Hacks - new Jean Smart show about a female vegas comedy legend

[wanye]

New show on HBO Max with Jean Smart playing a legendary female comedian with a vegas residency, who hires a cancelled comedy writer to help her update her material.

produced by mike schur and written by some of the team behind BROAD CITY.

REALLY enjoyed it. go watch it if you can!





theres a nice article about Jean here: newyorker/culture/th...ever-went-away

[wanye]

Now on Amazon prime, maybe this thread might get some replies now...

[wanye]

first two episodes dropped last night, watching shortly

episode 2 is called "quid pro quo"

[wanye]

Absolutely loved season 2, and news just in, it's been picked up for another season!

variety/2022/tv/news/hac...ax-1235296179/

Also, 15 Emmy nominations for season one? Nice, it deserved it!

[Norah22]

Started it last week and into series 2 now

[wanye]

[Norah22]

I saw, there's some tough competition there with Succession in the running too.

[wanye]

great news! s3 is finally on the way after a year of delays...

tvline/news/hacks-season...ar-1235175424/

Hacks will deliver Max comedy with a bevy of guest stars slated for the upcoming season.

Helen Hunt, Christina Hendricks, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Bucatinsky, George Wallace and Tony Goldwyn are all set to appear in Season 3, TVLine has learned. Character details remain TBA.

This comes after it was previously announced that Megan Stalter and Paul W. Downs, who’ve appeared as Kayla and Jimmy, respectively, since Season 1, were upgraded to series-regular status. Downs co-created the show with Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky, and serves as a co-showrunner, EP, writer and director in addition to acting.

Season 3 takes place one year later, as “Deborah Vance (played by Jean Smart) is riding high off the success of her standup special, while Ava (Hannah Einbinder) pursues new opportunities back in Los Angeles,” according to its official description.

Production on Season 3 kicked off in December 2022 but then paused in February 2023, as series lead Jean Smart underwent and recovered from an undisclosed heart procedure. Filming resumed in mid-March but paused again for the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. As announced back in January, Hacks’ long-awaited third season is officially set to release on Max this spring.