Earlier this month, Hannah Einbinder, one of the stars of HBO Max’s Hacks, was asked whether the comedy was ending with its fifth season.
“Yes. I don’t know what I’m supposed to say and not say. One time, I said the wrong thing, and then we took it back. But it was real then, and it’s real now. So yeah, it is the last season, okay?,” she told Collider.
Well, HBO Max is now officially admitting what everyone is Hollywood has known for some time.
The fifth and final season of the show, which also stars Jean Smart, will premiere on Thursday, April 9 at 9pm ET.
The ten-part season will stream weekly with two new episodes on April 30 and May 7 ahead of the series finale on May 28. Watch a trailer above.
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[SPOILER ALERT] Season four ended with Smart’s Deborah Vance struggling to deal with her non-compete contract and heading to Singapore with Einbinder’s Ava. After some hard partying, it is falsely reported that Vance has died.
Season five starts in the aftermath of these mistaken and unflattering news reports. The pair return to Las Vegas more determined than ever to secure Deborah’s legacy as a comedian.
The show also stars Paul W. Downs, Megan Stalter, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Mark Indelicato, and Rose Abdoo alongside guest stars Robby Hoffman, Tony Goldwyn, Kaitlin Olson, Christopher McDonald, Jane Adams, Lauren Weedman, Poppy Liu, Johnny Sibilly, Luenell, Angela E. Gibbs, Caitlin Reilly and Christopher Briney.
Leslie Bibb, Cherry Jones and Ann Dowd also appear in season five.
Hacks creators Downs, Lucia Aniello, and Jen Statsky have long said that they have always known what the very last scene of the show is, recently calling it “very full-circle”.
The trio serve as showrunners; Downs and Aniello exec produce via their Paulilu banner and Statsky via First Thought Productions alongside Michael Schur via Fremulon, David Miner for 3 Arts Entertainment, Morgan Sackett, Joe Mande, Aisha Muharrar, Nate Young, and Ashley Glazier. The series is produced by Universal Television.