All’s well that ends well. With most of HBO ‘s existing Emmy juggernauts — The White Lotus , The Last of Us , House of the Dragon and Euphoria — not releasing new seasons during the 2024 Emmys ‘ qualifying window and Succession and Barry gone, the network had been bracing for tough year-to-year comparisons. Somehow, however, HBO | Max , No.
3 in the overall 2024 distributor rankings behind FX and Netflix, walked away with a top program Emmy on Sunday, scoring an upset win in the final category, Outstanding Comedy Series, for Hacks . It was the first time the Max original went head-to-head with FX’s heavy favorite The Bear after a long break between Seasons 2 and 3. That won’t be the case with Season 4 of Hacks , which is already in production.
In an interview with Deadline at the HBO | Max Emmy afterparty Sunday night, Casey Bloys , Chairman and CEO, HBO and Max Content, spoke about Hacks ‘ triple win — for Comedy Series , Lead Actress (Jean Smart) and Writing (creators/EPs Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky) — offered his thoughts on Curb Your Enthusiasm ending its run with 11 Comedy Series nominations and zero wins and shared his idea for settling the Comedy Or Drama category debate. Bloys also provided status updates on the upcoming new seasons of The Last of Us , The White Lotus , Euphoria and True Detective and when we could expect the Harry Potter series .
(Hint, it may be later than previously thought.) He also addressed the recent move of.