HBO Picks Up VEEP and GIRLS for Second Seasons

HBO has renewed the comedy series "Girls" and "Veep" for second seasons, to include 10 episodes each.

GIRLS: Hannah, Marnie, Jessa and Shoshanna are trying to figure life out. They've been living in New York for a couple of years, but they're still not sure what they want - from boys, from each other, from themselves. And things aren't getting any clearer. Created by and starring Lena Dunham ("Tiny Furniture"), GIRLS takes a comic look at the assorted humiliations and rare triumphs of a group of girls in their early 20s.

CREATED BY: Lena Dunham, EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Lena Dunham, Judd Apatow and Jenni Konner, CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Bruce Eric Kaplan and Ilene S. Landress.

CAST: Hannah: Lena Dunham Marnie: Allison Williams Jessa: Jemima Kirke Shoshanna: Zosia Mamet Adam: Adam Driver

VEEP: Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Emmy(R) winner for "Seinfeld" and "The New Adventures of Old Christine") stars as Selina Meyer, who becomes vice president, only to discover the job is nothing like she expected, but everything she was warned about. The comedy series was created by Armando Iannucci (Oscar(R)nominee for co-writing "In the Loop").

CREATED BY: Armando Iannucci, EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Armando Iannucci, Christopher Godsick and Frank Rich, CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Simon Blackwell and Tony Roche, PRODUCERS: Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Stephanie Laing, CONSULTING PRODUCERS: Roger Drew, Sean Gray, Ian Martin and WilLiam Smith

CAST: Selina Meyer: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Sue: Sufe Bradshaw Amy: Anna Chlumsky Gary: Tony Hale Dan: Reid Scott Jonah: TimothyC. Simons Mike: Matt Walsh