They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but when it comes to the return of the Max Original comedy “Hacks,” that platitude is not the only reason why its third season is the best so far.

Taylor Gates is an Indiana native who earned her BFA in Creative Writing from the University of Evansville. She fell in love with entertainment by watching shows about chaotic families like Full House ...

Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky's award-winning Max series pushes its central couple, Ava (Hannah Einbinder) and Deborah (Jean Smart), to joyful — and unexpected — extremes. Ava and ...

Three years ago when Hacks premiered, my colleague Jason Tabrys observed how the Max series proved that the comedy generation gap is certainly not insurmountable. That central truth of the series ...

At the end of its second season, “Hacks” seemed to have written itself into a corner. On the heels of a hit special, veteran stand-up Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) fired Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder), ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ava and Deborah’s relationship is strictly platonic — Deborah’s running jokes about Ava’s “huge” hands negate any romantic ...

The comedy is at its peak and the storyline is better than ever on Season 4 of Hacks. The Emmy-winning show picks up directly after Season 3’s epic finale when comedy writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder) ...

The third season of the award-winning comedy shows no sign of wearing thin as the jokes and emotional beats keep coming in equally entertaining measure. While Smart continues to be the focus, ...