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Universal acclaim based on 105 Critic Reviews

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Series Details & Credits

HBO Max | Release Date: May 13, 2021

Summary: Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), a Las Vegas comedian, mentors Ava (Hannah Einbinder), a 25-year-old writer in this dark comedy from Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Critic Reviews

100

The Telegraph Benji Wilson

Apr 1, 2022

Season 1 Review: The pacing is exquisite, with every episode revealing just enough of Deb and Ava’s backstory to cast them repeatedly in a new light. So there it is: Hacks is every bit as great as you’ve been told. Read full review

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RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Apr 3, 2025

Season 4 Review: Still the best comedy on television. .... This season reminds you how easily this character could have been a stereotype—just another Joan Rivers impression of an over-the-hill comedienne—and how Smart has imbued her with enough humanity that the actress fades into the character. For Einbinder, this is her best season, holding onto the head writer job with a tenacity that she’s learned from the woman who’s trying to make her let go. Read full review

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The Daily Beast Laura Wheatman Hill

Apr 8, 2026

Season 5 Review: We can imagine a world in which the show will always go on, even though we’ve paused the TV and see there’s only five (beautiful, brilliant) minutes left in one of—if not the greatest—shows about comedy ever made. The final curtain does fall on Hacks, and the last moments are simultaneously surprising and perfectly suited to the show as a whole—a miracle for a series finale. While each episode offers up different iterations of everything wrong with Hollywood, Hacks never loses the love of the game. Read full review

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RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

May 12, 2022

Season 2 Review: It’s good for a show like “Hacks” to be silly every now and then, but those [sitcomish] moments stand out this season more against a backdrop that takes the show’s ideas more seriously. Still, “Hacks” overcomes these set-ups to remain a remarkably smart comedy, one that understands human behavior and how it’s warped by show business. Read full review

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The Travers Take Peter Travers

Apr 10, 2026

Season 5 Review: The pain that lies simmering under a joke has rarely been as powerfully conveyed as it is by Jean Smart in a farewell to her career-defining role as a comedy diva in which she and costar Hannah Einbinder sweeten their snark with genuine mutual affection Read full review

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Collider Taylor Gates

Apr 3, 2025

Season 4 Review: For the first time, Hacks can’t quite manage to stick the landing, but that doesn’t diminish the fact that it’s still undeniably one of the best things on television. The relationship between Deborah and Ava has never been more intriguing, and Smart and Einbinder have never been better. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter

Inkoo Kang

May 12, 2021

Season 1 Review: There’s a schematic quality to the series’ foundation that Hacks mostly fails to outgrow in the first six of its 10 episodes. Deborah and Ava’s boomer-versus-millennial, heartland-versus-the-coasts, experience-versus-innovation tensions are constantly telegraphed without becoming organic to the characters. Occasionally, their differences can lead to interesting discussions. Read full review

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VeigasJohn

Jul 18, 2021

Really genius, Marvelous and trully original. Jean Smart deserves the Emmy.

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Nov 10, 2022

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Jun 20, 2023

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brockcheese

Jun 5, 2022

This is a great series that is based mostly on the relationship between the two leading characters, Ava and Deborah. This relationship defines the conflict between the young and the old.

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Iamcritical86

Jun 15, 2021

Pretty good show. Of course, anything with Jean Smart has my vote! I think this show has a lot of future potential. There's many different ways the story line can go. I just hope they stick to the script and that they don't start getting carried away with romances and bed scenes, becausePretty good show. Of course, anything with Jean Smart has my vote! I think this show has a lot of future potential. There's many different ways the story line can go. I just hope they stick to the script and that they don't start getting carried away with romances and bed scenes, because that will ruin it! This show has a lot going for it if the writers play their cards right and I think HBO Max was very wise to pick up HACKS for a 2nd season. Actually, thus far, I think this series could easily go beyond 2 seasons. Let's see how it goes.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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minak

Dec 7, 2021

Great show! One of the best this year! Jean Smart is an outstanding! I love the humor!

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pofolay

May 27, 2021

Hacks might have considered hiring at least one person capable of writing a joke for their comedy about stand-up comedy.

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Seasons & Episodes

87

Series Overview
Season 5

87
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: April 9, 2026
- No episode information is currently available for this season
Season 4

91
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: April 10, 2025
Season 3

90
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: May 2, 2024
Season 2

88
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: May 12, 2022
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82
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: May 13, 2021