stock – Bad For Max, Could Hasten Linear Decline, Wall Street Fears – Jill Goldsmith, Deadline
- Comcast President Touts NBA Rights: Will Put “Weight of Our Entire Company” Behind Deal – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter
- Peacock Quarterly Loss Narrows to $348M as Subscribers Drop to 33M – Georg Szalai, Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter
- 'Homicide: Life On the Street' Set to Stream on Peacock in August – Michael Schneider, Variety
- ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ Is About to Find New Life on the Streamers – Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone
- Why Redbox has been powering down – Janko Roettgers, The Verge
- Veep’s Creator Wants You to Stop Comparing Kamala Harris to Selina Meyer – Sam Adams, Slate
- ‘Veep’ Creator Armando Iannucci Comments on Real-Life Political Comparisons and Gives a Warning – Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter
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