{"id":354249,"date":"2026-03-23T19:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/354249\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T19:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:02:07","slug":"hacks-final-season-gets-hbo-max-premiere-date-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/354249\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hacks\u2019 Final Season Gets HBO Max Premiere Date, Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tReports of the death of Deborah Vance were greatly exaggerated \u2014 and make for a good way to open the trailer for the final season of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/hacks\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hacks_1\" data-tag=\"hacks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/hbo-max\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hbo-max_1\" data-tag=\"hbo-max\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HBO Max<\/a> has set an April 9 premiere date for the fifth and last season of the Emmy-winning comedy, and released a trailer to tee up the season. It begins with Deborah (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/jean-smart\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jean-smart_1\" data-tag=\"jean-smart\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jean Smart<\/a>) returning to her Las Vegas home after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/hacks-season-4-finale-deborah-ava-season-5-interview-1236232828\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">season four finale<\/a>, which included an obituary for her being mistakenly published. As she pulls up to her gate, she confronts a small group of fans mourning her. Watch the trailer below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe final season of Hacks will follow Deborah and Ava (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/hannah-einbinder\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hannah-einbinder_1\" data-tag=\"hannah-einbinder\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hannah Einbinder<\/a>) as they are \u201cmore determined than ever to secure\u00a0Deborah\u2019s\u00a0legacy as a comedian,\u201d the show\u2019s logline reads. The trailer suggests that won\u2019t be easy, as Deborah is still under a non-compete clause after leaving her late night show. \u201cI have been told that I cannot so much as perform one single joke, or I will go to jail,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe April 9 premiere date for Hacks will get 10-episode final season just under the wire for Emmy eligibility \u2014 with a bit of creative scheduling. Two episodes each will debut on April 30 and May 7, with single episodes in the other weeks leading up to a May 28 series finale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAlong with Emmy winners Smart and Einbinder, series regulars Paul W. Downs, Megan Stalter,\u00a0Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Mark Indelicato and Rose Abdoo will reprise their roles in the final season. The cast also includes guest stars Robby Hoffman, Tony Goldwyn,\u00a0Kaitlin Olson,\u00a0Christopher McDonald,\u00a0Jane Adams, Lauren Weedman, Poppy Liu, Johnny\u00a0Sibilly,\u00a0Luenell, Angela E. Gibbs, Caitlin Reilly and\u00a0Christopher Briney.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDowns, Lucia Aniello and Jen\u00a0Statsky created Hacks. Downs and Aniello executive produce (via their\u00a0Paulilu\u00a0banner) with\u00a0Statsky\u00a0(via First Thought Productions) Michael Schur of\u00a0Fremulon, David Miner of 3 Arts Entertainment, Morgan Sackett, Joe Mande, Aisha\u00a0Muharrar, Nate Young and Ashley Glazier. Universal Television is the studio.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reports of the death of Deborah Vance were greatly exaggerated \u2014 and make for a good way to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,16756,16757,6729,85,46,127775,411],"class_list":["post-354249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-hacks","tag-hannah-einbinder","tag-hbo-max","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jean-smart","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}