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EXCLUSIVE: Hacks co-creators Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello are taking to market the first project following their multiple Emmy wins for the HBO Max comedy series. Hot Robot, a half-hour genre comedy written by Genevieve Aniello (The Other Two, Gayme Show), is being developed through Downs and Lucia Aniello’s Warner…

Female directors hit another milestone tonight when The Crown‘s Jessica Hobbs won Outstanding Directing For a Drama Series and Hacks‘ Lucia Aniello Won Outstanding Directing For a Comedy Series, respectively. This marks the first time women have swept both directing categories in the same year. 73rd Annual Primetime Em…

Warner Bros. Television Group has signed an overall deal with Emmy-nominated Hacks co-creators Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs and their production company Paulilu Productions after a competitive situation. This marks the first overall deal for Paulilu with WBTVG. Terms were not disclosed, but WBTVG reports that…

A total of 15 Emmy nominations including for Outstanding Comedy Series would be an impressive achievement for any first-season series, but in the case of HBO Max’s Hacks it is particularly noteworthy as the show didn’t even premiere until the end of the season and was still unveiling new episodes even after the Emmys…

Netting 15 Emmy nominations including for Outstanding Comedy Series, HBO Max's Hacks has been a hit since its premiere in May. The show centers on the relationship between legendary Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and struggling and entitled young comedy writer Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder). Both Smart…

It all began in a Honda Pilot en route to Portland, ME. Amici Lucia Aniello, Jen Statsky and Paul W. Downs were headed to tape a segment for the latter’s Netflix comedy special, and a discussion broke out about legendary female comedians, who never got their due, and for one reason or another, might have tripped in…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details from the entire first season of HBO Max's Hacks. On Saturday, the creators and stars of HBO Max's hit comedy Hacks appeared virtually at the ATX TV Festival to unpack Season 1 and tease Season 2. Given the fact that the conversation was pre-recorded prior to news that the show…

Following its premiere on HBO Max in May, Hacks became a runaway hit, generating awards buzz and swiftly landing a Season 2 renewal. While the comedic two-hander's success hinged on chemistry between its stars Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder, it also has a great deal to do with the sharp scripts penned by series…

HBO Max has given a 10-episode series order to a single-camera comedy starring Jean Smart, from Broad City alums Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky. The Universal TV project, executive produced by The Good Place creator Mike Schur, originally received a pilot order in late January. The pilot was in the midst…

Netflix has set the cast for their upcoming adaptation of the best-selling — and some might say iconic — YA book series The Baby-Sitters Club, which follows a group of middle-school friends who start their own babysitting business in the town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut. The club will include Sophie Grace as Kristy…

EXCLUSIVE: Broad City alums Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky have teamed for a new single-camera comedy with two female leads. The project, executive produced by The Good Place creator Mike Schur, has landed a pilot order at HBO Max. It hails from Schur’s Fremulon and Universal TV, where Schur has an…

Just a day after the Oscar snub for her Golden Globe winning performance in Lulu Wang’s critically acclaimed film The Farewell, Awkwafina couldn’t escape the topic even though she was at TCA to discuss the new Comedy Central series Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens. Awkwafina said that after the Academy Award nominations…