'VEEP' Draws To A Close, Its Freewheeling Cynicism Still A Delight

Copyright 2019 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Sunday night sees the end of the seventh and final season of "Veep," the acclaimed HBO political satirical series starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a politician. She's won an acting Emmy for each of the show's preceding six seasons. Our critic-at-large John Powers doesn't know whether she'll win number seven, but he says "Veep" has been a strangely sunny show about the darkness of politics. JOHN POWERS, BYLINE: As "Game Of Thrones" builds to the final showdown with the evil Queen Cersei Lannister, it seems only fair to tip our hats to HBO's other great, power-hungry woman. I'm referring, of course, to Selina Meyer from "Veep," the hilariously scabrous political satire that comes to an end this Sunday. Played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the inept, foul-mouthed and boundlessly selfish Selina is surely the most groundbreakingly reprehensible heroine ever to front an American TV comedy, which may be