[This story includes spoilers for the Season 3 finale of “Hacks.”]
For three seasons, “Hacks” fans have watched up-and-coming comedienne Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) learn the ins-and-outs of finding success as a woman in the entertainment industry by helping aging stand-up Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) revitalize her career. Though Ava and Deborah seem to be kindred spirits, it’s clear they both struggle through their partnership, with Deborah’s old ways often coming into conflict with Ava’s more progressive outlook. Now, at the end of the television series’ third season, Ava finally takes a lesson out of Deborah’s book, threatening to reveal negative information about her to the press in order to assure her dream job as head writer for Deborah’s new late night show.
Discussing the finale in a recent interview with The New York Times, showrunners Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky address this shift in power dynamics and what it means for the future.
For three seasons, “Hacks” fans have watched up-and-coming comedienne Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) learn the ins-and-outs of finding success as a woman in the entertainment industry by helping aging stand-up Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) revitalize her career. Though Ava and Deborah seem to be kindred spirits, it’s clear they both struggle through their partnership, with Deborah’s old ways often coming into conflict with Ava’s more progressive outlook. Now, at the end of the television series’ third season, Ava finally takes a lesson out of Deborah’s book, threatening to reveal negative information about her to the press in order to assure her dream job as head writer for Deborah’s new late night show.
Discussing the finale in a recent interview with The New York Times, showrunners Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky address this shift in power dynamics and what it means for the future.
- 6/2/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
Photograph by Eddy Chen/Max Mark your calendars, comedy fans! June 13 is the day Hannah Einbinder, the Emmy nominated scene-stealer from Hacks, takes center stage with her debut comedy special Everything Must Go on Max. Expect the unexpected as Einbinder dives into her unique worldview, where impersonating celestial bodies and sharing hilarious anecdotes about her family and stoner past are just the tip of the iceberg. With her signature sharp wit and refreshing honesty, Einbinder isn’t afraid to tackle topics like her queer identity and climate change, all while delivering side-splitting laughs. This isn’t just a comedy special, it’s a glimpse into the mind of a rising star in the comedy world.
Everything Must Go promises to be insightful, hilarious, and utterly captivating. Don’t miss it!
The post Hannah Einbinder’s ‘Everything Must Go’ Prepare For The Unexpected appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.
Everything Must Go promises to be insightful, hilarious, and utterly captivating. Don’t miss it!
The post Hannah Einbinder’s ‘Everything Must Go’ Prepare For The Unexpected appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.
- 6/1/2024
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Say what you will about Warner Bros. Discovery’s business practices, but Max knows it has a very good thing in “Hacks.” The award-winning comedy, which is likely to be the only serious competition for FX’s “The Bear” at this year’s Emmys, has already been renewed for Season 4. The news couldn’t have come at a better time, as the explosive Season 3 finale, which is titled “Bulletproof” and is now streaming, sets Deborah (Jean Smart) and Ava (Hannah Einbinder) down a surprising new path as the former’s stint as the host of a late night show officially gets underway. But their relationship isn’t the only one changing as the season comes to an end — Jimmy (co-creator Paul W. Downs) and Kayla (scene-stealer Meg Stalter) embark on a new chapter, too. A brilliant, complex and altogether hilarious look at friendship, ambition and women in Hollywood, “Hacks” is...
- 6/1/2024
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Hacks and Feud: Capote vs. the Swans.
Feud: Capote vs. the Swans FYC event
Ryan Murphy joined the Feud cast, including Naomi Watts, Tom Hollander, Diane Lane, Chloë Sevigny and Demi Moore, at a For Your Consideration event in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Chloë Sevigny, Ryan Murphy, Demi Moore, Naomi Watts, Tom Hollander and Diane Lane
Bad Boys: Ride or Die premiere
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence celebrated their fourth Bad Boys movie at its L.A. premiere on Thursday, where Smith was supported by wife Jada Pinkett Smith and their three kids.
Jerry Bruckheimer, Adil El Arbi, Martin Lawrence, Will Smith and Bilal Fallah Trey Smith, Willow Smith, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jaden Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris Thomas Rothman, chairman and...
Feud: Capote vs. the Swans FYC event
Ryan Murphy joined the Feud cast, including Naomi Watts, Tom Hollander, Diane Lane, Chloë Sevigny and Demi Moore, at a For Your Consideration event in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Chloë Sevigny, Ryan Murphy, Demi Moore, Naomi Watts, Tom Hollander and Diane Lane
Bad Boys: Ride or Die premiere
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence celebrated their fourth Bad Boys movie at its L.A. premiere on Thursday, where Smith was supported by wife Jada Pinkett Smith and their three kids.
Jerry Bruckheimer, Adil El Arbi, Martin Lawrence, Will Smith and Bilal Fallah Trey Smith, Willow Smith, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jaden Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris Thomas Rothman, chairman and...
- 5/31/2024
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[This story contains spoilers from the Hacks season three finale, “Bulletproof.”]
Just hours after Hacks was renewed for a fourth season, the cast and creative team behind the hit comedy reunited for a conversation about its twisty season three finale.
The final episode, which dropped this week, saw Deborah Vance (played by Jean Smart) beginning to put together her new late night show, promising Ava (Hannah Einbinder) the head writer job before yanking it away. In the final moments of season three, Ava gives Deborah a taste of her own medicine, threatening to go public with a scandal that could ruin the show unless she’s given the head writer job.
“My baby has learned her lessons well; this will be fun,” Smart joked at Thursday night event of her (and Deborah’s) reaction to the twist. “No, but it’s a mix of a lot of things. I think she is outraged and doesn’t like being manipulated like that,...
Just hours after Hacks was renewed for a fourth season, the cast and creative team behind the hit comedy reunited for a conversation about its twisty season three finale.
The final episode, which dropped this week, saw Deborah Vance (played by Jean Smart) beginning to put together her new late night show, promising Ava (Hannah Einbinder) the head writer job before yanking it away. In the final moments of season three, Ava gives Deborah a taste of her own medicine, threatening to go public with a scandal that could ruin the show unless she’s given the head writer job.
“My baby has learned her lessons well; this will be fun,” Smart joked at Thursday night event of her (and Deborah’s) reaction to the twist. “No, but it’s a mix of a lot of things. I think she is outraged and doesn’t like being manipulated like that,...
- 5/31/2024
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Hacks Season 3 finale, “Bulletproof.”] Hacks may be three seasons in, but by the finale episode of the Max comedy series’s latest chapter, it feels like Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and Ava Daniels’ (Hannah Einbinder) story is just beginning with earlier episodes serving as the setup of the main story to come. As fans of the show know by now, Deborah’s always wanted to live out her late-night TV dreams that were dashed earlier in her career. Once she got the call that she had the job after a laborious campaign, Deborah planned to make Ava her head writer, but fears that doing so would cost her the dream, the comedian backed out, fibbing to her young protege that the network didn’t want to shake things up that much. When Ava learns that it was Deborah’s decision to rescind the head writer position, she uses blackmail to get it back,...
- 5/31/2024
- TV Insider
Tadanobu Asano
Shōgun (FX on Hulu)
The ways in which I’m like my character I’m like Kashigi Yabushige in the sense that he goes “all out” during every interaction on the show. Similarly, when I’m performing, I just go for it.
And the ways that I’m not The fact that I’m not going to boil someone alive in real life — we are definitely not the same in that way.
The last celebrity who had me starstruck Woody Harrelson.
The show on which I’d like to guest star The cooking show with Paris Hilton!
Sarayu Blue
Expats (Prime video)
The ways in which I am like my character We don’t have many similarities, but I’d say our sarcastic humor? My husband says the one moment he sees me in Hilary is in episode four, when she realizes she miscalculated her mother’s arrival date.
Shōgun (FX on Hulu)
The ways in which I’m like my character I’m like Kashigi Yabushige in the sense that he goes “all out” during every interaction on the show. Similarly, when I’m performing, I just go for it.
And the ways that I’m not The fact that I’m not going to boil someone alive in real life — we are definitely not the same in that way.
The last celebrity who had me starstruck Woody Harrelson.
The show on which I’d like to guest star The cooking show with Paris Hilton!
Sarayu Blue
Expats (Prime video)
The ways in which I am like my character We don’t have many similarities, but I’d say our sarcastic humor? My husband says the one moment he sees me in Hilary is in episode four, when she realizes she miscalculated her mother’s arrival date.
- 5/31/2024
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Spoiler Alert: This interview contains spoilers from “Bulletproof,” the Season 3 finale of “Hacks,” now streaming on Max.
“Hacks” spent its third season bringing its two lead characters back together, and enmeshing them more thoroughly in each other’s careers and lives. And in the season finale, it bound them together for the foreseeable future — all while ensuring that their next steps together will be colored by blackmail, betrayal, and all the other elements of interpersonal comedy.
The previous season had ended with Deborah (Jean Smart) firing Ava (Hannah Einbinder) so that Hannah could grow into her voice independently; it was a state of affairs that couldn’t last long. Brought back into the fold, Ava embraces an unlikely new mission for her comedy-legend boss — getting her the coveted position of hosting a late-night talk show. Having helped secure that job for Deborah, Ava simply assumes she’ll be brought on as head writer.
“Hacks” spent its third season bringing its two lead characters back together, and enmeshing them more thoroughly in each other’s careers and lives. And in the season finale, it bound them together for the foreseeable future — all while ensuring that their next steps together will be colored by blackmail, betrayal, and all the other elements of interpersonal comedy.
The previous season had ended with Deborah (Jean Smart) firing Ava (Hannah Einbinder) so that Hannah could grow into her voice independently; it was a state of affairs that couldn’t last long. Brought back into the fold, Ava embraces an unlikely new mission for her comedy-legend boss — getting her the coveted position of hosting a late-night talk show. Having helped secure that job for Deborah, Ava simply assumes she’ll be brought on as head writer.
- 5/31/2024
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Hannah Einbinder doesn’t perform the stand-up comedy in Hacks — that falls to Jean Smart, who stars with Einbinder as veteran comic Deborah Vance — but that was her primary job before she landed the role on the Emmy-winning Max series as Ava, a struggling writer who reluctantly takes a job with Deborah and, over the course of the show’s three seasons, becomes both a confidant to the veteran comic and the object of Deborah’s most withering scorn.
Einbinder will take center stage herself in her first stand-up special, Everything Must Go, which premieres June 13 on Max. The hourlong set, filmed in April at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, covers everything from climate change to Einbinder’s days as a competitive cheerleader as a teenager, shot in a cinematic style by director Sandy Honig.
The show is called Everything Must Go, Einbinder says, because “I’m essentially...
Einbinder will take center stage herself in her first stand-up special, Everything Must Go, which premieres June 13 on Max. The hourlong set, filmed in April at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, covers everything from climate change to Einbinder’s days as a competitive cheerleader as a teenager, shot in a cinematic style by director Sandy Honig.
The show is called Everything Must Go, Einbinder says, because “I’m essentially...
- 5/31/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It often seemed like the production of “Hacks” season three was cursed. After 32 Emmy nominations and six wins over its first two seasons, the one surviving hit HBO Max, er, Max program took two years to return to the streamer. There were unfortunate health issues for star Jean Smart and both the WGA and SAG strikes last summer, but the Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky comedy series finally returned this spring with, perhaps, its finest season yet.
Continue reading ‘Hacks’ Showrunners Breakdown That Shocking Season Three Finale [Interview] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Hacks’ Showrunners Breakdown That Shocking Season Three Finale [Interview] at The Playlist.
- 5/31/2024
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Hi. Yes. Sorry to bother you. Hello. Do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Savior, Deborah Vance? The Emmy award-winning series "Hacks" has just finished its phenomenal third season, one that many fans (myself included) were terrified wouldn't be able to match the triumphant heights of season 2. The second season ended in a way that felt complete if Max were to have pulled the plug on the show, but after the absolutely dynamite season 3 finale, "Hacks" has proven itself as a series that can and should continue as long as stars Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder want to keep playing Deborah Vance and Ava Daniels, respectively.
It's exciting as a "Hacks" fan from the very start to see so many people finally catching onto what is arguably the best comedy show on TV that isn't "Abbott Elementary" or the not-really-a-comedy brilliance that is "The Bear," especially...
It's exciting as a "Hacks" fan from the very start to see so many people finally catching onto what is arguably the best comedy show on TV that isn't "Abbott Elementary" or the not-really-a-comedy brilliance that is "The Bear," especially...
- 5/31/2024
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Welcome to the 261st episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast.
Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as the case may be).
This week, we’re with one of our favorites, Nida Manzoor, the creator and showrunner of Peacock’s We Are Lady Parts, which we’ve been a proud supporter of since it first launched back in June 2021. That’s when Manzoor first joined the podcast to discuss the freshman season of comedy about a Muslim punk rock band.
Since then, Manzoor wrote and directed the action-comedy Polite Society, before turning her attention to the six-episode second season of We Are Lady Parts, which arrives May 31 on Peacock.
Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as the case may be).
This week, we’re with one of our favorites, Nida Manzoor, the creator and showrunner of Peacock’s We Are Lady Parts, which we’ve been a proud supporter of since it first launched back in June 2021. That’s when Manzoor first joined the podcast to discuss the freshman season of comedy about a Muslim punk rock band.
Since then, Manzoor wrote and directed the action-comedy Polite Society, before turning her attention to the six-episode second season of We Are Lady Parts, which arrives May 31 on Peacock.
- 5/31/2024
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Die Emmy-gekrönte Comedy-Serie „Hacks“ mit Jeans Smart als legendäre Stand-up-Comedian-Diva und Hannah Einbinder als junge Autorin erhält eine vierte Staffel.
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Streamingdienst Max schickt die Emmy-gekrönte Comedy-Serie „Hacks“ in eine vierte Staffel. In „Hacks“ spielt Jean Smart Deborah Vance, eine legendäre Stand-up-Comedian, die viele Jahre Las Vegas rockte, dann aber fallen gelassen wird wie eine heiße Kartoffel und vor dem Ende ihrer Karriere steht. Sie engagiert eine junge Autorin, gespielt von Hannah Einbinder, die ihr dabei helfen soll, sich neu zu erfinden. Mit einem komplett neuen Programm fängt Vance vorne anfängt, muss sich dabei aber erst einmal mit der jungen Autorin zusammenraufen, die eine ganz andere Sicht auf die Themen des Lebens mitbringt.
In Deutschland sind die ersten beiden Staffeln aktuell bei Rtl+ zu sehen, bei Netflix gibt es Staffel eins und ab 1. Juni auch Staffel zwei. In den USA konnten Max-Abonnenten gerade das Finale von Staffel drei gucken.
Creators und...
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Streamingdienst Max schickt die Emmy-gekrönte Comedy-Serie „Hacks“ in eine vierte Staffel. In „Hacks“ spielt Jean Smart Deborah Vance, eine legendäre Stand-up-Comedian, die viele Jahre Las Vegas rockte, dann aber fallen gelassen wird wie eine heiße Kartoffel und vor dem Ende ihrer Karriere steht. Sie engagiert eine junge Autorin, gespielt von Hannah Einbinder, die ihr dabei helfen soll, sich neu zu erfinden. Mit einem komplett neuen Programm fängt Vance vorne anfängt, muss sich dabei aber erst einmal mit der jungen Autorin zusammenraufen, die eine ganz andere Sicht auf die Themen des Lebens mitbringt.
In Deutschland sind die ersten beiden Staffeln aktuell bei Rtl+ zu sehen, bei Netflix gibt es Staffel eins und ab 1. Juni auch Staffel zwei. In den USA konnten Max-Abonnenten gerade das Finale von Staffel drei gucken.
Creators und...
- 5/31/2024
- by Barbara Schuster
- Spot - Media & Film
Deborah and Ava's stories will continue. The third season of Hacks finished being released today, and Max announced that the comedy had been renewed for a fourth season.
The third season of the Hacks TV show stars Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder with Paul W. Downs, Megan Stalter, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Kaitlin Olson, Christopher McDonald, Mark Indelicato, Rose Abdoo, and Lorenza Izzo. Guest stars include Helen Hunt, Christina Hendricks, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Bucatinsky, George Wallace, and Tony Goldwyn.
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The third season of the Hacks TV show stars Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder with Paul W. Downs, Megan Stalter, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Kaitlin Olson, Christopher McDonald, Mark Indelicato, Rose Abdoo, and Lorenza Izzo. Guest stars include Helen Hunt, Christina Hendricks, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Bucatinsky, George Wallace, and Tony Goldwyn.
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- 5/31/2024
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The following contains spoilers for the Season 3 finale of Hacks!
Deborah and Ava were getting along swimmingly throughout most of Hacks’ third season. Aaaand then the finale happened.
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At the end of the season’s penultimate episode, Deborah learned that she finally got the late-night hosting gig she’d been clamoring for. In Thursday’s shocking closer, she offered Ava the head writer position,...
Deborah and Ava were getting along swimmingly throughout most of Hacks’ third season. Aaaand then the finale happened.
More from TVLineStar Trek: Discovery Boss Breaks Down That 'Calypso' Nod, Kovich's Surprising Reveal in Emotional Series FinaleHacks Renewed for Season 4 at MaxLoot's Maya Rudolph, Nat Faxon Talk Molly and Arthur's [Spoiler] and That Major Season 2 Finale Cliffhanger
At the end of the season’s penultimate episode, Deborah learned that she finally got the late-night hosting gig she’d been clamoring for. In Thursday’s shocking closer, she offered Ava the head writer position,...
- 5/31/2024
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
It’s almost time to head back to Westeros as the second season of “House of the Dragon” premieres on Max and HBO on Sunday, June 16. The epic prequel series to “Game of Thrones” will air new episodes in HBO’s premier window on Sunday night through Aug. 4. Also hitting the service in June will be the comedy special from “Hacks” star “Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go” and the motel-renovation series “Trixie Motel: Drag Me Home.”
Also coming to Max via the Bleacher Report Sports Add-On will be United States Men’s and Women’s soccer games, the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race, Major League Baseball games, and potentially the conclusions of the NBA and NHL conference championship slates. Don’t miss any of the sports action and streaming premieres of the best prestige and unscripted titles on Max. The streamer offers three monthly subscription plans ranging from ad-supported...
Also coming to Max via the Bleacher Report Sports Add-On will be United States Men’s and Women’s soccer games, the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race, Major League Baseball games, and potentially the conclusions of the NBA and NHL conference championship slates. Don’t miss any of the sports action and streaming premieres of the best prestige and unscripted titles on Max. The streamer offers three monthly subscription plans ranging from ad-supported...
- 5/30/2024
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
Max has renewed the multi-Emmy® Award-winning comedy series Hacks for a fourth season. The series’ first two seasons received many accolades including awards from Golden Globes, AFI, Peabody, Critics Choice, DGA, SAG®, WGA and GLAAD. Season three premiered to critical acclaim on May 2 and the season finale is now streaming on Max. Season three begins with Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) riding high off the success of her standup special while Ava (Hannah Einbinder) pursues new opportunities back in Los Angeles. The release of Hacks episodes 307 and 308 marked a new daily high for the series’ overall viewership. Time writes “creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W. ... Read more...
- 5/30/2024
- by Thomas Miller
- Seat42F
Deidre Hall has been playing Marlena Evans on Days of our Lives off and on since 1976.
The legendary soap actress has been given many challenges regarding playing her alter ego.
From being possessed by the devil twice, being a cheater, being “dead,” and becoming the Salem shrink, Marlena has undoubtedly been put through the wringer on Days.
However, with her 50th anniversary as Marlena coming up quickly, Deidre has expressed the storyline she would like.
It turns out that Deidre wants her alter ego to battle a “serious illness.”
No, not like the illness that supposedly killed Marlena, Kate (Lauren Koslow), and Kayla (Mary Beth Evans), but a legit sickness.
Days of our Lives star Deidre Hall opens up about the Marlena storyline she wants to play
During a recent interview with People magazine, Deidre got real about her hope for what could be next for Marlena on the hit Peacock soap.
The legendary soap actress has been given many challenges regarding playing her alter ego.
From being possessed by the devil twice, being a cheater, being “dead,” and becoming the Salem shrink, Marlena has undoubtedly been put through the wringer on Days.
However, with her 50th anniversary as Marlena coming up quickly, Deidre has expressed the storyline she would like.
It turns out that Deidre wants her alter ego to battle a “serious illness.”
No, not like the illness that supposedly killed Marlena, Kate (Lauren Koslow), and Kayla (Mary Beth Evans), but a legit sickness.
Days of our Lives star Deidre Hall opens up about the Marlena storyline she wants to play
During a recent interview with People magazine, Deidre got real about her hope for what could be next for Marlena on the hit Peacock soap.
- 5/30/2024
- by Rachelle Lewis
- Monsters and Critics
Spoiler Alert: This interview contains spoilers for “Bulletproof,” the Season 3 finale of “Hacks.”
The hacks of “Hacks” are moving up in the world, but not without a cost.
After tireless work alongside Ava (Hannah Einbinder), Jimmy (Paul W. Downs) and Kayla (Megan Stalter), the penultimate episode of “Hacks” Season 3 saw Deborah finally land the late-night hosting gig she’d been dreaming of since having her first chance taken away decades ago. In the finale, titled “Bulletproof,” her celebration gets cut short as she starts to prepare for the onslaught of pressure to come.
It hasn’t been long since Deborah reinvited her sister Kathy (J. Smith-Cameron) into her life after cutting her off years ago for having an affair with her husband, but she then distractedly whittles down a weekend they’d planned together to a single day, during which she reveals that she secretly had their parents’ remains removed...
The hacks of “Hacks” are moving up in the world, but not without a cost.
After tireless work alongside Ava (Hannah Einbinder), Jimmy (Paul W. Downs) and Kayla (Megan Stalter), the penultimate episode of “Hacks” Season 3 saw Deborah finally land the late-night hosting gig she’d been dreaming of since having her first chance taken away decades ago. In the finale, titled “Bulletproof,” her celebration gets cut short as she starts to prepare for the onslaught of pressure to come.
It hasn’t been long since Deborah reinvited her sister Kathy (J. Smith-Cameron) into her life after cutting her off years ago for having an affair with her husband, but she then distractedly whittles down a weekend they’d planned together to a single day, during which she reveals that she secretly had their parents’ remains removed...
- 5/30/2024
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Hacks-Hannah Einbinderer, Jean Smart Photograph by Jake Giles Netter/Max The multi-Emmy Award-winning comedy series Hacks has been renewed for a fourth season by Max! The series’ first two seasons garnered widespread critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including Golden Globes, AFI, Peabody, Critics Choice, DGA, SAG®, WGA, and GLAAD awards. Season three premiered on May 2 to critical acclaim, with the season finale now streaming on Max. The season follows Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) as she rides high off the success of her standup special, while Ava (Hannah Einbinder) pursues new opportunities in Los Angeles. The release of episodes 307 and 308 marked a new daily high for the series’ overall viewership, with critics praising the show’s writing, cast, and direction. Time magazine even called it Hacks’best season yet. Get ready for more laughs and excitement as Hacks returns for a fourth season on Max! Catch up on all three seasons,...
- 5/30/2024
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Dan Goor is developing a new comedy series at Max, Variety has learned exclusively.
Currently titled “Dead Drop,” the official logline of the project states, “A typical American family goes on vacation to Europe and accidentally gets sucked into the high-stakes world of international espionage.”
Goor is writing the series and will serve as an executive producer under his Dr. Goor Productions banner. Matt Milkovich is a producer. Universal Television will serve as the studio.
Goor has a long-standing relationship with Universal TV. He and the studio previously collaborated on the popular single-camera ensemble cop comedy “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” Goor co-created the series and served as showrunner and executive producer. The show received 11 Emmy nominations throughout its run, including four nods for the late Andre Braugher. It aired for five seasons on Fox and an additional three seasons on NBC.
Goor also worked on the popular NBC comedy series “Parks and Recreation,...
Currently titled “Dead Drop,” the official logline of the project states, “A typical American family goes on vacation to Europe and accidentally gets sucked into the high-stakes world of international espionage.”
Goor is writing the series and will serve as an executive producer under his Dr. Goor Productions banner. Matt Milkovich is a producer. Universal Television will serve as the studio.
Goor has a long-standing relationship with Universal TV. He and the studio previously collaborated on the popular single-camera ensemble cop comedy “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” Goor co-created the series and served as showrunner and executive producer. The show received 11 Emmy nominations throughout its run, including four nods for the late Andre Braugher. It aired for five seasons on Fox and an additional three seasons on NBC.
Goor also worked on the popular NBC comedy series “Parks and Recreation,...
- 5/30/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
As an encore to her first Emmy nomination for “Hacks” in Season 2, guest star Kaitlin Olson hit the jackpot in Season 3: “The Roast of Deborah Vance,” the first of three episodes in which Olson appears as DJ, the emotionally stunted daughter of famed comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart). In the episode, DJ relishes her opportunity to roast her comedian mother during a televised event, including zinging Deborah with a profane and immediately resonant catchphrase: “What a c–t.”
“I just couldn’t wait. I was counting down the days to do it. I was so excited,” Olson tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview when asked about the episode. “It’s just so good. It’s got everything. DJ is such a mess and she’s so vulnerable and making stupid decisions that she’s 100 percent standing by – and then she’s also correct in her assessment of the situation.
“I just couldn’t wait. I was counting down the days to do it. I was so excited,” Olson tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview when asked about the episode. “It’s just so good. It’s got everything. DJ is such a mess and she’s so vulnerable and making stupid decisions that she’s 100 percent standing by – and then she’s also correct in her assessment of the situation.
- 5/30/2024
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
“Hacks” has been renewed for a fourth season at Max.
The Emmy-winning comedy series stars Jean Smart as Deborah Vance, a legendary stand-up comedian who hires young comedy writer Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) to help reinvent her aging act. Per the Season 3 logline, Deborah “is riding high off the success of her stand-up special while Ava pursues new opportunities back in Los Angeles.”
Paul W. Downs, Megan Stalter, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Kaitlin Olson, Jane Adams, J. Smith-Cameron, Helen Hunt, Christina Hendricks, Christopher McDonald, Christopher Lloyd, Tony Goldwyn, Mark Indelicato, Rose Abdoo and Lorenza Izzo round out the Season 3 cast.
“We congratulate ‘Hacks’s’ brilliant cast and crew, and our partners at Universal Television,” Sarah Aubrey, head of Max Original Programming, said in a statement. “‘Hacks’ is a masterfully crafted comedy delivering laughs and sharp insights about the vulnerability and joy of sharing a dream. The creative team behind this singular show...
The Emmy-winning comedy series stars Jean Smart as Deborah Vance, a legendary stand-up comedian who hires young comedy writer Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) to help reinvent her aging act. Per the Season 3 logline, Deborah “is riding high off the success of her stand-up special while Ava pursues new opportunities back in Los Angeles.”
Paul W. Downs, Megan Stalter, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Kaitlin Olson, Jane Adams, J. Smith-Cameron, Helen Hunt, Christina Hendricks, Christopher McDonald, Christopher Lloyd, Tony Goldwyn, Mark Indelicato, Rose Abdoo and Lorenza Izzo round out the Season 3 cast.
“We congratulate ‘Hacks’s’ brilliant cast and crew, and our partners at Universal Television,” Sarah Aubrey, head of Max Original Programming, said in a statement. “‘Hacks’ is a masterfully crafted comedy delivering laughs and sharp insights about the vulnerability and joy of sharing a dream. The creative team behind this singular show...
- 5/30/2024
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
“Hacks” will finally give us late-night with Deborah Vance.
The beloved Emmy-winning Max comedy series has been renewed for a fourth season. And following the events of the Season 3 finale, it seems that Jean Smart’s stand-up character Deborah Vance is just getting started…
Season 3 premiered to the show’s usual critical acclaim on May 2 and the season finale is now streaming on Max. The third season began with Deborah (Smart) riding high off the success of her standup special while her former writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder) pursued new opportunities back in Los Angeles.
The IndieWire review gave the third installment an A- rating, with critic Ben Travers writing, “After Season 3, it’s clear they’re going to chase their connection as far as it goes, consequences be damned. And we’re right there with them, hoping for the best.”
Sarah Aubrey, head of Max Original Programming, in a press...
The beloved Emmy-winning Max comedy series has been renewed for a fourth season. And following the events of the Season 3 finale, it seems that Jean Smart’s stand-up character Deborah Vance is just getting started…
Season 3 premiered to the show’s usual critical acclaim on May 2 and the season finale is now streaming on Max. The third season began with Deborah (Smart) riding high off the success of her standup special while her former writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder) pursued new opportunities back in Los Angeles.
The IndieWire review gave the third installment an A- rating, with critic Ben Travers writing, “After Season 3, it’s clear they’re going to chase their connection as far as it goes, consequences be damned. And we’re right there with them, hoping for the best.”
Sarah Aubrey, head of Max Original Programming, in a press...
- 5/30/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Hacks is headed back to the stage at Max.
The streamer has ordered a fourth season of the Emmy-winning comedy starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder. The renewal comes on the day Hacks concludes its nine-episode third season (just under the wire for Emmy eligibility this year).
“We congratulate Hacks’ brilliant cast and crew, and our partners at Universal Television. Hacks is a masterfully crafted comedy delivering laughs and sharp insights about the vulnerability and joy of sharing a dream,” said Sarah Aubrey, head of Max original programming. “The creative team behind this singular show is not only brilliant but also a joy to work with. We couldn’t be happier to give viewers another season with Deborah, Ava, and the rest of the Hacks family.”
Season three took a long road to its premiere earlier this month. “To give you an idea of how long we’ve been working on this season,...
The streamer has ordered a fourth season of the Emmy-winning comedy starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder. The renewal comes on the day Hacks concludes its nine-episode third season (just under the wire for Emmy eligibility this year).
“We congratulate Hacks’ brilliant cast and crew, and our partners at Universal Television. Hacks is a masterfully crafted comedy delivering laughs and sharp insights about the vulnerability and joy of sharing a dream,” said Sarah Aubrey, head of Max original programming. “The creative team behind this singular show is not only brilliant but also a joy to work with. We couldn’t be happier to give viewers another season with Deborah, Ava, and the rest of the Hacks family.”
Season three took a long road to its premiere earlier this month. “To give you an idea of how long we’ve been working on this season,...
- 5/30/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The drama between frenemies Deborah Vance and Ava Daniels isn’t over just yet: The Max comedy starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder has been renewed for Season 4, TVLine has learned.
The streamer announced the news on the heels of the Season 3 finale’s release Thursday.
More from TVLineHacks' Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder Unpack Ava's 'Eve Harrington Moment' and Deborah's 'Ultimate Betrayal' in Fiery Season 3 FinaleWelcome to Derry: Bill Skarsgård to Reprise It Role as PennywiseAnd Just Like That: Cynthia Nixon Explains Che Diaz's Exit, Teases a Newly Single Miranda in Season 3
“We congratulate Hacks’ brilliant cast and crew,...
The streamer announced the news on the heels of the Season 3 finale’s release Thursday.
More from TVLineHacks' Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder Unpack Ava's 'Eve Harrington Moment' and Deborah's 'Ultimate Betrayal' in Fiery Season 3 FinaleWelcome to Derry: Bill Skarsgård to Reprise It Role as PennywiseAnd Just Like That: Cynthia Nixon Explains Che Diaz's Exit, Teases a Newly Single Miranda in Season 3
“We congratulate Hacks’ brilliant cast and crew,...
- 5/30/2024
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
Deborah Vance is coming back for more.
Max has renewed comedy series Hacks, starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder, for a fourth season.
The news comes hours after the finale of the third season – titled “Bulletproof” – dropped on the Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service.
Season three of the show, which comes from creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky, launched on May 2.
Smart’s Vance begins the season riding high off the success of her standup special while Einbinder’s Ava pursues new opportunities back in Los Angeles. However, they obviously pair up again and [Spoiler Alert], Vance may or may not have just scored a massive late-night win.
Season two of the show launched in May 2022 but a confluence of events delayed production on season three. Firstly, there was Smart’s health issues. She went in for a successful heart procedure in February 2023. Production resumed in May, nine weeks...
Max has renewed comedy series Hacks, starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder, for a fourth season.
The news comes hours after the finale of the third season – titled “Bulletproof” – dropped on the Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service.
Season three of the show, which comes from creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky, launched on May 2.
Smart’s Vance begins the season riding high off the success of her standup special while Einbinder’s Ava pursues new opportunities back in Los Angeles. However, they obviously pair up again and [Spoiler Alert], Vance may or may not have just scored a massive late-night win.
Season two of the show launched in May 2022 but a confluence of events delayed production on season three. Firstly, there was Smart’s health issues. She went in for a successful heart procedure in February 2023. Production resumed in May, nine weeks...
- 5/30/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
It felt like “Hacks” just returned (it did), but Season 3 is now over — and it wrapped up with arguably its best finale yet. Gold Derby editors and Experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to discuss the killer finale and the Max comedy’s Emmy chances with the season in the rearview.
“Hacks” set the stage for a scintillating Season 4 (not yet ordered) in the final minutes of “Bulletproof” when Ava (Hannah Einbinder) pulls a trump card over Deborah (Jean Smart). Unlike its Season 2 ender, no one can mistake this for a series finale. The episode also capped off “Hacks'” strongest season yet, but will it be able to take down “The Bear”? The reigning Best Comedy Series champ feels unbeatable in the top category, especially with Season 3 looming, but perhaps “Hacks” can walk away with other trophies?
See Experts slugfest: ‘Shōgun’ stirs up drama — our updated Emmy predictions
Just under the wire,...
“Hacks” set the stage for a scintillating Season 4 (not yet ordered) in the final minutes of “Bulletproof” when Ava (Hannah Einbinder) pulls a trump card over Deborah (Jean Smart). Unlike its Season 2 ender, no one can mistake this for a series finale. The episode also capped off “Hacks'” strongest season yet, but will it be able to take down “The Bear”? The reigning Best Comedy Series champ feels unbeatable in the top category, especially with Season 3 looming, but perhaps “Hacks” can walk away with other trophies?
See Experts slugfest: ‘Shōgun’ stirs up drama — our updated Emmy predictions
Just under the wire,...
- 5/30/2024
- by Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Max has unveiled its full programming for LGBTQ Pride Month.
Throughout June, Max will be updating its LGBTQ+ Voices page with new curations, including “Presenting with Pride,” “Pride in Every Story,” “Beyond the Binary” and “Queer Film Club,” custom artwork, and more to celebrate Pride Month globally.
As previously announced, the streamer’s Human By Orientation platform will host a “House of Drag” viewing party on the premiere night of “House of the Dragon” Season 2 on June 16 in Brooklyn. Hosted by Priyanka from the fourth season of “We’re Here,” the one-night-only, sold-out event will feature a “Battle for the Iron Throne” for the queer fandom of “House of the Dragon.”
Max is also partnering with NewFest during its annual Pride Festival (May 30-June 3), activating both virtual and in-person community screenings of LGBTQ+ titles to further amplify the voices and stories of the queer community. Max, in collaboration with NewFest Pride,...
Throughout June, Max will be updating its LGBTQ+ Voices page with new curations, including “Presenting with Pride,” “Pride in Every Story,” “Beyond the Binary” and “Queer Film Club,” custom artwork, and more to celebrate Pride Month globally.
As previously announced, the streamer’s Human By Orientation platform will host a “House of Drag” viewing party on the premiere night of “House of the Dragon” Season 2 on June 16 in Brooklyn. Hosted by Priyanka from the fourth season of “We’re Here,” the one-night-only, sold-out event will feature a “Battle for the Iron Throne” for the queer fandom of “House of the Dragon.”
Max is also partnering with NewFest during its annual Pride Festival (May 30-June 3), activating both virtual and in-person community screenings of LGBTQ+ titles to further amplify the voices and stories of the queer community. Max, in collaboration with NewFest Pride,...
- 5/30/2024
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Australia is set to welcome some of the biggest names in Hollywood to a new industry conference, Future Vision.
Beef creator Lee Sung Jin, The Bear co-showrunner Joanna Calo and Big Little Lies producer Bruna Papandrea will feature at the event, which will be held in Melbourne on July 15-17. The summit is the latest globally-focused TV event on the crowded international calendar.
More speakers are set to be announced shortly, with the event streaming live around the world. Future Vision has been created with support from Australians in Film, Screen Australia and VicScreen, with Papandrea and The Slap showrunner Tony Ayres the co-chairs and Rebecca Yeldham, who led the content team at MasterClass, the Creative Director.
The Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning Lee created, wrote, executive produced and directed Netflix miniseries Beef, which starred Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, who also won acting prizes for the series.
Beef creator Lee Sung Jin, The Bear co-showrunner Joanna Calo and Big Little Lies producer Bruna Papandrea will feature at the event, which will be held in Melbourne on July 15-17. The summit is the latest globally-focused TV event on the crowded international calendar.
More speakers are set to be announced shortly, with the event streaming live around the world. Future Vision has been created with support from Australians in Film, Screen Australia and VicScreen, with Papandrea and The Slap showrunner Tony Ayres the co-chairs and Rebecca Yeldham, who led the content team at MasterClass, the Creative Director.
The Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning Lee created, wrote, executive produced and directed Netflix miniseries Beef, which starred Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, who also won acting prizes for the series.
- 5/29/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
It is three o’clock in the morning at a blackjack table inside Las Vegas’s sprawling Caesar’s Palace casino. A woman in town on business has just turned a $150 bankroll into $800, and she moves to retire to the nearby bar to buy her work family, whose fortunes at the same table have varied, a drink.
“I swear I barely know how to play,” she tells them. “But I do know the most important thing is to leave the table before your luck runs out.”
Jean Smart already has five gilded Emmy awards causing her shelves to groan under pressure. She deserves another for her “barely know how to play” nonsense. She has spent the evening feeding me advice on basic blackjack strategy — it’s my first time at the tables — yet I have only two chips left, totaling all of six dollars.
I follow Smart to the bar...
“I swear I barely know how to play,” she tells them. “But I do know the most important thing is to leave the table before your luck runs out.”
Jean Smart already has five gilded Emmy awards causing her shelves to groan under pressure. She deserves another for her “barely know how to play” nonsense. She has spent the evening feeding me advice on basic blackjack strategy — it’s my first time at the tables — yet I have only two chips left, totaling all of six dollars.
I follow Smart to the bar...
- 5/29/2024
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
If Hacks is not already on your list of projects to watch next, you should definitely add it. The series, which premiered its first season in 2021, will appeal to all audiences: teenagers searching for themselves, millennials tired of life, cynics and romantics.
Hacks returned for its third season on May 2 to rave reviews – it has a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. So what's so special about this show?
Hacks Just Returned with Its Best Season
The writers of Hacks talk about complex things in simple language, and the episodes fly by so quickly that you always want a little more.
By the third season, projects often lose their charm and appeal, and it becomes difficult to maintain a high bar, but the creators of Hacks managed the almost impossible – the third season became perhaps the best one.
What is Hacks About?
Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), a former brilliant comedian, is struggling...
Hacks returned for its third season on May 2 to rave reviews – it has a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. So what's so special about this show?
Hacks Just Returned with Its Best Season
The writers of Hacks talk about complex things in simple language, and the episodes fly by so quickly that you always want a little more.
By the third season, projects often lose their charm and appeal, and it becomes difficult to maintain a high bar, but the creators of Hacks managed the almost impossible – the third season became perhaps the best one.
What is Hacks About?
Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), a former brilliant comedian, is struggling...
- 5/29/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
In the week since our 2024 Emmy predictions center expanded to include the guest acting categories, a strong consensus has formed around four potential winners from three different series. The one show that is expected to achieve double victories in this area is FX’s “The Bear,” which won’t have much trouble doing so if our users are correct about it taking up seven of the possible 12 comedy guest nomination slots.
The widely predicted guest winners from “The Bear” are Jon Bernthal and Jamie Lee Curtis, the former of whom was just nominated last year for the show’s inaugural season. The likeliest drama guest victors are potential Emmy first-timer Nestor Carbonell (“Shōgun”) and 2021 champ Claire Foy (“The Crown”). Foy would be only the third actress to win twice in her category for one role, after Patricia Clarkson (“Six Feet Under”) and Margo Martindale (“The Americans”).
“The Crown” and “Shōgun...
The widely predicted guest winners from “The Bear” are Jon Bernthal and Jamie Lee Curtis, the former of whom was just nominated last year for the show’s inaugural season. The likeliest drama guest victors are potential Emmy first-timer Nestor Carbonell (“Shōgun”) and 2021 champ Claire Foy (“The Crown”). Foy would be only the third actress to win twice in her category for one role, after Patricia Clarkson (“Six Feet Under”) and Margo Martindale (“The Americans”).
“The Crown” and “Shōgun...
- 5/28/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Hacks Season 3, Episode 6, “Par for the Course.”] Christopher McDonald may forever be remembered as Shooter McGavin, the pro-golfer nemesis to Adam Sandler‘s titular character Happy Gilmore from the 1996 comedy film, but he is also delivering laughs in the latest season of Max‘s acclaimed series Hacks. It just so happens that he’s channeling his Happy Gilmore character a bit for Season 3 as his character Marty hits the golf course alongside Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) for the American Television Affiliates Golf Tournament in Episode 6. Part of the show since Season 1, Marty owned the casino that kicked Deborah out for a new act, forcing her to reevaluate her career. The duo has always had a push-pull dynamic, and while Marty exhibited that he still has feelings for the comic in this installment, he was more annoyed by Deborah’s restrained golf game than her schmoozing of the executives. Below, McDonald opens up about ...
- 5/25/2024
- TV Insider
Much like “Hannibal,” it’s difficult to believe a show as spooky and complex as “Evil” ever aired on network television. But as the horror series about an unlikely trio investigating reports of demonic incidents for the Catholic Church debuts its entertaining final season on Paramount+, where the Robert and Michelle King-created series moved in Season 2, it’s also hard to believe the show exists anywhere, as it remains wholly unlike anything else on TV.
In Season 4, the first episode of which is now streaming, the series continues to balance its unique cases of the week with storylines involving overarching mythology, all while engaging with and exploring the personal beliefs and fears of Kristen (Katja Herbers), David (Mike Colter) and Ben (Aasif Mandvi). And then there’s that little issue of the antichrist and the fact it’s Kristen’s biological child. All of these things come together nicely...
In Season 4, the first episode of which is now streaming, the series continues to balance its unique cases of the week with storylines involving overarching mythology, all while engaging with and exploring the personal beliefs and fears of Kristen (Katja Herbers), David (Mike Colter) and Ben (Aasif Mandvi). And then there’s that little issue of the antichrist and the fact it’s Kristen’s biological child. All of these things come together nicely...
- 5/25/2024
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
Deborah Vance may have finally opened her door (literally) to her estranged sister Kathy, but that doesn’t mean she’s fully ready to let bygones be bygones.
In Episode 7 of Max’s Hacks, Deborah hosts a lavish Christmas party for her friends and family, including a fake winter wonderland and gifts with only the finest French edges. But when her pregnant daughter DJ wants to invite her aunt for the holiday, Deb reluctantly agrees to invite Kathy to the festive gathering which leads to desecrated gingerbread, a baby gift overstep and (since this is Hacks we’re watching) a dramatic argument fueled by faux-snowballs.
In Episode 7 of Max’s Hacks, Deborah hosts a lavish Christmas party for her friends and family, including a fake winter wonderland and gifts with only the finest French edges. But when her pregnant daughter DJ wants to invite her aunt for the holiday, Deb reluctantly agrees to invite Kathy to the festive gathering which leads to desecrated gingerbread, a baby gift overstep and (since this is Hacks we’re watching) a dramatic argument fueled by faux-snowballs.
- 5/24/2024
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Lorenza Izzo (Hacks) has landed the female lead role in Prime Video’s El Gato (w/t) opposite Diego Boneta. The series, based on the comic book series El Gato Negro by Richard Dominguez, was ordered to series in February.
El Gato follows Frank Guerrero (Boneta), who returns home to Mexico after the death of his father and finds himself neck-deep in a nest of vipers – his estranged family – who are vying for control of his father’s business empire. But Frank’s grief is interrupted when he learns his only inheritance, a seemingly worthless parcel of land on the border, sits atop the lair of a famous costumed vigilante—his father, “El Gato.” Now, Frank is in the crosshairs. To survive, he’ll have to solve mysteries decades in the making and unravel the truth about his father’s connections to a modern-day terror plot.
Izzo will play Rosa,...
El Gato follows Frank Guerrero (Boneta), who returns home to Mexico after the death of his father and finds himself neck-deep in a nest of vipers – his estranged family – who are vying for control of his father’s business empire. But Frank’s grief is interrupted when he learns his only inheritance, a seemingly worthless parcel of land on the border, sits atop the lair of a famous costumed vigilante—his father, “El Gato.” Now, Frank is in the crosshairs. To survive, he’ll have to solve mysteries decades in the making and unravel the truth about his father’s connections to a modern-day terror plot.
Izzo will play Rosa,...
- 5/23/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Warner Bros. Discovery has announced the movies, TV shows, and live sports that will be available on the Max streaming service in June. The Max June 2024 lineup includes House of the Dragon Season 2, the HBO original comedy series Fantasmas, and HBO original documentaries Ren Faire and Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple.
The June schedule also includes the Max original comedy special Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go and the World of Westeros collection, which takes you behind the scenes and features essential episodes.
Featured Programming
Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse (Magnolia Network)
Debuts on June 2 with two episodes, followed by two episodes weekly through June 16.
Chip and Joanna celebrate ten years of Fixer Upper with a brand-new challenge: the overhaul of a severely outdated 1960s lakehouse. Surprising interior design choices and unique outdoor features highlight the property’s dramatic cliffside views. Produced by Chip and Joanna Gaines’s production company Blind Nil.
Ren Faire...
The June schedule also includes the Max original comedy special Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go and the World of Westeros collection, which takes you behind the scenes and features essential episodes.
Featured Programming
Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse (Magnolia Network)
Debuts on June 2 with two episodes, followed by two episodes weekly through June 16.
Chip and Joanna celebrate ten years of Fixer Upper with a brand-new challenge: the overhaul of a severely outdated 1960s lakehouse. Surprising interior design choices and unique outdoor features highlight the property’s dramatic cliffside views. Produced by Chip and Joanna Gaines’s production company Blind Nil.
Ren Faire...
- 5/23/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Hacks Season 3, Episode 8, “Yes, And.”] Hacks addressed cancel culture in its latest Season 3 episode, “Yes, And” as Deborah (Jean Smart) visited a college campus alongside Ava (Hannah Einbhinder) at the same time as giving an interview to a high-profile journalist who could make or break her late night hosting dreams. When clips of Deborah’s old comedy routines start going viral among the students though, she’s forced to confront the uglier parts of her old standup acts, agreeing to have an open dialogue with students who air their grievances. When it came to tackling the topic, Einbinder says, ” [Showrunners] Paul [W. Downs], Jen [Statsky], Lucia [Aniello], and I are always talking about comedy and the state of things and what we’re doing and how it relates to the world and our world specifically.” Max “We really are all on the same page in terms of where we stand on ‘cancel culture.’ ...
- 5/23/2024
- TV Insider
For “Hacks” co-creator, writer, director and co-star Paul W. Downs, Season 3 of the Emmy Award-winning series offered the chance for a new honorific: series regular. Downs and his frequent scene partner Meg Stalter were upped to full-time cast members for the Season 3 episodes, as their characters – respectively, talent manager Jimmy and his loyal assistant Kayla – became more integrated into the show’s story.
“I had to go method. I had to really be booking things for Jean Smart,” Downs jokes during a recent exclusive video interview with Gold Derby about the status change.
Co-created by Downs, Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky, the third season of “Hacks” focuses primarily on the contentious and often fruitful relationship between the legendary comedian Deborah Vance (Smart) and her former comedy writer Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) as they reconnect and work toward Deborah’s ultimate goal of hosting a late-night show. The third season, which...
“I had to go method. I had to really be booking things for Jean Smart,” Downs jokes during a recent exclusive video interview with Gold Derby about the status change.
Co-created by Downs, Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky, the third season of “Hacks” focuses primarily on the contentious and often fruitful relationship between the legendary comedian Deborah Vance (Smart) and her former comedy writer Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) as they reconnect and work toward Deborah’s ultimate goal of hosting a late-night show. The third season, which...
- 5/23/2024
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
This article contains spoilers for Hacks season 3 episode 8.
As we near the finish line of Hacks’ incredible third season, the Max original comedy series continues to set a high bar in the industry for chaotic energy, lightning-quick wit, and organically grown relationships between characters. Jean Smart’s performance as Deborah Vance always stands above and beyond. Deborah’s hardened, crude exterior belies a soft, thoughtful woman underneath the surface, fighting for love and affection.
The comedian’s personality and arc have hugged the LGBTQ+ community within the story and in real life. Almost all of Deborah’s business associates are queer, and each season has been littered with plotlines connected to Deborah’s massive gay fanbase. Vance seamlessly fits into the legacy of female entertainers who capture the adoration of the gays, from pop singers like Lady Gaga to TV staples like the seniors from The Golden Girls.
The penultimate episode of season 3 “Yes,...
As we near the finish line of Hacks’ incredible third season, the Max original comedy series continues to set a high bar in the industry for chaotic energy, lightning-quick wit, and organically grown relationships between characters. Jean Smart’s performance as Deborah Vance always stands above and beyond. Deborah’s hardened, crude exterior belies a soft, thoughtful woman underneath the surface, fighting for love and affection.
The comedian’s personality and arc have hugged the LGBTQ+ community within the story and in real life. Almost all of Deborah’s business associates are queer, and each season has been littered with plotlines connected to Deborah’s massive gay fanbase. Vance seamlessly fits into the legacy of female entertainers who capture the adoration of the gays, from pop singers like Lady Gaga to TV staples like the seniors from The Golden Girls.
The penultimate episode of season 3 “Yes,...
- 5/23/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Days of our Lives’ Deidre Hall (Marlena Evans) will appear on the acclaimed Max dramedy Hacks on Thursday, May 23 as a heightened version of herself. Hall will play the mother of Jimmy, whose portrayer, Paul W. Downs, is not only one of the show’s creators, but a fan of the soap. “I was told by Paul and [creator] Lucia Aniello that Paul’s mom was a longtime fan of Days and of Marlena, and then she introduced him to the show when he was a toddler,” Hall shares. “So when they were looking for a person to play Paul’s mother, they said, ‘Wait a minute, are we crazy? Why don’t we see if we can get Deidre.’ ” Though the show had been recommended to Hall, she hadn’t had a chance to watch it yet, but quickly became a big fan. “When I told one of my best friends,...
- 5/22/2024
- TV Insider
Primo is no more at Amazon’s Freevee.
Creator Shea Serrano announced the news Tuesday on social media, noting that the series will not be returning for a second season at the ad-supported, Amazon-backed streamer Freevee. Sources say producers Universal Television will shop Primo in a bid to find the beloved comedy a new home.
“A short but beautiful run — sadly we’re not gonna be making any more episodes of Primo — i will always be indebted to everyone who worked on the show to make it so great and i will always be thankful to everyone who watched and championed it — thank you for real — long live Primo,” he wrote alongside a video of the rave reviews for the series from exec producer Mike Schur (Hacks, The Good Place) that doubled as a “For Your Consideration” promo.
Amazon picked up Primo to series in October 2021 after producing a pilot...
Creator Shea Serrano announced the news Tuesday on social media, noting that the series will not be returning for a second season at the ad-supported, Amazon-backed streamer Freevee. Sources say producers Universal Television will shop Primo in a bid to find the beloved comedy a new home.
“A short but beautiful run — sadly we’re not gonna be making any more episodes of Primo — i will always be indebted to everyone who worked on the show to make it so great and i will always be thankful to everyone who watched and championed it — thank you for real — long live Primo,” he wrote alongside a video of the rave reviews for the series from exec producer Mike Schur (Hacks, The Good Place) that doubled as a “For Your Consideration” promo.
Amazon picked up Primo to series in October 2021 after producing a pilot...
- 5/21/2024
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Hacks Season 3, Episode 6, “Par for the Course.”] Hacks welcomed a handful of glitzy guest stars in its latest Season 3 episode, “Par for the Course” as Deborah (Jean Smart) and Ava (Hannah Einbinder) attended the American Television Affiliates Golf Tournament as their campaign for late night continues. Hoping to schmooze the affiliates who could help her land the gig, Deborah is particularly taken with Bob Lipka (Tony Goldwyn), the CEO of the conglomerate that owns the network Deborah’s show would be on. Turning her attention mostly to him, she dumbs down her golf game to let him win and does all she can to sway things her way, but when she learns that Jack Danby (Luke Cook) is poised to take the late night host gig, she drops the facade and lets Bob get a taste of her real golf game. “She gets very thorny and kicks my ass on the golf course,...
- 5/20/2024
- TV Insider
Spoiler Alert: This interview contains spoilers for the sixth episode of “Hacks” Season 3.
Season 3 of “Hacks” began with Ava (Hannah Einbinder) finally feeling happy in both her career and her love life, but of course, the stability didn’t last. After Ruby (Lorenza Izzo) dumps Ava for restarting her toxic working relationship with Deborah (Jean Smart), Ava badly needs a win, which she gets in the form of a hot, older rebound — until everything goes to shit yet again.
In Episode 6, “Par for the Course,” Ava accompanies Deborah to a golf tournament where they’ll schmooze with network bigwigs as they continue trying to land Deborah the late night hosting gig she’s coveted for decades. After Deborah points out that Ava isn’t as “of the people” as she thinks she is, never having worked a service industry job before, she agrees to act as Deborah’s caddy for the weekend.
Season 3 of “Hacks” began with Ava (Hannah Einbinder) finally feeling happy in both her career and her love life, but of course, the stability didn’t last. After Ruby (Lorenza Izzo) dumps Ava for restarting her toxic working relationship with Deborah (Jean Smart), Ava badly needs a win, which she gets in the form of a hot, older rebound — until everything goes to shit yet again.
In Episode 6, “Par for the Course,” Ava accompanies Deborah to a golf tournament where they’ll schmooze with network bigwigs as they continue trying to land Deborah the late night hosting gig she’s coveted for decades. After Deborah points out that Ava isn’t as “of the people” as she thinks she is, never having worked a service industry job before, she agrees to act as Deborah’s caddy for the weekend.
- 5/17/2024
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Jean Smart is reflecting on her late husband’s death.
In a sit-down interview on Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? on Max, Smart recalled the shock of Richard Gilliland’s dying March 2021 due to a heart condition.
Smart described the ordeal as “the worst.” She continued, “Because it was such a shock. It was so unexpected. And, you know, I thought he had Covid or something. The places I took him to, to get him tested didn’t do anything except a Covid test.”
After Gilliland passed away, Smart said she “went back to one of those places” and asked to see whoever was in charge that day. “I said, ‘Let me ask you something.’ I said ‘If I brought my 71-year-old husband in here, who was complaining of pain when you take deep breaths —,’ and I said, ‘What would you do for him?’ He said, ‘Well, first thing we do is an Ekg.
In a sit-down interview on Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? on Max, Smart recalled the shock of Richard Gilliland’s dying March 2021 due to a heart condition.
Smart described the ordeal as “the worst.” She continued, “Because it was such a shock. It was so unexpected. And, you know, I thought he had Covid or something. The places I took him to, to get him tested didn’t do anything except a Covid test.”
After Gilliland passed away, Smart said she “went back to one of those places” and asked to see whoever was in charge that day. “I said, ‘Let me ask you something.’ I said ‘If I brought my 71-year-old husband in here, who was complaining of pain when you take deep breaths —,’ and I said, ‘What would you do for him?’ He said, ‘Well, first thing we do is an Ekg.
- 5/17/2024
- by Lexy Perez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome to Emmy Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Emmy race — via Slack, of course. This week, we wonder if some old faves can over-perform in comedy.
Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! We’re back to laugh again about this year’s Emmys comedy race. This has remained a pretty stable race, so much so that not even FX seems concerned about “The Bear” and its status as the obvious frontrunner. The third season of the show comes back on June 27, after Emmy nominations voting has closed and well before final voting begins. It seems like Season 2 of “The Bear” is so far out in front that it might not even need Season 3 to goose its win potential. That’s maybe bad news for our beloved “Hacks,” which always faced an uphill battle in Best Comedy Series but...
Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! We’re back to laugh again about this year’s Emmys comedy race. This has remained a pretty stable race, so much so that not even FX seems concerned about “The Bear” and its status as the obvious frontrunner. The third season of the show comes back on June 27, after Emmy nominations voting has closed and well before final voting begins. It seems like Season 2 of “The Bear” is so far out in front that it might not even need Season 3 to goose its win potential. That’s maybe bad news for our beloved “Hacks,” which always faced an uphill battle in Best Comedy Series but...
- 5/17/2024
- by Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
We may have had to wait two years for the third season of HBO Max’s “Hacks” to hit our screens but, boy, was it worth it. Ths third edition is a showcase for Jean Smart who plays Deborah Vance, a veteran stand-up experiencing a resurgence in her career. Hannah Einbinder co-stars as Ava Daniels, a comedy writer working to kick-start her career.
The relationship between those two women is at the heart of the show and season three is no different, with the chemistry between Smart and Einbinder reaching new levels. This is, still, however, the Jean Smart show. She aces every moment of comedy, perfectly embodying the Joan Rivers type of comedian that Deborah is. But what elevates the character and Smart’s performance to the next level are the touches of humanity and vulnerability sown into the role.
Critics agree, Smart is turning in career-best work.
Brian Tallerico...
The relationship between those two women is at the heart of the show and season three is no different, with the chemistry between Smart and Einbinder reaching new levels. This is, still, however, the Jean Smart show. She aces every moment of comedy, perfectly embodying the Joan Rivers type of comedian that Deborah is. But what elevates the character and Smart’s performance to the next level are the touches of humanity and vulnerability sown into the role.
Critics agree, Smart is turning in career-best work.
Brian Tallerico...
- 5/16/2024
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Hacks Season 3, Episode 5, “One Day.”] Hacks always brings the laughs but in Season 3’s latest installment, “One Day,” things took a more serious turn for Ava (Hannah Einbinder) and Deborah (Jean Smart) when they get stuck in the woods after a hike goes awry. Taking a break to get some fresh air, a broken phone, and some unexpected injuries put them in a precarious position as they yelled for help somewhere in the woods of Pennsylvania. Forced to sit with the potential reality that they won’t be found till the next day as darkness closes in, Ava and Deborah have a heart-to-heart about some lofty topics ranging from climate change to Deborah’s closing window to achieve her late-night TV dreams. Max It’s a time when the women are unable to escape each other’s commentary and take in their varying perspectives on the world and life. “In terms of preparation,...
- 5/16/2024
- TV Insider
As Hacks gears up for its much-anticipated third season, it’s time to delve into the star-studded ensemble that makes this series a hit. Here’s an in-depth look at the full cast of Hacks season 3: Main Cast Members Jean Smart as Deborah VanceJean Smart continues to captivate audiences with her portrayal of veteran comedian Deborah Vance. Reflecting on her character’s journey, Jean shared, I love exploring the complexities of my character, Deborah Vance. She’s such a multifaceted person, and it’s been incredibly rewarding to portray her. Hannah Einbinder as Ava DanielsRising star Hannah Einbinder brings depth to her role as
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- 5/16/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
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