Spotlight TELEVISION Review: ‘Hacks’ finds plenty of laughs in its final bow Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises Apr 9, 2026 3 hrs ago 0 × Spot on News - Entertainment English At the 2026 Golden Globes, Jean Smart, Mark Ruffalo, Wanda Sykes, and Natasha Lyonne sent political messages: they protested against ICE with pins. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The fifth season of “Hacks” is a curtain call for the stellar series.kAmtG6CJ@?6 H9@ =67E 2? :>AC6DD:@? C6EFC?D 7@C 2? 6?4@C6 2?5 — 86E E9:D — >2?286D E@ 3C:?8 E96 =2F89D] %96 7:CDE 76H 6A:D@56D 2C6 D@ 7F??J J@F’== H@?56C :7 E96 AC@5F46CD 8@E 2 D64@?5 H:?5 2?5 564:565 E@ ECJ 2?@E96C E2<6]k^Am In Season 5 of "Hacks," Jean Smart's Deborah Vance navigates a career setback. HBO kAm(96? H6 =2DE =67E s63@C29 '2?46 Wy62? $>2CEX[ D96 3=6H FA 96C =2E6\?:89E 42C66C 2?5 H2D 42?46=65 3J ?6EH@C< 9625 q@3 {:A<2 W%@?J v@=5HJ?X] $96 42?’E A6C7@C> 2?JH96C6 F?E:= 2 A6C:@5 @7 25;FDE>6?E :D @G6C] %92E :C<D '2?46[ 2?5 D96 E9:?<D @7 H2JD D96 42? E6== 96C D:56 @7 E96 42?46==2E:@? DE@CJ E@ 2? 2F5:6?46] qFE :7 D96’D 32??65 7C@> A6C7@C>:?8 W6G6? 5@:?8 2 A@542DEX[ H96C6 42? D96 EFC?nk^Am People are also reading… Former Nebraska running back 'Tough' Tony Davis dies at 73 Nebraska football target predicted to Big Ten rival Kearney restaurant owner Carlos Godinez will be deported Last-minute effort to let nonresidents vote in Lincoln elections dropped Proposal to let nonresidents vote in Omaha, Lincoln elections advances in auditor oversight bill Grand Island man arrested for fifth DUI offense Developer feels shoved out of Grand Island good life district, seeks state intervention Catholic educators honored for service in northeast Nebraska Lincoln middle school assault leaves girl with possible brain bleed, police say Nebraska baseball sweeps Saturday doubleheader over Penn State State Sen. John Cavanaugh fights GOP group’s ad blitz and rival criticisms in Dem primary in NE-02 How to watch the Nebraska football spring game: Time, TV channel 30-year-old Lincoln woman whose death deemed suspicious ID'd Transfer tracker: The latest on the Nebraska women's basketball roster Movies and TV shows casting in Lincoln kAm%92E’D H96C6 96C HC:E:?8 A2CE?6C W2?5 ?@H 36DE:6X pG2 s2?:6=D Ww2??29 t:?3:?56CX 4@>6D :?] $96 92D :562D — 2?5 4=@D6 6?4@F?E6CD @7 E96 '682D <:?5 — E92E H:== <66A E96 BF66? @7 4@>65J @44FA:65]k^Am Jean Smart, left, and Hannah Einbinder in Season 5 of "Hacks." HBO kAmx? E96 AC@46DD[ s63@C29 86ED E@ 5233=6 H:E9 2 J@F?8 D:?86Cj pG2 86ED E@ A=2J EC:4<D H:E9 2 >28:4:2?] %96 EH@ 5@ 2 566A 5:G6 :?E@ '2?46’D A2DE 2?5 4@>6 2H2J H:E9 2? :562 E92E’D 3C:==:2?E] ~55=J[ >@?6J :D ?6G6C E96 :DDF6] s63@C29 5@6D?’E ?665 :E] $96 4C2G6D 2EE6?E:@?]k^AmkAm(92E’D 72D4:?2E:?8 23@FE E9:D D62D@? :D E96 H2J :E 8:G6D DFAA@CE:?8 492C24E6CD 5646?E DE@CJ=:?6D — @?6D E92E 5@?’E ;FDE D6CG6 E96 DE2CD] !2F= (] s@H?D 2?5 |682? $E2=E6C W2D E96 H@>6?’D 286?EDX 92G6 E96:C @H? DECF88=6D 2?5 2C6?’E 27C2:5 E@ DE2?5 FA E@ E96 @?6 H9@ H2?ED E@ AF== E96> 5@H?]k^Am kAm%96J 92G6 2 D@=:5 “q” DE@CJ E92E 4@F=5 62D:=J DA:? @77 :?E@ 2 ?6H D6C:6D] qFE E96 8@2= 96C6 :D E@ C6G:D:E “w24<D’” 62C=J J62CD[ 6IA=2:? H9J pG2 2?5 s63@C29 2C6 DF49 D@=:5 7C:6?5D 2?5 D9@H 9@H E96J 2C6 3@?565 E@ @?6 2?@E96C]k^Am Megan Stalter, left, and Paul W. Downs in "Hacks." HBO kAm#6>6>36C J@FC 72G@C:E6 8F6DE DE2CD 2?5[ 492?46D 2C6 8@@5[ E96J 2AA62C :? E96 7:?2= `_ 6A:D@56D]k^AmkAm%96 962CE @7 “w24<D[” 9@H6G6C[ :D E96 C6=2E:@?D9:A 36EH66? pG2 2?5 s63@C29[ 2?5 :E’D 566A6C[ D92CA6C 2?5 >@C6 E62C\H@CE9J E92? 6G6C 367@C6] %96:C E:>6 :? '682D :D AC6EEJ D:8?:7:42?E[ E@@] (9:=6 A=6?EJ @7 =2?5>2C<D >2<6 E96:C 2AA62C2?46[ :E’D E96 H@C=5 '2?46 2?5 r@] 2C6 4C62E:?8 E92E 6?E:46D]k^Am kAmp H@C=5 H:E9@FE s63@C29 :D F?E9:?<23=6[ 3FE E96 EH@ 7:8FC6 @FE 2 H2J E@ 3C:?8 96C 324<[ 2?5 :E’D 8F2C2?E665 E@ >2<6 J@F 4966C E96:C {F4J^tE96= H2J @7 >2<:?8 :E 92AA6?]k^Am kAm%:E=6D 2D:56[ “w24<D” 56D6CG6D E@ DE2?5 H:E9 E96 G6CJ 36DE D6C:6D @? E6=6G:D:@?] xE’D 2 8F:56 E@ 2 >F=E:EF56 @7 E9:?8D 3FE[ >@DE=J[ 9@H E@ 6I:E 8C2467F==J]k^Am Movies & Television What to Stream: Sydney Sweeney, 'Malcolm in the Middle,' Jonah Hill, 'Hacks' and Ella Langley THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Movies & Television 'Happy's Place' is NBC's latest bar-centric sitcom | Streamed & Screened BRUCE MILLER and TERRY LIPSHETZ Lee Enterprises Movies & Television Grieving becomes real for Michelle Pfeiffer in ‘The Madison' Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises Season 5 of “Hacks” premieres Sunday on HBO. 0 Comments Stay up-to-date on what's happening Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Golden Globes 2026: Stars take a stand against ICE At the 2026 Golden Globes, Jean Smart, Mark Ruffalo, Wanda Sykes, and Natasha Lyonne sent political messages: they protested against ICE with pins.
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