Vice Principals

After North Jackson High's long-time principal steps down to tend to his ailing wife, Neal Gamby and Lee Russell, the school's vice principals, are forced to put their mutual disdain aside and form an unholy alliance in order to sabotage the newly appointed principal, Dr. Belinda Brown.

Vice Principals (2016-2017) is an American HBO dark comedy created by Danny McBride and Jody Hill, produced by Rough House Pictures. Set at North Jackson High School in the American South, it follows vice principals Neal Gamby (Danny McBride) and Lee Russell (Walton Goggins), two embittered rivals who put their mutual disdain aside after the long-time principal steps away to care for his ailing wife. Their goal is to sabotage the newly appointed principal, Dr. Belinda Brown (Kimberly Hébert Gregory), and their scheming escalates through a season of petty plots, humiliations and self-sabotage. Georgia King, Busy Philipps and Shea Whigham fill out the staff and the surrounding households. The two-season run of eighteen half-hour episodes is a serialized comedy in which each season builds an escalating feud rather than standing alone. The tone is profane, abrasive and cringe-driven, with a bleak undertone beneath the laughs about alcohol, ego and failing masculinity. Fans of Eastbound & Down, Election and Observe and Report will find resonance in its crude, self-destructive antiheroes and its satire of petty authority.

Critics broadly praise the series' dark, profane humor and the chemistry of its two leads, while noting its crude tone and repetitive escalation.

• Eastbound & Downprofane dark comedy about amoral male schemers, cringe comedy with bleak undertone
• Observe and Reportcrude workplace-adjacent comedy centered on a self-destructive antihero and his petty rivalries
• Electionschool-set satire of institutional power and petty authority, dark workplace comedy

Created by

Danny McBride, Jody Hill

Release Date

2016-07-17

Episode runtime

30 min

Rating

8.0 / 10 (300)

What is Vice Principals about?

Two embittered vice principals at a Southern high school form an unlikely alliance to undermine their new boss.

What is Vice Principals like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Vice Principals as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.

Is Vice Principals violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Vice Principals as mild.

What did critics think of Vice Principals?

Critics broadly praise the series' dark, profane humor and the chemistry of its two leads, while noting its crude tone and repetitive escalation.

Which shows are like Vice Principals?

Shows with a similar feel include Eastbound & Down, Observe and Report, and Election.

How long is Vice Principals?

Vice Principals: 2 seasons, 18 episodes.

Is Vice Principals still running?

No, Vice Principals has ended.

Where can I watch Vice Principals?

In United States, Vice Principals streams on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max.