Inside the Writers Room: Hacks

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL'S ON STORY PODCAST by Austin Film Festival

Sep 9, 202659:47Arts

This week on On Story, a conversation on Hacks with its co-creator and co-showrunner Jen Statsky. Hacks follows the odd-couple antics of trailblazing standup comedian Deborah Vance, played by Jean Smart, and struggling u...

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