Spoilers below for Season 4 of Hacks (available to stream now with an HBO Max subscription ). If you are not caught up on the series, proceed at your own risk!

Truth is often stranger than fiction but when fiction mimics the real world in (more or less) real time, it feels far more surreal. Even if it wasn't immediately obvious., TV viewers got a taste of just that after Hacks ’ Season 4 concluded, with Stephen Colbert's surprising Late Night cancellation somewhat mirroring fictional late night queen Deborah Vance’s impromptu exit. Now, co-creator Paul W. Downs has weighed in on the wild coincidence.

The news broke in mid-July that CBS cancelled The Late Show in connection with getting Paramount’s merger with Skydance finalized , with a May 2026 end-date set for t

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