HBO Max‘s Hacks is wrapping its Emmy run with a big showing, landing 24 nominations for its fifth and final season, the most ever for a comedy series in a single year.
That eclipses the previous record of 23 set by FX’s The Bear in 2024 and matched in 2025 by Apple TV’s The Studio.
Hacks also surged past Schitt’s Creek‘s 2020 record for most Emmy nominations a comedy series has scored in its final season, 15.
While Schitt’s Creek was completely overlooked by Emmy voters for its first four seasons, landing its first four nominations in 2019 for Season 5 before exploding with 15 noms the following year, Hacks has been an Emmy darling from the start. (Schitt’s Creek aired on low-key cable network Pop; it started getting Emmy attention when it got additional exposure on Netflix.)
The comedy starring Jean Smart has been consistent throughout its run, landing 15 Emmy nominations for Season 1, 17 for Season 2, 16 in Season 3 and 14 for Season 4. Hacks blew past that in Season 5, almost doubling its 2025 tally with 24 noms today, including fifth consecutive ones for Outstanding Comedy Series and Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Smart).
The show’s 12 wins to date include one Outstanding comedy Series Emmy and four Lead Actress In a Comedy Series statuettes for Smart.
The overall record for most nominations in a single year is held by HBO’s fantasy drama Game Of Thrones which scored 32 for its final season.
