Max has renewed comedy series Hacks for a fifth season. Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed the Season 5 renewal in a press release. The series has garnered 48 Emmy nominations during its four-season run, including a win for Outstanding Comedy Series in Season 3.
The show’s star Jean Smart posted on Instagram: “I’m so excited, I’m thrilled, congratulations to my cast, everybody in the production and to all of ours Hacks fans out there, please join us again for season five.”
Hacks stars Smart and Hannah Einbinder, and focuses on the relationship between a long-time comedian (Smart) and a younger comedy writer (Einbinder). The series was created and is showrun by Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, and Jen Statsky, with executive producers Downs and Aniello via their Paulilu banner, Statsky via First Thought Productions, as well as Michael Schur via Fremulon, David Miner for 3 Arts Entertainment, Morgan Sackett, and Joe Mande.
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