‘Veep’ Viewership Surges Amid VP Kamala Harris’ Presidential Bid
deadline.comLife imitating art? Veep is seeing a sudden surge in viewership following the announcement that VP Kamala Harris is likely the Democratic presidential nominee, after President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out the race and endorsed his second-in-command.
Viewership of the HBO series’ first season on Max was up 353% yesterday, July 22, with 2.2 million total minutes watched, following word that Harris had clinched enough pledged delegates to claim the nomination, according to Luminate’s Streaming Viewership data.
That’s compared to 486,000 total minutes watched on Sunday, July 21. The circumstances are remarkably similar for Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Selina Meyer and Harris.
In Veep, Meyer (Dreyfus), a U.S. Senator from Maryland, jumps into the ring for President but loses the nomination to Stewart Hughes (who is never depicted on screen).
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