Hacks is an American dark comedy drama television series created by Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky that premiered on May 13, 2021, on HBO Max. The series follows Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), a legendary stand-up comedian, and her young comedy writer Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder), as they navigate the evolving dynamics of their professional partnership and personal lives within the contemporary comedy industry.
Hacks received critical acclaim and won several major awards, including four consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, winning that award for its third season. Its first and third seasons won the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series and the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, and its third season won the Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy.
Smart's performance won her three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Critics' Choice Awards, two Television Critics Association Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Other members of the cast who received Emmy nominations include Hannah Einbinder (four nominations), Paul W. Downs (one nomination), and Carl Clemons-Hopkins (one nomination).
In 2022, Hacks was ranked 34th on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest TV shows. In 2023, Variety included the series at 41st on its own ranking of the greatest TV series ever made. That same year, The Hollywood Reporter listed it among the best television series of the decade so far.
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