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How David Mandel Is Using 'Veep' to Shine a Spotlight on Down-Ballot Races

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Something strange has happened since HBO's Emmy-winning comedyVeep went off the air — it's gotten more popular, says David Mandel.

The showrunner, who ran the final three seasons of the political comedy starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, tells The Hollywood Reporter that, under the Trump era, he feels like they have a larger audience now than when the show wrapped in mid-2019. "During the two years as things got worse, it’s like someone said, 'You should watch Veep!' And people did," says Mandel, who has been assembling his former Veep stars for fundraiser reunions ahead of the 2020 presidential election. "I did wonder about the appetite — we haven’t been off the air that long.

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