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‘Hacks’ Spinoff Will Never Happen, Paul W. Downs Says: ‘We Feel So Happy With How It Ended’
Paul W. Downs, co-creator and star of the HBO comedy “Hacks”, has definitively ruled out a spin-off following the show’s fifth and final season. Speaking to Variety after the series broke the record for the most-nominated comedy at this year’s Emmys, Downs said a spin-off centred on his character Jimmy and Megan Stalter’s Kayla was…
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Casey Bloys on HBO’s Huge Emmy Noms Haul, ‘The Pitt’ Dominance, Whether He Has ‘Heated Rivalry’ Regrets and His Own Future Post-Merger
HBO’s content chief Casey Bloys spoke to Variety after the platform led the 2026 Emmy nominations with an industry-topping 122 nods, driven by strong showings for the drama “The Pitt” and the comedy “Hacks”. The haul marks a high point in Bloys’s decade running HBO, but it arrives amid uncertainty, as the pending acquisition of…
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The Pitt earns 25 Emmy nominations, nearly doubling its debut haul
HBO Max’s medical drama “The Pitt” secured 25 Emmy nominations for its second season, nearly doubling the 13 it earned for its debut. The haul establishes the series as one of the year’s most recognised dramas and places it narrowly ahead of “Hacks”, which set a comedy-series record with 24 nods. The scale of the…
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Emmy Nominations Analysis: ‘The Pitt’ And ‘Hacks’ Dominance Proves It Helps To Be On A Show Voters Actually Watch
Deadline awards columnist Pete Hammond analyses the 2026 Emmy nominations, announced on Wednesday, in which the medical drama The Pitt led with 25 nominations and the comedy Hacks set a new comedy-series record of 24 in its final season, beating the previous record held by The Studio and The Bear. Hammond argues the results confirm…
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Two of Gaming’s Best Sci-Fi Franchises Are Officially Crossing Over
Apex Legends, the popular battle royale game, is holding a limited-time crossover event with Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, bringing the acclaimed sci-fi anime’s aesthetic and characters into the game. The article frames this as a rare, more ambitious example of a gaming crossover at a time when such tie-ins have become a routine part of live-service titles.…
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Taylor Swift Receives Primetime Emmy Nod, Kicking Off What Is Likely to Be a Busy Awards Year
Taylor Swift has received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Taylor Swift/The Eras Tour/The Final Show, recognised as both performer and producer in the outstanding variety special (pre-recorded) category. The nod is expected to be the first of many honours in a busy awards year for the singer, who is also widely tipped for an Oscar…
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HBO Max Scores Largest Emmy Nomination Haul as ‘Hacks’ and ‘The Pitt’ Lead Comedy and Drama
HBO Max topped all networks and streaming platforms in the 2026 Emmy Award nominations announced on Wednesday, securing 122 nods and continuing its dominance of the awards race. Its haul was led by the reigning best drama and comedy winners, The Pitt and Hacks, underlining the platform’s strength in prestige television even as its overall…
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2026 Emmy Nominations: ‘Widow’s Bay,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Hacks,’ ‘The Pitt,’ more
The article could not be summarised because its content was not available. The text supplied consists only of a browser challenge message (“Just a moment… Enable JavaScript and cookies to continue”), which is a bot-protection screen rather than the news story itself. As a result, none of the actual reporting on the 2026 Emmy nominations…