Producers and stars of HBO Max's Hacks (Lucia Aniello, Jen Statsky, Paul W. Downs, Jean Smart, Mark Indelicato, Poppy Liu) gather with moderator Michael Schneider at PaleyFest LA 2022 to celebrate their show. Topics include: the pressures of maintaining quality when a hit series starts its second season; the challenge of making the show's central love-hate relationship into an ongoing scenario; Smart's reaction to winning an Emmy, along with several other awards, for her role; how Aniello continued to direct an episode after going into labor; acclaim earned from the show's depiction of LGBTQ relationships; Indelicato's thoughts on how the cast's dynamic compares to what he experienced as a series regular on "Ugly Betty"; and the ways that performers like Joan Rivers and Debbie Reynolds helped inspire the lead character's conception.