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"Fundraiser" is the first episode of of the first season of the television series Veep. It originally aired on HBO on April 22, 2012.

Plot
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Production
"Fundraiser" was directed by Armando Iannucci with a story also by Armando Iannucci. The teleplay was by Simon Blackwell and Armando Iannucci.

Cast

 * Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer


 * Tony Hale as Gary Walsh


 * Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer


 * Reid Scott as Dan Egan


 * Matt Walsh as Mike McLintock


 * Timothy Simons as Jonah Ryan


 * Sufe Bradshaw as Sue Wilson

Release
The episode was originally broadcast in the United States on HBO as the first episode of the first season on April 22, 2012. It aired at the 10 PM EST time slot, following an episode of Game of Thrones. The episode aired under a rating of TV-MA and was 30 minutes long. The episode had 1.38 million viewers.

As of January 2019, "Fundraiser" is available for streaming on HBO, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Google Play Movies & TV, YouTube, Vudu, and DirecTV.

Reception
"Fundraiser" received generally positive ratings. However, its ratings were low compared to later episodes and according to Gold Derby, it had the lowest IMDb rating among all episodes in the first six seasons.

The A.V. Club gave the episode an A- and stated that the episode " ".

Paste stated that the episode was " ".

IGN rated the episode 7.5/10 and stated that the episode was " ".

Wired stated that the episode "A great introduction to the main characters that quickly gets viewers up to speed on their level of vulgarity and the lengths they will go to cover up their blunders. Selina goes from zero to flipping out to composed in the matter of a minute, which if nothing else shows just how adept Louis-Drefyus is at setting and keeping the pace of this show."

The Telegraph stated that " ".

IndieWire stated that " ".

Other

 * https://www.hbo.com/veep/season-01/1-fundraiser/synopsis
 * https://veep.fandom.com/wiki/Fundraiser
 * https://uproxx.com/sepinwall/veep-fundraiser-plastics/
 * https://uproxx.com/sepinwall/review-julia-louis-drefyus-in-hbos-veep/
 * https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-lists/swearing-in-25-great-veep-insults-12907/25-the-book-of-st-227652/
 * http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/veep/
 * http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2012/01/13/hbo-confirms-debut-dates-for-hbo-films-game-change-returning-series-game-of-thrones-and-new-series-girls-and-veep-891103/20120113hbo04/
 * http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2012/04/02/new-hbo-comedy-series-veep-created-by-armando-iannucci-and-starring-julia-louis-dreyfus-debuts-april-22-232014/20120402hbo01/
 * http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2012/01/13/hbo-confirms-debut-dates-for-hbo-films-game-change-returning-series-game-of-thrones-and-new-series-girls-and-veep-891103/20120113hbo04/
 * http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2012/04/02/new-hbo-comedy-series-veep-created-by-armando-iannucci-and-starring-julia-louis-dreyfus-debuts-april-22-232014/20120402hbo01/

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