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Armando Iannucci, Larry David, Jason Alexander and Kevin Smith Join ‘Veep’ Table Read for Harris-Walz (Exclusive)
Armando Iannucci, Larry David, Jason Alexander and Kevin Smith Join ‘Veep’ Table Read for Harris-Walz (Exclusive)-February 2024
Feb 28, 2026 4:46 AM

Veeps election fundraiser reunion has booked some special guests.

Joining the cast and writers of HBOs iconic political comedy for a live table read event on Sunday are Veep creator Armando Iannucci, along with Larry David, Jason Alexander and Kevin Smith.

Were so thrilled to have Armando, the creator of Veep, joining us, Veeps showrunner David Mandel tells The Hollywood Reporter. And I am so excited to have my old boss Larry David along with Jason Alexander. Its kind of like a mini-Seinfeld reunion stuffed inside a Veep reunion.Like a turducken. Of the filmmaker of such classic franchises as Jay and Silent Bob and Mallrats, Mandel adds, Kevin Smith is the biggest Veep fan I know and his movies have always been as wonderfully foul as Veep, so its a perfect combination to have him as part of our table read!

Mandel, who was a writer on Seinfeld for three seasons (and on Smiths Clerks: The Animated Series for ABC), took over as showrunner on HBOs Veep in season five from Iannucci. The political comedy, which signed off in 2019 after seven seasons, has only gotten more relevant in recent years.

After President Joe Biden dropped his 2024 re-election bid and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic presidential nominee this summer, Iannucci reached out to Mandel and star Julia Louis-Dreyfus to reconnect amid Veeps resurgence (series viewership jumped 350 percent on Max and clips of Louis-Dreyfus formidable female politician, Selina Meyer, were going viral). Mandel and star Louis-Dreyfus were gathering the troops to brainstorm fundraising ideas for what would become the Harris and Tim Walz ticket, and Ianucci was on board.

The result of their brainstorming is Sundays virtual table read, presented by theDemocratic Party of Wisconsin, of one of those viral episodes season threes Crate, which aired in 2015, when then-Vice President Meyer (Louis-Dreyfus) finds out the current POTUS is stepping down, elevating her to the Oval Office.

The live event happening at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT is being hosted byStephen Colbert and will feature the award-winning ensemble of Louis-Dreyfus, Tony Hale, Anna Chlumsky, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, Sam Richardson, Matt Walsh, Gary Cole, Sarah Rutherland, Clea DuVall and Sufe Bradshaw. Tickets are available here.

Larry David hates joining things and participating, so we are honored that he is joining us and participating in the Veep Reunion for Wisconsin as a special guest, adds Louis-Dreyfus, who also hosted a panelduring the week of the Democratic National Convention with the countrys eight Democratic governors. I am guessing he will never let me forget that I asked him to do it.And Im now on the hook for some favor for him, which Im already regretting.

For the 2020 election, the Veep crew and WisDems hosted an entire cast reunion thatraised more than $500,000, followed by a crossover event withThe West Wingcast in 2022for the high-stakes midterm elections.

Our grassroots supporters power our statewide organizing, and its that organizing strength that helps us elect Democrats and chart a new way forward in Wisconsin, said Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben WIkler in a statement when announcing the 2024 table read. Events like this celebrate our long-time supporters and let us reach even further to the people who will fuel our work to elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, Tammy Baldwin, and Democrats across Wisconsin this November.

The Colbert-hosted event also comes as the Late Show host has been caught in a war of words with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. After Trump called him not funny, boring and called on CBS to end his contract in a Truth Social post earlier this week which was shared by Mandel on X to promote the Veep event Colbert replied on his show, [Trumps] clearly upset because I called him boring. And I called him boring because I knew it would upset him. Which it did, because hes so predictable, which is ultimately what makes him kind of boring.

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