1/2 of Paulilu. Co-creator of Hacks.
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'Hacks' Complete Five-Season Blu-ray Box Set to Go on Sale This Holiday Season (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2026/tv/news/hac…
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Rosie O’Donnell just spent a week filling in for Jimmy Kimmel, and the results were TV magic.
Over four nights, O’Donnell, the 1990s talk show host whose two stints on “The View” both fizzled out, proved that she may yet have another act, and it may be on one of television’s grandest — diminished, but still grandest — stages.
Read the full column: wp.me/pc8uak-1lHESv
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.@paulwdowns opens up about the pressure of delivering a satisfying "Hacks" finale after five seasons
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Watch our panel on Breaking Down a Scene with Emmy-nominated actors @paulwdowns (‘Hacks’),@jeffkober (‘The Pitt’), @ErnestHarden Jr. (‘The Pitt’) & Stephen Root (‘Widow's Bay’), moderated by @jenelleriley: bit.ly/4wZlLU5
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#Hacks isn’t over after all — not just yet.
The 'Hacks' cast and creators are celebrating the final season’s record-breaking 24 Emmy nominations — the most nominated season of a comedy ever — with a one-night-only “in-world production” starring Jean Smart as Deborah Vance and Hannah Einbinder as Ava. hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-…
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Andy Cohen has an EXPLOSIVE confrontation with Hacks co-creator Paul W. Downs. #WWHL
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Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder Will Play Their 'Hacks' Characters on Stage in One-Night Event 'Deborah Vance & Friends & Enemies Live!' variety.com/2026/tv/awards/j…
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Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder will reprise Deborah Vance and Ava at a live comedy show at Hollywood's Fonda Theatre.
This is the first time Smart and Einbinder have appeared in-character outside of the Emmy-winning HBO Max comedy. The live special is timed to the start of Emmy Phase 2 voting.
variety.com/2026/tv/awards/j…
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“Hacks,” HBO’s hit comedy starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder, ended last night, after five stellar seasons and a dozen Primetime Emmys. What began as a woke-vs.-joke rivalry between the two leading ladies progressed into an artistic soulmate bond unlike any other on TV. “ ‘Hacks’ is, most richly, a show about collaboration, about how creative friction breeds originality; in the battle between boomers and Zoomers, it points the way toward an armistice,” Michael Schulman writes. Read his farewell to the series: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Z4…
