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Hacks is an American comedy-drama television series created by Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky that premiered on May 13, 2021, on HBO Max. Starring Jean Smart , Hannah Einbinder , and Carl Clemons-Hopkins , the series centers on the professional relationship between a young comedy writer and a legendary stand-up comedian.
She discovers old clippings from Deborah's early career, including a Time cover story regarding her upcoming, but ultimately unaired pilot for a late-night talk show (which would have made Deborah the first female late-night host). Ava finds a tape of the unaired show and laughs at Deborah's jokes for the first time while watching the video ...
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The show follows the relationship between Deborah Vance , an out-of-touch and past-her-prime comedian, and Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder), an up-and-coming writer who is hired to revive Vance's ...
Deborah and Ava return with a season that allows their odd-couple characters to grow without killing their spiky rapport
When Season 3 of “Hacks” premiered at the beginning of May, reaching that moment had been hard won. Nearly two years had passed since its second season concluded; real life simply got in the way.
The creators conceived of the idea for Hacks during a road trip to Portland in 2016. In an interview for Collider, Aniello said that the show aims to highlight the work of women trailblazers in comedy whose contributions have been minimized or who have experienced mistreatment by the media. [4]
Co-creator Paul W. Downs also called for more television that showcases women that are over 60, saying: "About 20% of our population is over 60, and only 3% of those characters [are] on television"