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  "path": "/133844-considerations-hacks-and-the-comeback-emmys-2026/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-10T20:23:24.000Z",
  "site": "https://filmmakermagazine.com",
  "tags": [
    "Columns",
    "Emmys 2026",
    "Hacks",
    "Hannah Einbinder",
    "Jean Smart",
    "Jen Statsky",
    "lisa kudrow",
    "Lucia Aniello",
    "Michael Patrick King",
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  "textContent": "The Comeback always seems to coincide with a new existential crisis facing television. In 2005, the HBO comedy series—created by Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow, and starring the then recent Friends actress as a former sitcom star desperate to return to the spotlight—was a cutting satire about reality TV, which threatened to cheapen the medium with its low costs and tabloid-friendly drama. The show’s initial limited run garnered a cult following, and HBO revived it in 2014 when reality TV had achieved a certain level of legitimacy—but the industry was on the cusp of an overhaul with the impending streaming wars, churning […]\n\nSource",
  "title": "Hacks and The Comeback Beat the Odds"
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