On HBO's "Veep" Albany native Reid Scott plays a co-anchor on a fictional version of "CBS This Morning."

The real CBS took notice and invited Scott to give the real thing a shot. On Monday, May 8, he appeared on "CBS This Morning" and read the day's headlines from the news teleprompter, much to the delight of Gayle King and her co-anchors.







What happens when @VeepHBO's @reidscott reads prompter? Since he plays a fictional @CBSThisMorning co-host, we asked him to have a go: pic.twitter.com/akkmPZgBma — CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) May 8, 2017

In the studio, Scott, 39, went on to talk about the current -- and sixth -- season of "Veep" and how his character, the highly ambitious campaign staffer Dan Egan, ended up as a TV anchor after being in politics for the past five seasons.

"It was a joke from last season." @reidscott on how he became a @CBSThisMorning co-host on @veephbo: pic.twitter.com/8IZGi0PP74 — CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) May 8, 2017

Scott was born and raised in Albany and graduated from Syracuse University. While he's best known for portraying Egan on "Veep," he also starred in "New Girl," "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," "The Big C," and voiced the main character in the animated Netflix series "Turbo FAST."

On "Veep," Scott stars alongside Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale and Matt Walsh. "Veep" airs 10 p.m. Sundays on HBO.

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