Extended Interview: Jean Smart
CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley
CBS News
4.3 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Jean Smart, the Emmy-winning star of "Hacks", talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about filming the final season of her HBO series.
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| 0:00.0 | Springs blooming at Starbucks. |
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| 0:27.5 | Subject to availability while stocks last. |
| 0:40.3 | This is Jane Pauley. Hacks is back. |
| 0:42.3 | The hit television show is entering its final season. |
| 0:46.3 | Sunday morning's Tracy Smith caught up with its stars. |
| 0:49.3 | So, big picture question, |
| 0:52.3 | looking back on these five seasons, what are you most proud of? |
| 0:57.5 | Oh, my gosh. |
| 1:00.0 | I think I'm most proud, and I shouldn't feel pride myself necessarily because I just cannot tell you how much I admire our writers, |
| 1:15.6 | our showrunners and our writers' room. |
| 1:17.6 | Because the thing that I worried about from the beginning |
| 1:20.6 | was that maintaining that relationship with Ava, |
| 1:26.6 | you know, which started out, of course, totally budding heads, |
| 1:30.2 | you know, generational and just lifestyle, everything. And I thought, you know, towards the end of |
| 1:36.1 | the season, they kind of start to become more friendly. And I thought, is that going to go away? |
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