Veep (2012)

Iannucci took the Thick of It method to Washington and made something louder, glossier and just as vicious. Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays Selina Meyer, a vice president who wants power far more than she wants to do anything with it, surrounded by staff who would sell each other out for a better parking spot. The insults are the main event, delivered at machine-gun speed. Louis-Dreyfus won six consecutive Emmys for the role, and the show won Outstanding Comedy Series three years running. Seven seasons ran on HBO from 2012 to 2019, and it stays sharp even after Iannucci handed over to David Mandel.