On Wednesday morning the hit Max comedy show Hacks celebrated a total of 17 Emmy nominations—among them, Best Comedy Series, Lead Comedy Actress for Jean Smart, Comedy Supporting Actress for Hannah Einbinder and Comedy Supporting Actor for showrunner and star Paul W.
Downs. Speaking to Deadline following the announcement, Smart, who stars as comedy icon Deborah Vance on the show, said she was “so excited” for the entire team, making special mention of her “absolutely brilliant” nominated makeup artist Keith Sayer and guest star Kaitlin Olsen, who plays Deborah’s daughter.
Speaking of guest stars, Hacks has a history of booking some juicy picks, like Emmy-nominated Christopher Lloyd, Helen Hunt and Christina Hendricks, to name a few from Season 3.
And lately, Smart and Einbinder have been chatting about a dream guest star they’d love to see in Season 4: Elton John. “I would think I’d died and gone to heaven if he came on the show,” Smart said. “I mean, we’ve gotten to use two of his songs on the show.
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