All’s well that ends well. With most of HBO‘s existing Emmy juggernauts — The White Lotus, The Last of Us, House of the Dragon and Euphoria — not releasing new seasons during the 2024 Emmys‘ qualifying window and Succession and Barry gone, the network had been bracing for tough year-to-year comparisons.
Somehow, however, HBO | Max, No. 3 in the overall 2024 distributor rankings behind FX and Netflix, walked away with a top program Emmy on Sunday, scoring an upset win in the final category, Outstanding Comedy Series, for Hacks.
It was the first time the Max original went head-to-head with FX’s heavy favorite The Bear after a long break between Seasons 2 and 3.
That won’t be the case with Season 4 of Hacks, which is already in production. In an interview with Deadline at the HBO | Max Emmy afterparty Sunday night, Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO, HBO and Max Content, spoke about Hacks‘ triple win — for Comedy Series, Lead Actress (Jean Smart) and Writing (creators/EPs Lucia Aniello, Paul W.
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