HBO has ordered a third season of Veep. The news comes just a day after the network reported near-record ratings highs for the sophomore comedy.

With a massive lead-in from Game of Thrones, the April 29 episode of Veep raked in 1.3 million viewers in its inaugural broadcast. It marked a season high and ranks behind only the 2012 series premiere (1.38 million) as the most-watched episode ever.

The critically favored effort and the network's most-watched comedy, Veep comes from executive producers Armando Iannucci (In the Loop) and Christopher Godsick and Frank Rich. It stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Vice President of the United States Selina Meyer and has already earned her an Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a comedy.

Veep joins fellow comedies Girls and Eastbound and Down as comedies set to return with new seasons on the network. The network has an ambitious slate of comedies set to premiere, with Christopher Guest's Family Tree and Stephen Merchant's Hello Ladies both debuting later this year.

娱乐快讯：由朱莉娅·路易斯-德利法斯主演的HBO无厘头喜剧《副总统》第二季正在热播中，4月29日播出的那集收视率达到130万，几乎要同该剧的最高收视纪录（138万）持平。而就在电视台公布收视率的一天后，HBO便确认续订该剧的第三季。