{"id":2307327,"date":"2024-07-24T11:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T15:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hbos-veep-sees-enormous-viewership-spike-following-harriss-2024-candidacy-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-24T11:58:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T15:58:20","slug":"hbos-veep-sees-enormous-viewership-spike-following-harriss-2024-candidacy-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hbos-veep-sees-enormous-viewership-spike-following-harriss-2024-candidacy-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO\u2019s Veep sees enormous viewership spike following Harris\u2019s 2024 candidacy &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhbos-veep-sees-enormous-viewership-spike-following-harriss-2024-candidacy-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2307327&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>HBO&#8217;s show &#8220;Veep&#8221; experienced a significant increase in viewership following \u2063Vice President Kamala\u200b Harris&#8217;s 2024 \u200dcandidacy announcement. The spike in viewership occurred after President Joe\u2063 Biden decided not to run for reelection and endorsed\u200d Harris instead. \u2062The show, which follows a similar political plotline,\u2063 saw \u2062a 350% increase in viewership on HBO Max. This \u200dsurge in interest in &#8220;Veep&#8221;\u200d aligns with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-says-americas-problem-is-weve-lost-faith-in-god-and-the-american-people\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley: America&#039;s Issue - Lack of Faith in God and its People\">broader \u200ctrend<\/a>\u200c of political \u200cand fictional \u2063works\u2062 experiencing a boost \u200cin\u2064 popularity amidst the 2024 election cycle.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">HBO&rsquo;s <i>Veep <\/i>sees enormous viewership spike following Harris&rsquo;s 2024 candidacy<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1711465\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Recent historical events in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 election<\/a> cycle have seemingly given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hbo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>HBO&rsquo;s<\/a> <em>Veep<\/em> a massive boost in viewership, jumping by over 350% on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The sudden spike happened a day after President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> announced he would not continue his 2024 reelection bid, giving his endorsement instead to Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>. <em>Veep<\/em>, which stars <em>Seinfeld<\/em>&rsquo;s Julia Louis-Dreyfus as fictional Vice President Selina Meyer, follows a similar plotline. In season two, Meyer learns the president will not seek a second term and decides to run for president herself. The show ran from 2012 through 2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Actress and executive producer Julia Louis-Dreyfus attends the premiere of the final season of HBO&rsquo;s &ldquo;Veep&rdquo; at Alice Tully Hall on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jack-black-addresses-controversial-trump-joke-sparks-deportation-warning-is-tenacious-d-over\/\" title=\"Jack Black addresses controversial Trump joke, sparks deportation warning. Is Tenacious D over?\">show&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s viewership on Max, formerly HBO Max, went from 486,000 total minutes watched Sunday to 2.2 million minutes viewed the following day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/07\/24\/kamala-harris-veep-show-selina-meyer-hbo-max\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> data from Luminate<\/p>\n<p><em>Veep<\/em>&rsquo;s jump in viewership comes shortly after Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance&rsquo;s<\/a> (R-OH) memoir, <em>Hillbilly Elegy<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3088041\/jd-vance-hillbilly-elegy-skyrockets-video-streaming-stores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>saw its own spike in demand<\/a> after former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> selected Vance as his 2024 running mate. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/could-hillary-clinton-replace-kamala-harris-it-could-be-what-saves-biden-according-to-wapo-columnist\/\" title=\"Could Hillary Clinton Replace Kamala Harris? It Might Save Biden, Says WaPo Columnist\">book&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s paperback copy jumped to Amazon&rsquo;s top spot for book sales, and the film adaption, starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams, became Netflix&rsquo;s fourth most streamed movie Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A few days before Biden bowed out of the 2024 presidential race, the Trump campaign issued a statement that it would not settle on a date for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">vice presidential debate<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3087904\/trump-campaign-mocks-biden-vp-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>joking that there was uncertainty<\/a> about who the Democratic vice presidential nominee would be. The statement added that settling on a vice presidential debate before the convention would be unfair to &ldquo;whoever Kamala Harris picks as her running mate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Trump said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3096045\/trump-absolutely-debate-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>he would &ldquo;absolutely&rdquo; debate Harris before the election<\/a> but cited a desire to debate her on new terms. He proposed having Fox News host the debate rather than ABC News, which had agreed to host the debate between Trump and Biden on Sept. 10 prior to Biden dropping out.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1711465\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1711465\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HBO&#8217;s show &#8220;Veep&#8221; experienced a significant increase in viewership following \u2063Vice President Kamala\u200b Harris&#8217;s 2024 \u200dcandidacy announcement. The spike in viewership occurred after President Joe\u2063 Biden decided not to run for reelection and endorsed\u200d Harris instead. \u2062The show, which follows a similar political plotline,\u2063 saw \u2062a 350% increase in viewership on HBO Max. This \u200dsurge &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2307328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Veep-scaled-1024x720.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36002,10561,32438,19029,36001],"class_list":["post-2307327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2024-candidacy","tag-hbo","tag-kamala-harris","tag-veep","tag-viewership-spike"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Veep-scaled-1024x720.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2307327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2307328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2307327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2307327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2307327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}