Hbo Premieres All New Series Girls and Veep

HBO PREMIERES ALL NEW SERIES GIRLS AND VEEP Miami, July 9, 2012 – HBO Latin America announced that Girls and Veep, two new original comedies, will premiere on July 23. The first episode of both productions will be available on www.hbomax.tv after they air onscreen. Girls is a comedy directed by Lena Dunham, the up-and-coming filmmaker and actor, who also stars in the series. Veep stars Emmy®-award-winning actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who has starred in popular series like Seinfield and Curb your Enthusiasm. Created and led onscreen by Lena Dunham, Girls takes a comic look at the assorted humiliations and rare triumphs of a group of women in their early 20s living in New York City. The series, which has already been renewed for a second season, focuses on the girls’ adventures in post-collegiate floundering. A fresh and intimate look at friendship, relationships and self-discovery, Girls is a contemporary coming-of-age show that packs humor, farce and poignancy into each episode. Through four distinct characters, who may seem unlikely friends to some, Girls shines through as a voice of the post-recession generation who can hardly afford lunch, let alone Manolos. In addition to Lena Dunham as the anxious, rumpled Hannah, the cast of Girls includes Jemima Kirke as the beautiful Jessa, allergic to all things bourgeois; Allison Williams as Marnie, Hannah’s uptight roommate with strict rules about their best-friendship; Zosia Mamet (Mad Men) as Shoshanna, an NYU student and Jessa’s self-help obsessed roommate and cousin; and Adam Driver (HBO’s You Don’t know Jack) As Hannah’s love interest, Adam. Recurring roles include Chris Abbott as Marnie’s too-nice boyfriend, Charlie, and Alex Karpovsky as the sassy Ray. Over the course of Season 1’s ten episodes, the four girls try to figure out what they want – from life, from boys, from themselves and each other. The answers aren’t always clear or easy, but the search is profoundly relatable and infinitely amusing. Executive producers for Girls include Emmy®-award-winning writer Judd Apatow, Jenni Konner and Lena Dunham; co-executive producers include Bruce Eric Kaplan and Ilene S. Landress. With equal comedic intensity, Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Seinfeld and HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm) stars as former senator Selina Meyer in Veep, the story of a woman who becomes vice president only to discover that the job is nothing like she expected, but everything she was warned about. In eight Season 1 episodes, Veep hilariously skewers and satirizes both the nuances of everyday office politics and the political world. Created by Oscar®-nominee Armando Iannucci, Veep follows the whirlwind day-to-day existence of Vice President Meyer as she puts out political fires, juggles a busy public schedule with a demanding private life, and defends the president’s interests, even as she tries to improve her dysfunctional relationship with the chief executive. The show’s ensemble cast includes Tony Hale as Gary, her right-hand man; Anna Chlumsky as Amy, Vice President Meyer’s chief of staff; Matt Walsh (HBO’s Hung) as Mike, Meyer’s weathered spokesperson; Reid Scott as Dan, an ambitions political aide; Timothy C. Simons as Jonah, a young and somewhat clueless White House liaison; and Sufe Bradshaw as Sue, Meyer’s executive assistant. Executive producers for Veep include Armando Iannucci (also the series creator), Frank Rich and Christopher Godsick; co-executive producers include Simon Blackwell and Tony Roche. Among other producers are Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Stephanie Posted on 2012/07/09 on hbomaxlapress.com HBO PREMIERES ALL NEW SERIES GIRLS AND VEEP Laing, along with consulting producers Sean Gray, William Smith, Roger Drew and Ian Martin. Both Girls and Veep are half-hour HBO original comedy series. For images, additional information and materials, visit www.hbolapress.com About HBO Latin America HBO Latin America is the leader in paid, Premium television network broadcasting in the region, who as well as being recognized for the quality and diversity of its original programming, movies, and documentaries, delivers services of the highest technology in SD and HD formats in over 23 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean through its channels HBO®, HBO2®, HBO® Plus, HBO® Family, HBO Caribbean®, Cinemax®, Max®, Max HD® y Max PrimeSM and its SVOD service. Press Contacts HBO Latin America Public Relations – Kari Perez + (305) 648-8942 [email protected] Burson Marsteller Rosanna Castro +1 (305) 347-1992 [email protected] Posted on 2012/07/09 on hbomaxlapress.com HBO PREMIERES ALL NEW SERIES GIRLS AND VEEP Posted on 2012/07/09 on hbomaxlapress.com.

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