It’s not hard to picture the team behind HBO’s “White House Plumbers” finishing work on an episode of “Veep” and picturing that stellar comedy’s tone being applied to the idiots behind the Watergate break-in. (The director of all five episodes here is David Mandel, showrunner on that massive critical darling.) And as the country once again goes through considerations of impeachment and general malfeasance in the highest offices of the United States, the timing seems just right for a scathing look at one of the key points in our continuing disillusionment with the government.

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Last year, the Starz limited series “Gaslit” took on Watergate and its complexities. In 2023, it’s HBO‘s turn to deliver its own series about the infamous political scandal, albeit from a slightly different angle.

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“White House Plumbers” stars Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux as Watergate “masterminds” E.

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Earlier this year, the Starz limited series “Gaslit” took on the Watergate scandal and all its complexities. Now it’s HBO‘s turn to have a crack at the story with “White House Plumbers,” albeit from a different perspective.

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The upcoming limited series sees Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux as the main architects behind the political scandal who barely realize what they’re getting themselves into.

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“Transparent’s” Jill Soloway, the winner in this category the past two years, was shockingly snubbed this time around, but this has always been Donald Glover‘s to lose anyway. The “Atlanta” star, director and writer earned a DGA Award nod for the same episode losing to an episode from the previous “Veep” season, and the series could take Writing and overall Series Emmys as well. Glover is also assisted by the fact that “Veep” and “Silicon Valley” embarrassingly split up the other five slots in this category.

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