Hacks Season 1 is the first season of a streaming black comedy drama TV series. The series explores a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and Ava (Hannah Einbinder), an entitled, outcast 25-year-old writer. Created by Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky, Hacks premiered on May 13, 2021 on HBO Max. Analysis follows …
It’s amazing to think that Curb Your Enthusiasm, created (and starring) Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, completed its 10th season recently, thereby surpassing the legendary comedy series (about nothing) itself. Curb Your Enthusiasm has built itself around David’s curmudgeonly lead character, ably supported by a memorable support cast, and an improvised narrative format. In this piece, I make the case that thus far, Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 7 was its best one yet!
