25 October 2024
Hacks S1-3
Winner of this year’s Emmy for Best Comedy, Hacks S3 picks up with Deborah Vance riding high off the success of her standup special while Ava pursues new opportunities back in Los Angeles.
As Deborah Vance, Jean Smart has won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy for all three seasons, with HBO’s comedy about comedians also taking home Best Writing this year, for the second time, bringing its Emmy count to nine wins overall. As Ava, Hanna Einbeinder has been nominated every season.
S3 is at #8 on Rotten Tomatoes’ Best TV Shows of 2024 (So Far) list, with a 98% critics rating. Look out for an Emmy nominated cameos from Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future’s Doc Brown) and Kaitlin Olson (Dee Reynolds in It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia), as well as appearances from the likes of Oscar winners Helen Hunt and Whoopi Goldberg.
Hacks has already been renewed for a fourth season, expected in 2025.
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