The trailer for Hacks Season 3 sees Jean Smart’s Deborah and Hannah Einbender’s Ava reuniting, previewing the return of the Emmy-winning Max comedy.
Hacks Season 3 will debut on Thursday, May 2 with two episodes. It will then be followed by two episodes each week until the season finale on May 30.
What to know about Hacks Season 3
The new season will follow up on the conclusion of the previous installment, which had Deborah firing Ava as a way of allowing the young writer to focus on her own career. Despite their amicable paring, Ava still misses Deborah.
The official synopsis reads: “A year after parting, Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) is riding high off the success of her standup special while Ava (Hannah Einbinder) pursues new opportunities back in Los Angeles.”
Along with Smart and Einbender, the cast also includes Paul W. Downs, Megan Stalter, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Kaitlin Olson, Christopher McDonald, Mark Indelicato, Rose Abdoo, and Lorenza Izzo.
Guest stars include Helen Hunt, Christina Hendricks, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Bucatinsky, George Wallace, and Tony Goldwyn.
The show is created and showrun by Emmy winners 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. The studio is Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.
