Hacks season 5 episode 3 has only just dropped — but there's a major release date change coming to the hit HBO Max show's schedule
Keeping us on our toes for the next two weeks
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- Hacks season 5 will be releasing two episodes per week on HBO Max for the next fortnight
- Episodes 4 and 5 drop on April 30, with episodes 6 and 7 on May 7
- Season 5 will return to a weekly release schedule for the final three weeks (eps 8-10)
We're only three weeks into Hacks season 5, and it's already been so good to us.
We've had Deborah (Jean Smart) singing in Spanish with a Mexican band in a bid to land EGOT status (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony), Hannah Einbinder being serenaded by her real-life childhood crush Jesse McCartney, and Ann Dowd dressed as a blue alien while giving life advice at a Vegas fan expo.
Season 5 episode 3 is equally one for the books. Deborah hits it off with a new artist playing at the Palmetto, sparking an age gap romance worthy of a double-page spread in US Weekly.
Article continues belowHowever, there's more good news to come for devoted Hacks fans (or should I say Little Debbies?). HBO Max is changing the hit show's release schedule for the next two weeks... meaning we're doubling our binge for the foreseeable.
Hacks season 5 to air two episodes per week for the next fortnight on HBO Max
You read that correctly: Hacks season 5 will be releasing two episodes per week on HBO Max for the next fortnight.
This means that episodes 4 and 5 drop on April 30, with episodes 6 and 7 following up on May 7.
However, from episode 8 onwards, we return to a single episode weekly schedule for the final three weeks.
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The full release schedule looks something like this:
- Episode 1: out now
- Episode 2: out now
- Episode 3: out now
- Episode 4: April 30
- Episode 5: April 30
- Episode 6: May 7
- Episode 7: May 7
- Episode 8: May 14
- Episode 9: May 21
- Episode 10: May 28
HBO hasn't specified a reason for the mid-season schedule change, but who are we to complain?
At the time of writing, there are no episode synopses publicly available. But as Deadline reports, episode 5 will be an unexpected crossover with the hit reality TV series, The Amazing Race.
It's set to show "Deborah Vance and Kaitlyn Olson’s character DJ compete in a fictional celebrity episode of The Amazing Race featuring the CBS reality competition show’s host Phil Keoghan, its crew and actual props."
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Jasmine is a Streaming Staff Writer for TechRadar, previously writing for outlets including Radio Times, Yahoo! and Stylist. She specialises in comfort TV shows and movies, ranging from Hallmark's latest tearjerker to Netflix's Virgin River. She's also the person who wrote an obituary for George Cooper Sr. during Young Sheldon Season 7 and still can't watch the funeral episode.
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