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Hacks and The Comeback Beat the Odds

The Comeback always seems to coincide with a new existential crisis facing television. In 2005, the HBO comedy series—created by Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow, and starring the then recent Friends actress as a former sitcom star desperate to return to the spotlight—was a cutting satire about reality TV, which threatened to cheapen the medium with its low costs and tabloid-friendly drama.…

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Farewell, Hacks: A Finale With A Jolt, But A Series That’s One Of TV’s Greatest Comedies

There are very few shows that understand women, LGBTQIA+ culture, ageing, ambition, loneliness, creative obsession, love, friendship, and the deeply humiliating psychic damage of being a writer quite like Hacks. ...

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How the ‘Hacks’ Finale Managed to Shoot in the Louvre After Last Year’s Heist Made It Seemingly Impossible

From the very beginning of “Hacks,” creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky knew where they wanted the show’s finale to take place: Paris. At the top of their wishlist, of course, was filming at the Louvre. After all, it’s the best-known art museum, and houses the world’s most famous painting, the Mona […]

‘Hacks’ Was Only Allowed To Have 10 People In Louvre For Final Day Of Filming: “That Was It”

SPOILERS: This post contains details about the Hacks series finale With Hacks bidding au revoir in tonight’s series finale, the cast and creators looked back at their final day of filming, which took place at an iconic locale. In the HBO Max series’ post-show Bit by Bit, Jean Smart recalled only being allowed to work […]

How ‘Hacks’ Wrapped Up Deborah & Ava’s Story In Emotional Paris-Set Series Finale

SPOILERS: This post contains details about the Hacks series finale After five seasons, Hacks gave fans an emotional farewell on Thursday with the series finale of the HBO Max comedy drama. In the episode ‘Hacks’, directed by Lucia Aniello from a script she wrote with her co-creators Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky, Deborah (Jean […]

‘Hacks’ Producers and Stars Dissect the Finale, Including That Twist Ending for Deborah and Ava

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the series finale of “Hacks,” now streaming on HBO Max. Deborah Vance was never really going to die. But as “Hacks” said bon voyage with a series finale that took viewers to Paris and back, the series’ creators knew they needed to heighten the stakes with its lead […]

Emmy, doppia impresa possibile per HBO: Jean Smart e Zendaya possono entrare nella storia

HBO potrebbe ritrovarsi presto davanti a un risultato rarissimo agli Emmy, con Jean Smart e Zendaya entrambe in corsa per un traguardo che nessuna attrice ha ancora raggiunto. Le due interpreti, volti centrali di Hacks ed Euphoria, hanno infatti la possibilità di vincere per ogni stagione delle rispettive serie, a patto che il percorso continui […]

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Zendaya and Jean Smart Eye First-Ever Emmy Sweep by Women for a Single Series. Will They Pull It Off?

HBO, Jean Smart and Zendaya could be headed toward Emmy history…together. With the drug addiction drama “Euphoria” and the biting comedy “Hacks” officially kicking off their third and fifth seasons on Sunday night, both stars find themselves within striking distance of something no woman has ever accomplished: winning an Emmy for every single season of […]

‘Hacks’ Creators Would Consider Reboot Following Season 5 Series Finale: ‘Never Say Never’

Don’t count out a “Hacks” reboot just yet. When asked about the possibility of coming back for one, Hannah Einbinder told Variety, “Of course I would. Any excuse to be with my people.” Showrunners Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky, who have shepherded Deborah Vance and Ava Daniels from Vegas lounge act to […]

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