Hannah Einbinder Says ‘Hacks’ Will End With Season 5

That’s fine. I’m tired of it.

Love this show. I will be sad to see it go, but will be okay with it if they go out on a high note.

I rather it go out on a high.

Yeah it’s good they don’t wanna overstay their welcome

Pay, it’s all about pay and ratings. I LOVE the show but the past season’s writing was shaky and a few supporting actors got too big for their britches.

I don't understand the words she is saying.

Good can she please go away

Tried to watch the first episode. Didn't like it.

Good. Her career will end with it.

Good round number. I think they’ve done everything they could to keep the Deborah and Ava characters together and the final season is going to start showing the strain of that.

The last season was barely watchable. Maybe Deborah Vance will die in the series finale.

Einbinder's "Ava Daniels" was a real buzz kill in that first season. (Much like last night's Emmy speech.) If Smart and other supporting characters hadn't been so wonderful, might have stopped watching. Glad I didn't as she grew on me or at least became less obnoxious. Have come to love the show over these four seasons. I'd be happy for more than a fifth final season.

OP hasn't been reading the Hacks threads from the last few seasons here if they think that the gays are going to be mourning the end of this show. They've been calling for it for many years now.

I love her hair colour. There, I said something nice.

Nah, kidding, she took a while to grow on me due to her kind of amateurish speaking style but I can’t fault her characterisation.

Good. I’m sure Jean was ready to stop. I’m sure Hannah thinks she’s going to have a big career, post Emmy. She’s not.

Hacks was clearly a fluke in her career and it obviously hasn’t opened up any doors. Take a look at her IMDb page, even with her having appeared on Hacks over the last four years she has nothing else on her resume. BUH bye, bitch.

I only found out yesterday that Hannah is Larraine Newman's daughter. I'm guessing she looks like her father

I thought it was excited for season 4, but after one episode(which i liked), I found myself choosing other stuff instead. Then I re watched episode 1, season 4, and kept going. It really is one of the best shows around. The 2 leads are stunning and actually have sexual chemistry on screen that is palpable.

Jean can't physically do the show anymore. She's had multiple health issues over the past 3 years and is looking frail.

She gets political in acceptance speech

Season 4 was an irritating mess and Hannah the nepo-baby didn’t help things by ratcheting up the annoyance level to 11. It should end now.

The creator said a long time ago that the show had a five year plan and that would be it. Not sure if he said because HBO already gave them advance notice or if he really would have ended it then. You never know what guides those PR interviews. Maybe it's Jean Smart not wanting to commit to a role longer term. Who knows... Either way, the ending was known well ahead of time.

I love the show, but five seasons is enough.

The last season was the first one I didn't finish. It really felt like they were out of ideas.

Last season was annoying with Megan Stalter's bigger presence and the addition of Robby Hoffman. Also, I think ratings weren't great for season 4. And Just Like That had better ratings and it was canceled.

Stalter brings any episode crashing down the minute she enters a scene, yet they insist on giving her more screen time, when she, and Hahn on the Studio, have to be the most obnoxious female characters on any show in tv or streaming history.

They are either running out of ideas or.....

....this is sort of what happened to Downton Abbe, where they had to tread water in seasons 4 and 5 to fill up time, until season 6 arrived and they could have the inevitable finale and final clash of Mary/Edith, etc.

If I had a time machine that I could use to go back into the past to alter the present, preventing this show from being made would be somewhere on my list.

What she means is her role is ending with season five

Seasons 1, 2, and 3 were great. Season 4 was a SLOG to get through. Too much Kayla. I hope the first episode begins with news that Kayla was kidnapped by a cannibalistic cult and never heard from again. Then, Season 5 can begin with the focus on more important, more interesting, better-developed characters and relationships.

I think the show needs Robby Hoffman, she improved the scenes she was in. Get rid of Statler.

Isn’t she yet another nepo baby? Nobody asked her anything.

R19 That’s my concern. Jean walks like Annie Potts now. I wonder if she’s going to fade out from acting and just enjoy her money.

I can’t believe she won at all. Let alone for the shows weakest season yet.

That was the show's weakest season but Ava's strongest season.

Jean was solid as always but I didn't feel that it was her strongest year. The goodwill she had those first few years seemed to be dissipating last night.....very muted reaction to her win.

But most of this season was just lather/rinse/repeat. The Ava/Deborah conflict and the last few episodes were strongest, but they're kinda hitting the same notes over and over now.

R33 she said she was recovering from a broken knee during her acceptance speech

The broken knee kept her offstage this summer for several weeks when she was on Broadway.

Plus I don’t believe Jean has had multiple health issues through the years like the above poster said. It takes a special stamina to film a series. Is she a spring chicken anymore? No. But I wouldn’t be surprised after Hacks ends to see her in other things. I think she enjoys working and being in demand.

R38 She had heart surgery recently - it delayed the filming of Season 3. So yeah, if not "multiple" health issues, she's had at least one major one.

[quote]OP hasn't been reading the Hacks threads from the last few seasons here if they think that the gays are going to be mourning the end of this show. They've been calling for it for many years now.

R13, not the OP here, but assume they were referring to gays born AFTER Stonehenge. Of course the ancients hate it. They hate everyone who wasn't a guest on Match Game or a guest star on Love Boat.

I can’t wait to see what Hannah does after the show ends. She’s so talented and now an Emmy winner

I tried to watch her stand up show once. I woke up two days later wondering where I was. I thank her for helping me quit Ambien.

R41 is Laraine Newman.

Jean Smart has been a type 1 diabetic for over 60 years. There's no way that hasn't taken its toll. I'm surprised she's still alive and healthy enough to have accomplished what she has.

I’m fine with Hacks being gone. Please take The Bear along with it.

[quote]Pay, it’s all about pay and ratings. I LOVE the show but the past season’s writing was shaky and a few supporting actors got too big for their britches.

I'll agree that last season had WAAAAAY too much Kayla, but the more realistic reason to stop now is because the genre it's lampooning *literally* just started dying off IRL. On the show this is assumed as a given in the long run, but with Colbert being shitcanned in such a grotesque fashion, I think the show would've needed to end after one more season even if that *wasn't* the original plan.

And yeah, last season was kind of a slog. Deborah & Ava made it to the top – problem being that the daily grind of putting out a late-night talk show doesn't yield as many comedic opportunities as one might think.

R19, Jean doesn't look any more "frail" than other actresses her age – she was still more than fit enough for the mildly strenuous acts on her late-night show, and she specifically noted on stage that she broke her knee.

R45, I think both "The Bear" and "Hacks" have planned for five seasons – and no more – the whole time. And with good reason: there are limits to how much plot you can pull out of a setup, and both shows are running low on it.

[quote]R40 Of course the ancients hate it. They hate everyone who wasn't a guest on Match Game or a guest star on Love Boat.

Well…. Hacks WOULD have been better with Brett Somers and Debralee Scott. That’s just the obvious truth!

R46 You are absolutely correct. The problem with many of these shows, including several that ran for many seasons, is that they run out of steam (creativity) after three seasons. Then they retool the plot lines, get silly or lose the thread of romantic tension. Even the comedy most people seem to love, Seinfeld, was awful after Larry David left and Jerry Seinfeld became executive producer. The first three seasons of Big Bang were brilliant, then they introduced the girlfriends and the show sucked, despite the higher ratings.

We didn’t overstay our welcome.

Great show. Jean Smart is a national treasure.

Hack writers: Please write a guest role for Delta Burke in 'Hacks.'. It would be so great to see Jean and Delta working together again.

Then Delta can win an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress.

Or write a guest role for Annie.

As much as I'd love to see Delta again I don't think she is up to it. Sadly.

EXACTLY, R48! That's why I appreciate shows like "Andor" that launch with a very explicit "we need two, and only two, seasons to tell this story, and there is zero chance it will continue."

FAR too many limited series – clearly intended as such – end up being "extended" solely due to ratings. "Big Little Lies" was the first, and admittedly leveled-up in unprecedented fashion by bringing on a FOURTH Oscar-winning actress – but S2 was still mostly a mess, and David E. Kelley fell back on his hack legal-writing shit.

The worst of the bunch – and possibly the worst streaming show EVER – was "And Just Like That...", which was also initially a limited series converted into a full-time one. We all saw the all-too-literal shitshow it devolved into.

AJLT was never a limited series

Well, it was mentally limited.

Every show has a beginning and an end.

'Meet The Press' is the only show that never ends.

The best thing about Hacks season 4 is Lauren Weedman as Mayor Jo

R57 - Lauren Weedman is such a hoot. She was a standout in 'Looking', too!

[quote] As much as I'd love to see Delta again I don't think she is up to it. Sadly.

Why? Has she ballooned?

Lauren Weedman was also a standout in SIRENS!

I agree about Lauren Weedman. I love her as Mayor Jo, such a great comedic actress.

The premise had a limited shelf life.

Hannah Einbinder is never going to get another high profile gig like Hacks again, so hopefully she saved and invested well.

How did she even get the lead role in the first place? Average looks and had no resume prior to Hacks.

[quote]Of course the ancients hate it. They hate everyone who wasn't a guest on Match Game or a guest star on Love Boat.

Hacks is the show that had Randy Newman as Deborah's first guest on her talk show, right?

Might want to rethink that comment, dear.

I’ve tried to watch that show so many times. I love Jean Smart. I just can’t get into it whatsoever - Einbender is unlikeable and ruins every scene she’s in. Her career will be over when Hacks ends.

The first season was a true diamond. The last season was a Zirconia.

Season 4 was not nearly as good as Season 3. Probably best to just do one more season.

I’m tempted to think Jimmy and Kayla are starting to eat the show.

Mayor / Lauren Weedman podcast R56 R57 R59 R61

Am I the only one who likes Einbinder on the show? I think she's excellent. I can see her having a successful TV career after Hacks ends.

I like Einbinder, too. I liked her standup special.

This from Mediaite

All the Free Palestine fools are so ridiculous.

I'd love to see this dumb bitch take a tour of Gaza. Hamas would throw her bisexual, Jewish ass off the nearest rooftop, gang rape her for good measure, and then fondle her mutilated tits.

R75 Okay, MAGA