Jean Smart bids farewell to ‘Hacks’
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This is Fresh Air. I'm Terry Gross. The HBO series Hacks is nominated for 24 Emmys. That's a record-breaking number for a comedy series in a single year. It finished its fifth and final season this past spring.
Our guest is the show's star, Jean Smart. She spoke with guest interviewer Arthur Shahani. Arthy is a veteran NPR journalist, host of the podcast Art of Power, and author of the memoir Here We Are. Here's Arthy. Gene Smart is on the cusp of making TV history.
The star of the hit show Hacks has been nominated again for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy series. She won in that category for every previous season of Hacks. The show is about two female comedians, one at the start of her career, the other, played by Gene Smart, at the purported end of hers. While they can't stand each other at first, They are also ravenously ambitious.
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