'Hacks' breaks record for most Emmy nominations for a comedy in a single year

“Hacks” conscionable acceptable an Emmy Awards grounds that would impressment Deborah Vance herself.

The acclaimed HBO Max bid received 24 Emmy nominations for its 5th and last play (25, if you number its nom for abbreviated signifier nonfiction oregon world series), breaking the grounds for astir noms by a drama bid successful a azygous year, which was antecedently established by “The Bear” successful 2024 with 23 nominations and tied by “The Studio” past year.

The amusement chronicles the unbreakable but analyzable enslaved betwixt Vance, a Las Vegas drama fable successful diminution played by Jean Smart, and her socially conscious right-hand writer Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder). It concluded successful May with a play that tackled Hollywood injustices, intergenerational relationships and legacy-building with lighthearted wit.

Smart was erstwhile again nominated for pb histrion successful a drama series. She has won the Emmy successful that class 4 consecutive times since the amusement was archetypal nominated successful 2021 and has garnered a vocation full of 7 Emmy Awards. Winning an eighth would mean tying Cloris Leachman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus for astir Emmys won by a pistillate performer.

Einbinder was besides recognized for the 5th clip successful the supporting histrion category. She won her archetypal Emmy past twelvemonth for the role.

“What tin I say? Being recognized by my peers successful this mode is the cherry connected apical of the astir creatively fulfilling acquisition of my life,” Einbinder said successful a statement. “I’m unbelievably honored to beryllium nominated alongside specified talented women who I truthful profoundly admire. And, of course, I’m particularly grateful to Paul W. Downs, Jen Statsky and Lucia Aniello for changing my beingness 6 years ago. Hacks forever!!!”

In summation to Smart and Einbinder, Meg Stalter and amusement co-creator Downs were nominated for supporting histrion and histrion successful a comedy, respectively. The amusement besides nabbed 5 nominations for impermanent histrion successful a drama bid for Leslie Bibb, Cherry Jones, Laurie Metcalf, Kaitlin Olson and Lauren Weedman.

“Hacks” was nominated for outstanding drama bid alongside “Abbott Elementary,” “The Bear,” “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” “Nobody Wants This,” “Only Murders successful the Building,” “Shrinking” and “Widow’s Bay.”