Hacks has been renewed for season 4.
The highly-popular comedy series starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder will return to the MAX it was announced Thursday.
The news came just hours after a dramatic season 3 finale dropped on theWarner Bros. Discovery streaming service.
The series has also been a success among critics as Jean - who recently opened up about the shock death of her husband Richard Gilliland - has earned two Primetime Emmy Awards in theOutstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series categories for season one and two.
Hacks has been renewed for season 4 as it was announced on Thursday as the highly-popular comedy series starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder will return to the MAX
Hacks follows a dark mentorship that forms between a legendary Las Vegascomedian named Deborah Vance played by Jean and an entitled comedy writer outcast named Ava Daniels played by 29-year-old Hannah.
The series also starsCarl Clemons-Hopkins, Megan Stalter, Paul W. Downs, Rose Abdoo, Mark Indelicato, and Kaitlin Olson
Hacks wascreated by the aforementioned Downs, Lucia Aniello, and Jen Statsky.
Earlier this month Jean reflected on the shock death of her husbandRichard Gilliland - three years after he passed away from a heart condition.
The actresswho was married to Gilliland for 34 years before his death aged 71 in March 2021, said the loss of the love of her life was 'the worst' and that she will 'never get over it.'
In a clip from the May 17 episode of Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? obtained by People, Smart said she initially believed her husband had COVID when he fell ill with chest pains.
She said: 'Because it was such a shock. It was so unexpected. And, you know, I thought he had COVID or something. The places I took him to, to get him tested. Didn't do anything except a COVID test.
Smart said she 'went back to one of those places' to speak to the person in charge after her husband's death.
The series has also been a success among critics as Jean has earned two Primetime Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series categories for season one and two.
Hacks follows a dark mentorship that forms between a legendary Las Vegas comedian named Deborah Vance played by Jean and an entitled comedy writer outcast named Ava Daniels played by 29-year-old Hannah
'I said, "Let me ask you something. I said if I brought my 71-year-old husband in here, who was complaining of pain when you take deep breaths, and I said, "What would you do for him?" He said, "Well, [the] first thing we do is an AKG." I said, "He died last week. Why didn't you do that?"'
Smart - who shared sons Connor, 34, and Forrest, 15 with Gilliland, said she had struggled to accept Gilliland was really gone.
She said: 'I've lost a sibling. That's a different, whole different experience. Losing your mate of 35 years. I mean, literally half my life I lived with him is just kind of indescribable.
'And it just you go through this period of thinking it's just not real. It's just this isn't real. You know? This just doesn't make any sense."
The couple, who had met on the set of Designing Women in the 1980s, had been married nearly 34-years.
Gilliland died just as Smart was shooting the final week of season one of Hacks, the comedy-drama series for which the actress has since received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series.
She opened up about working in the wake of Richard's death while speaking to The New Yorker in 2022.
'I still had a week of Hacks left to do,' she said. 'That was hard. I had to do a funeral scene. I was a wreck, but it actually turned out to be very funny.'
Jean recently reflected on the shock death of her husband Richard Gilliland - three years after he passed away from a heart condition - pictured 2020
The actress, 72, who was married to Gilliland for 34 years before his death aged 71 in March 2021, said the loss of the love of her life was 'the worst' and that she will 'never get over it' - pictured 2017
Their work together included TV movies like Audrey's Rain and Just My Imagination as well as the stage piece It Had To Be You
Smart - shared sons Connor, 34, and Forrest, 15 (pictured 2021) with Gilliland
Hacks stars Smart and Hannah Einbinder, with Smart portraying an iconic Las Vegas comic Deborah Vance alongside Einbinder's Ava
She continued: 'I was a wreck, but it actually turned out to be very funny. But he was one of those actors who never got the chance to really show what he could do. A couple of times onstage, he did.
'But he really sacrificed his career for me to be able to take advantage of my opportunities. I wouldn't have all this, if it wasn't for him.'
They met when Gilliland landed the recurring role of J. D. Shackelford, the boyfriend of Annie Potts' character, Mary Jo Shively, on Designing Women (1986-1991).
His acting resume dated back to 1974 with a guest role on the hit crime drama series The Streets of San Francisco. The Los Angeles native also made notable appearances over the years on McMillan & Wife (1976-77) The Waltons (1981), The Love Boat (1985), Matlock (1991, 1993, 1995), Party Of Five (1998), 24 (2006) and Dexter (2009), as well as the television miniseries Little Women (1978).
Smart starred as Floyd Gerhardt in the black comedy crime-drama series Fargo (2016), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Series.
She also got the same Outstanding Supporting Actress nomination for her portrayal as Agent Laurie Blake in Watchmen (2019).
Along with Designing Women (1986-1991), her career highlights on television also includes two Primetime Emmy Awards for Frasier (2000-2001) and another for Samantha Who? (2007-2009).
She also has starred in such notable films as Sweet Home Alabama (2002), Garden State (2004), I Heart Huckabees (2004), Youth in Revolt (2009), The Accountant (2016) and A Simple Favor (2018).
