HBO US renews 'Veep' for a third season

Submitted by ITV Production on May 04
indiantelevision.com Team

MUMBAI: US broadcaster HBO has renewed the comedy series ?Veep? for a ten-episode third season, scheduled for next year.

Created by Armando Iannucci, the show stars Emmy(R)-winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus as US VP Selina Meyer. The show kicked off its ten-episode second season on 14 April.

The ensemble cast of the show also includes Tony Hale as Gary, who is Meyer?s right-hand man; Anna Chlumsky as Amy, her chief of staff; Reid Scott as Dan, an ambitious political aide; Matt Walsh as Mike, VP Meyer?s weathered spokesperson; Timothy C. Simons as Jonah, an enterprising but annoying White House liaison; Sufe Bradshaw as Sue, who is VP Meyer?s executive assistant; and Kevin Dunn as Ben, the president?s chief of staff.