Warning: this story contains spoilers from the series finale of "Hacks," now streaming on HBO. After cementing her legacy as a legendary comedian with a record-breaking show that will polish the lede ...

Note: This story contains spoilers from “Hacks” Season 5, Episode 10. Deborah Vance was never going to die. That may be a shock to “Hacks” fans who have seen the series finale to HBO Max’s Emmys ...

Comedy loves a good callback. The fifth and final season of “Hacks” contains some outstanding nods to triumphs that Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) savored together in ...

The truth — my truth — about the fifth and final season of HBO Max's Hacks is that I would have left it at the end of the penultimate episode last week. Deborah's show in Central Park, improvised ...

In its audacious series finale, the comedy series chose silence, grief, and a one-liner over a tidy sendoff — and mostly stuck the landing. By Kevin Dolak [This story contains spoilers from the series ...

Cinematographer Adam Bricker tells IndieWire about the joys of getting to always have Paris, and also five seasons of an HBO series. Getting to sculpt the show for five seasons with a core group of ...

The way “Hacks” would ultimately end hasn’t changed since the series was pitched seven years ago, Lucia Aniello told IndieWire, but the decision to make Season 5 the last was debated late in the ...

In an era of weakened social connections, experts say, bonding with an older or younger friend offers unique benefits. By Catherine Pearson This article includes spoilers for the final episode of ...

In its finale, this comedy about comedy circled back to the romance of creative partnership and the saving power of laughs. By James Poniewozik James Poniewozik is the chief television critic of The ...