Hacks Season 4 will take place just 20 minutes after the shocking Season 3 finale as showrunners were 'shocked' by surprise Emmy win Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] SPOILERS: There will be SPOILERS for the Season 3 finale of Hacks below so read on at your own risk By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 00:33 BST, 19 September 2024 | Updated: 00:33 BST, 19 September 2024 e-mail View comments Just days after Hacks' shocking win for Outstanding Comedy Series, defeating FX's The Bear, the showrunners are teasing new details about Season 4.
The hit Max comedy series was nominated for 16 Primetime Emmys , taking home three - Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Jen Statsky), Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series ( Jean Smart ) and the shocking win for Outstanding Comedy Series . Showrunners/creators Aniello, Downs and Statsky were in the Emmys press room following the win, where Aniello teased new Season 4 details to The Wrap .
'I think the tease that I can give legally is that we pick up 20 minutes or so after where we left off,' Aniello said. The Season 3 finale was quite the shocker, with Deborah Vance (Smart) finally getting her own late night talk show, what she's pined for since the start of the show. Just days after Hacks' shocking win for Outstanding Comedy Series, defeating FX's The Bear, the showrunners are teasing new details about Season 4 Showrunners/creators Aniello (center), Downs (right) and Statsky (left) were in the Emmys press room following the win, where Aniello teased new Season 4 details to The Wrap However, she made the shocking move to spurn here protege Ava (Hannah Einbinder), barring her from the show's head writer role despite promising it to her.
Ava fires back by blackmailing Deborah, threatening to expose that she slept with TV executive Bob Lipka (Tony Goldwyn) to get her new show. Aniello added of the main characters heading into Season 4 that, 'The tension is still high, and there’s still a lot of fallout to explore.' Production on Season 4 is expected to start later this month, with a May 2025 release date being eyed.
While FX's The Bear ran away with most of the comedy awards, breaking its own record of 10 Emmy by winning 11 this year, it didn't win the Outstanding Comedy Series, with Hacks stunning the field by besting The Bear. Even showrunners didn't see it coming, with Statsky revealing in the Emmys press room on Sunday that, 'we were really shocked.' 'We were truly really surprised.
We are blown away by this,' Statsky added in the press room. 'The TV Academy has always been so lovely to us ..
. but getting [comedy] series, we’ve never won this before and it was just such an amazing shock and we’re so grateful,' she added. However, she made the shocking move to spurn here protege Ava (Hannah Einbinder), barring her from the show's head writer role despite promising it to her Aniello added of the main characters heading into Season 4 that, 'The tension is still high, and there’s still a lot of fallout to explore' Ava fires back by blackmailing Deborah, threatening to expose that she slept with TV executive Bob Lipka (Tony Goldwyn) to get her new show Aniello added of the main characters heading into Season 4 that, 'The tension is still high, and there’s still a lot of fallout to explore' Hacks was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series for all three of its seasons, losing out to Apple TV Plus' Ted Lasso for its first two seasons.
Hacks Season 3 debuted in 2024 after a two-year hiatus, with The Bear winning Outstanding Comedy Series for its first season last year, and widely expected to repeat this year . When asked what was so different about this season, co-creator/showrunner/star Paul W. Downs said the writing team wanted to, 'surprise each other,' this season.
'In a third season we get to really deepen what we do with all the characters, and I think that’s exemplified by the performances that Jean [Smart] and Hannah Einbinder make this season, and all of our cast,” Downs said. He added that the writers are, 'blessed with such an incredible cast that elevates every single word on the page.' Jean Smart Share or comment on this article: Hacks Season 4 will take place just 20 minutes after the shocking Season 3 finale as showrunners were 'shocked' by surprise Emmy win e-mail Add comment.
