“Veep” returns

The HBO comedy starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the one-time Veep and accidental president enters its seventh and final season, and if there is one lesson to take from the hit show, it’s that in comedy, as in life, nothing good ever comes easy. Tracy Smith talks with Louis-Dreyfus, Tony Hale, Timothy Simons, Anna Chlumsky, show runner David Mandel and executive producer Frank Rich about going the extra mile for laughs, even in the midst of the star’s successful battle with breast cancer.