# Veep season 4
The fourth season of *Veep*, the HBO political satire starring [Julia Louis-Dreyfus](https://www.edgepedia.org/julia-louis-dreyfus) as [Selina Meyer](https://www.edgepedia.org/selina-meyer), ran for 10 episodes on HBO from April 12 to June 14, 2015, and moved the series' premise from a comedy about a marginalized vice president to one about an accidental president campaigning to keep the office.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/veep/s04) It was the last season produced with creator [Armando Iannucci](https://www.edgepedia.org/armando-iannucci) as showrunner, and David Mandel replaced him as showrunner for the fifth season.[2](https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/veep)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Network and run | HBO, 10 episodes of about 29 minutes each, April 12 to June 14, 2015[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/veep/s04) • [3](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/veep/season-4) |
| Premise shift | Selina Meyer, having ascended from vice president to president, gives her first major speech, fights a convention crisis, and campaigns through to election night[4](https://www.hbo.com/veep/season-4) |
| Showrunner change | David Mandel (*Seinfeld*, *Curb Your Enthusiasm*) was brought in as executive producer starting with season 5, after Iannucci left in 2015 following four seasons as showrunner[2](https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/veep) • [10](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-veep-and-silicon-valley-both-renewed-by-hbo-20150413-story.html) |
| Critical reception | 100% Tomatometer from 25 reviews and a 93% Popcornmeter score on Rotten Tomatoes; a Metascore of 90 on Metacritic[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/veep/s04) • [5](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/veep/) |
| Research for the campaign | When Selina ran for president in season 4, Louis-Dreyfus and a group of writers sat down with former presidential candidate Mitt Romney for a lengthy debriefing[6](https://time.com/5540861/julia-louis-dreyfus-interview/) |
| Production location | Fourth and final season filmed in Baltimore, Maryland, before the series moved production to Los Angeles[2](https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/veep) |
## Story: from the Oval Office to election night
Season 4 opens with "Joint Session" (April 12, 2015), in which Selina's staff frantically works on her first major speech as president while Gary questions his worth.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/veep/s04) The season follows the mechanics of an unexpected presidency: a state visit by the Israeli prime minister in "East Wing," a data breach the team tries to find a scapegoat for in "Data," and a historic trip to Iran in "Tehran," where an American reporter is being detained.[4](https://www.hbo.com/veep/season-4) • [1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/veep/s04)
Midway through the season, "Convention" (May 10, 2015) has Selina and her staff scrambling to avert a major internal crisis at the party convention, while Amy is rankled by the president's new advisor.[4](https://www.hbo.com/veep/season-4) The back half turns on the Families First bill: Mike tries to sell it to the press in "Mommy Meyer," and in "B/ill," with Selina sick with the flu, her staff works behind the scenes to kill the bill, leading into "Testimony," in which members of the staff testify before a congressional committee.[4](https://www.hbo.com/veep/season-4) The finale, "Election Night" (June 14, 2015), follows Selina and her staff as their nerves fray with each state result.[4](https://www.hbo.com/veep/season-4) • [1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/veep/s04)
The campaign storyline drew on real-world expertise. When Selina ran for president, Louis-Dreyfus and a crew of writers sat down with [Mitt Romney](https://www.edgepedia.org/mitt-romney), then a former presidential candidate, for a lengthy debriefing; Romney later said of the advice he imparted, "I'm waiting for some kind of Emmy or whatever for passing that along."[6](https://time.com/5540861/julia-louis-dreyfus-interview/)
## The change in showrunner
Armando Iannucci, the Scottish creator who had also made the British series *The Thick of It*, served as showrunner for *Veep*'s first four seasons and decided to leave in 2015.[10](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-veep-and-silicon-valley-both-renewed-by-hbo-20150413-story.html) David Mandel, a writer on *Seinfeld* and *Curb Your Enthusiasm*, was brought in as executive producer and took over as showrunner beginning with season 5, remaining in that role until the series ended in 2019.[2](https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/veep) • [10](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-veep-and-silicon-valley-both-renewed-by-hbo-20150413-story.html) Season 4 therefore sits at a hinge of the series: Iannucci still received story and teleplay credits on episodes such as "Convention," while season 4 was his last before Mandel's leadership began with season 5.[7](https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/handle/document/101287/ssoar-2025-naumann-The_Politics_of_Serial_Television.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1) • [10](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-veep-and-silicon-valley-both-renewed-by-hbo-20150413-story.html)
HBO renewed the series for a fourth season alongside *[Silicon Valley](https://www.edgepedia.org/silicon-valley-tv-series)* in April 2015, with Iannucci credited as creator and executive producer for the season.[8](https://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/veep_siliconvalley_renewann_2015.pdf)
## Reception
Critics received the season as a continuation of the show's peak form. Rotten Tomatoes recorded a 100% Tomatometer from 25 reviews, with a critics consensus reading that "Veep shows no signs of slowing down in its fourth season, thanks to sharp, funny, rapid-fire dialogue between POTUS and her hilariously incompetent staff," alongside a 93% audience score from more than 250 ratings.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/veep/s04) Metacritic assigned the season a Metascore of 90, higher than any other listed season of the series, which ranged from 72 for season 1 to 88 for seasons 5 and 6.[5](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/veep/)
Individual critics emphasized the show's cynicism about power. Writing for Slate, Torie Bosch described a show "more cynical than ever," portraying Selina's new position as so precarious that she remains mostly as ineffective as commander-in-chief as she was as vice president, and Eric Thurm of Newsweek called it *Veep*'s funniest season yet.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/veep/s04) Time's year-end television list ranked *Veep* first, describing fourth-season Selina as "both a fumbling female Richard Nixon and humanizing proof that any of us could become Nixon, given the right set of allies and adversaries."[9](https://time.com/4144152/television/)
## Awards
The season fed into the 2015 Emmy cycle, in which Louis-Dreyfus took home an Emmy as a producer when *Veep* won Outstanding Comedy Series, one of three consecutive producing wins for the series in 2015, 2016, and 2017.[2](https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/veep) Across its full run the series was nominated for 68 [Emmy Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/emmy-awards) and won 17.[2](https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/veep)
## Availability
Season 4 streams on [HBO Max](https://www.edgepedia.org/hbo-max) and the HBO Max Amazon Channel, and can be purchased digitally on Amazon Video, the Apple TV Store, and Fandango at Home, or on DVD and Blu-ray.[3](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/veep/season-4)
## References
1. [Veep: Season 4, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/veep/s04)
2. [Veep, Television Academy Interviews](https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/veep)
3. [Veep Season 4, streaming and purchase details, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/veep/season-4)
4. [Veep Season 4, Official Website for the HBO Series](https://www.hbo.com/veep/season-4)
5. [Veep Reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/veep/)
6. [Julia Louis-Dreyfus Knew She Was Good. She Fought to Make Sure the World Did Too, Time](https://time.com/5540861/julia-louis-dreyfus-interview/)
7. [The Politics of Serial Television Fiction, ssoar](https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/handle/document/101287/ssoar-2025-naumann-The_Politics_of_Serial_Television.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1)
8. [For Immediate Release: Veep and Silicon Valley renewal announcement (PDF), Time](https://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/veep_siliconvalley_renewann_2015.pdf)
9. [Television, Time](https://time.com/4144152/television/)
10. ['Veep' and 'Silicon Valley' both renewed by HBO](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-veep-and-silicon-valley-both-renewed-by-hbo-20150413-story.html)
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