Veep

:

Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: May 6, 2012
Season #: 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 30
  3. Negative: 1 out of 30
Watch Now

Where To Watch

Stream On
Buy on
Stream On

Critic Reviews

  1. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    Apr 19, 2012
    60
    It's all rather weightless: just your usual sitcom-style misunderstandings and bruised egos and "complications ensue," with no sense that anything larger is at stake.
  2. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Apr 20, 2012
    50
    The result is overly broad and narrow at the same time.
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Apr 20, 2012
    50
    What few laughs there are represent a triumph of acting skill over authorial sloth in a show that is more silly than funny--and more dull than silly.
  5. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Apr 19, 2012
    42
    Some amusing lines, but otherwise a disappointing misfire.
  6. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Dorothy Rabinowitz
    Apr 27, 2012
    40
    She's not funny, the aide is told--a line that elicited in this viewer a stream of unstoppable thoughts about what was not funny about this show, which is a lot, all of which ended up pointing, inexorably, to its writers. What saves the show is Ms. Louis-Dreyfus's Selina.
  7. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Apr 20, 2012
    40
    Veep sparks to life only occasionally.
  8. The Huffington Post
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    Apr 19, 2012
    40
    Veep simply isn't particularly fresh or funny, and most of its jokes are telegraphed from a long way away.
  9. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Apr 19, 2012
    40
    It's too easy, too much like a series of safe sketches that play to all the stereotypes everyone in politics claims describe the other side.

Awards & Rankings

55
#55 Best TV Season of 2013
28
#28 Most Discussed TV Season of 2013
29
#29 Most Shared TV Season of 2013

User Reviews

All reviews »
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 246 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 207 out of 246
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 246
  3. Negative: 20 out of 246
  1. Potentaint
    Apr 23, 2012
    3
    There is so much social media/internet/technology saturation in television these days that it's making me nauseous. I tried to watch Veep'sThere is so much social media/internet/technology saturation in television these days that it's making me nauseous. I tried to watch Veep's premiere last night to completion, but couldn't help feeling like I was being force fed the ramblings of the internet in television series form. Julia Louis Dreyfuss also irritates me and for the most part isn't likeable in anything she does, Veep included. I couldn't help but get a corporate feel from this show which is about the least charming explanation I can think of.… Full Review »
  2. stormD23
    Apr 24, 2012
    4
    I think this show has potential to grab a hold of viewers, but if the pilot is any indication, Veep is in some serious need of new writers.I think this show has potential to grab a hold of viewers, but if the pilot is any indication, Veep is in some serious need of new writers. The jokes just don't seem to come together like they should, which is why the "F" word is used to help give the characters lines the extra funny that they need, it's called compensation. I think this is a new world record? a whopping 25 "fucks" and "fuckin's" in a pilot episode.… Full Review »
  3. JamesIrish68
    Feb 20, 2016
    5
    Its a lot more difficult to make someone laugh than to cry so comedies should be given a little more leeway than dramas as a rule. But notIts a lot more difficult to make someone laugh than to cry so comedies should be given a little more leeway than dramas as a rule. But not carte blanche either. In Veep there is very little laugh out loud moments but plenty of smiles. Basically Seinfeld crossed with the West Wing, Politicians staff manipulating media is a cliched trope and over exaggerated. Its not like that in reality and its a bit boring to watch it for the umpteenth time on a TV show. Actors are very good in this show but the writing just ain't. Average… Full Review »
See all user reviews »