'Hacks' Season 5? Max TV Show's Renewal Status Revealed
Hacks is back!
The Max original TV series is back for Season 4.
Here’s a synopsis: “When legendary Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) is forced to team up with entitled, outcast television writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder) to overhaul her material, the pair must find a way to put aside their differences to save their careers.”
Keep reading to find out more…
As of right now, Hacks has not been renewed for Season 5 – but the creators are planning for it.
Creators Lucia Aniello, Jen Statsky, and Paul W. Downs have previously spoken about their vision for the series.
“When they first pitched Hacks to networks around town, the creative trio imagined a five-season arc, and even described the very final scene of the series in every pitch meeting they took — all except one, with Max’s comedy chief Suzanna Makkos, who would wind up buying the show,” Deadline reported.
“It’s a really interesting thing, because all of the networks knew the end of the show, and Suzanna cut us off before we got there and said, ‘I get the show, it’s bought, we don’t need to keep doing this,’” Paul revealed.
“They said they had five seasons of this in their heads, but that was it,” Jean said of meeting the trio of creators.
“Well, then it was five… it might be different now.”
“That’s still our plan,” Lucia confirmed. “We started pitching the show in 2019, but we’ve been thinking about it since 2015, so we’ve had a great time to plot out and talk about where we wanted the show to go.”
Find out which Max TV shows have been renewed and cancelled so far in 2025.