Deborah Vance hive, rise! The comedy inside a comedy TV series, Hacks , took home the prize for Outstanding Comedy Series to end the night at the 2024 Emmy Awards . Hacks co-creator Paul W. Downs called for more roles featuring people over 60 as he thanked the cast and crew, while Lucia Aniello highlighted the power of comedy to “bridge divides.
” “Let’s brace ourselves, I might get emotional,” said Downs, who also plays Jimmy LuSaque, Deborah and Ava’s manager in the series. “We are so lucky to live our dream and make television, and we couldn’t do it without our Hacks family, all of our writers, all of our cast, all of our crew who make our dreams come true. Literally.
” “When we pitched this show about two women, one of whom was over 60, we did not know if we would sell it,” Downs said, before thanking the show’s production companies. “About 20 percent of our population is over 60 [years old], and there are only 3 percent of those characters on television. I would like to see more of them, because while I’m a great young supporting actor, I really want to be a good old lead.
” Lucia Aniello, show co-creator, took the microphone amid claps to highlight the importance of comedy and how it can speak truth to power. “Comedy is so important, obviously to us, but we feel like it can bridge divides. When you laugh with someone, you have something in common with them,” Aniello said.
“So please support comedy. It speaks truth to power. It really doe.