What is Veep about?
A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.
A briskly paced, darkly comedic satire dissects the gritty, dysfunctional world of American politics.
Satirical and darkly comic, with dry wit. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Max.
Veep parents guide
No surprises for a TV-MA: some innuendo or implied sex and no real violence.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- No real violence
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
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Cast and crew
Created byArmando Iannucci
StarringJulia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, Matt Walsh
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