Filipinos can enjoy all ten episodes of the Emmy-winning comedy series Hacks, which explores a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old (Hannah Einbinder), will debut on Monday, October 11 exclusively on HBO GO.
Hacks follows the story of legendary comedian, Deborah Vance as she struggles to maintain her popularity and relevance in a world of new acts and stars. She teams up with comedy writer Ava who can’t find work after being canceled over an insensitive tweet. The pair learn to work together, despite generational differences, with Ava helping to make Deborah and her act more relevant and appealing.
Hacks won three awards — Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series (Jean Smart), Outstanding Directing For a Comedy Series (Lucia Aniello), and Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series, at the 73rd Emmy Awards which took place in Los Angeles on September 19.
In addition to Smart and Einbinder, Hacks stars series regular Carl Clemons-Hopkins and recurring guest stars Kaitlin Olson, Christopher McDonald, Paul W. Downs, Mark Indelicato, Poppy Liu, Johnny Sibilly, Meg Stalter and Rose Abdoo.
The series is created and showrun by Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky.
It is executive produced by Downs and Aniello via their Paulilu banner, Statsky via First Thought Productions, as well as Emmy winners Michael Schur via Fremulon, David Miner for 3 Arts Entertainment and Morgan Sackett.
Stream all ten episodes of Hacks on HBO GO. Download the app at the App Store or Play Store on your device. You can also access HBO GO via Cignal, Globe and Skycable or at hbogoasia.ph.
HBO GO can be accessed via Android TV, Apple TV, LG TV and Samsung Smart TV — and comes with AirPlay and Google Cast functionality.
