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Hacks‘ third season is still celebrating its critical success, but the Max original comedy from Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky is also nearly back with Season 4.

As fans will recall, Season 3’s final moments put iconic stand-up Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and comedy writer Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) at odds, with the latter blackmailing Deborah into giving her the head writer job on her new late-show host gig. What is in store going forward? Only time will tell, but with a premiere date, trailer, and more revealed so far, we’re breaking down all the need-to-know-details, below.

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Season 4 of Hacks will feature 10 all-new episodes, according to Variety. That brings the count up by one over Season 3’s nine-episode run and up to Season 1’s original run. Season 2 featured just eight episodes. “We’re going to be doing ten episodes because we’re feeling like there’s just so much to say and do,” Aniello told the outlet.

When will Hacks Season 4 premiere?

Hacks will officially premiere its fourth season on Thursday, April 10 with two episodes. One new episode will drop weekly until Episodes 7 and 8 are released together on May 15. Meanwhile, Episode 9 will arrive on May 22 and the Season 4 finale will drop on Max on May 29.

Is Hacks Season 4 in Production?

When it comes to Season 4 of Hacks, Aniello, Downs, and Statsky hit the ground running right after Season 4’s renewal announcement, getting to work on the scripts. And it wasn’t long before Einbinder shared footage from her participation in a Season 4 table read with the cast on her Instagram story.

Hannah Einbinder via Instagram

During the Emmys, the showrunners teased that filming for Season 4 is merely five days away as they accepted the award for Oustanding Comedy Series, hinting that cameras will be rolling as early as September 20th. The first official announcement of filming was revealed on September 30th when the show’s social media account posted a group photo of Einbinder and Smart alongside the showrunners. “Let’s roll. Hacks Season 4 is now in production,” the image was captioned.

What will Hacks Season 4 be about?

As mentioned, above, fans saw Ava choose to blackmail Deborah into giving her the head writer position on her new late-night show at the end of Season 3. Moving out of Las Vegas for Los Angeles, Deborah’s next chapter with Ava is clearly going to be a new era for Hacks, which will likely center around their behind-the-scenes dynamic. When TV Insider caught up with Einbinder at the end of Season 3 she teased, “I think what happens next will be as exciting as where we left off.”

“We always knew that this season would end with Ava needing to take the head writer position from Deborah,” Statsky said at the time about the betrayal. “Going into Season 4, they have a very new dynamic to their relationship because there is obviously going to be a lot of hurt feelings and a lot of animosity about what happened, and yet they have to make the show work because this is the biggest stage Deborah’s ever been on,” Statsky added. “The table is set,” Aniello noted. “And the stakes are high,” Downs revealed.

According to Season 4’s logline, tensions rise as Deborah and Ava endeavor to get their late night show off the ground and make history doing it.

Who is returning for Hacks Season 4?

Stars set to return for Season 4 include Smart, Einbinder, Downs, Megan Stalter, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Mark Indelicato, Rose Abdoo, Dan Bucatinsky, Helen Hunt, Tony Goldwyn, Kaitlin Olson, Jane Adams, Lauren Weedman, Christopher McDonald, Poppy Liu, Lorenza Izzo, Johnny Sibilly, Paul Felder, Polly Draper, Luenell, and Aristotle Athari.

Who will guest star in Hacks Season 4?

Meanwhile, new additions to Season 4 include guest stars Julianne Nicholson, Michaela Watkins, Bresha Webb, Robby Hoffman, and Eric Balfour with Danny Jolles, Gavin Matts, Grover Whitmore, III, Holmes, Jasmine Ashanti, Katy Sullivan, Matt Oberg, and Sandy Honig set to guest star as writers on Deborah’s new late-night show.  And more surprise cameos will unfold as the season streams on Max.

In the meantime relive all the laughs from the Hacks‘ first three seasons by streaming the show on Max.