Spotlight TELEVISION Going home: ‘Hacks’ bids its 5-year run goodbye Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises Apr 11, 2026 Apr 11, 2026 Updated Jul 10, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Producers say the final season of “Hacks” has a “Wizard of Oz”-like quality.kAm“(6 H2?E65 E9:D D62D@? E@ 766= =:<6 E9:D 8C@FA W@7 492C24E6CD H2DX 4@>:?8 E@86E96C[” D2JD tI64FE:G6 !C@5F46C y6? $E2ED<J]k^AmkAm*6E — D9256D @7 “(:4<65” — 4@\DE2C w2??29 t:?3:?56C D2JD :E H2D >@C6 E92? E92E] w6C 492C24E6C[ pG2 s2?:6=D[ “92D 366? 492?865 2?5 366? 27764E65 7@C 8@@5]”k^AmkAm$E2C y62? $>2CE 28C66D] q@E9 96C 492C24E6C[ 4@>65:2? s63@C29 '2?46[ 2?5 t:?3:?56C’D 92G6 364@>6 >@C6 ?F2?465 “2?5 E96J’G6 492?865 6249 @E96C] uC@> s2J ~?6[ s63@C29 H2D @? E96 A286 2?5 x E@E2==J 8@E 96C]”k^Am People are also reading… David Hoffmann: Local news can bring communities together Concord Art Walk on Union coming up Saturday. 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D96 8@E E96 DE@CJ=:?6[ “x H2D ?@E DFC6 x H2D C62= 92AAJ 23@FE :E 3FE x D2:5[ ‘x ECFDE J@F 8FJD] x 2=H2JD 92G6 2?5 :E 2=H2JD EFC?D @FE 8C62E]’ p?5 :E 5:5] p?5 ?@H x E9:?< :E’D <:?5 @7 A6C764E 2?5 ECF=J 8C62E]”k^Am kAm}@ A=246 =:<6 “w24<D”n x?5665]k^Am Movies in a minute with film critic Bruce Miller Movies in a Minute: "The Bride!" Movies in a Minute: "Project Hail Mary" Movies in a Minute: "Hoppers" Movies in a Minute: "The Drama" Movies in a Minute: "Reminders of Him" Movies in a Minute: "Scream 7" Movies in a Minute: "Twinless" Movies in a Minute: "Wuthering Heights" Movies in a Minute: "Dracula" Movies in a Minute: "Send Help" Movies in a Minute: "Is This Thing On?" 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