Danette Chavez

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Danette Chavez

An elegiac tone dominates Hacks‘ season-four finale, “Heaven,” even though at first, Deborah’s career seems to have died without so much as a funeral. She quit her dream job as late-night host in such a public fashion, and yet the world seems to have just moved on: There’s no mention of interviews or exposés this week, not even the one that Lewis was working on at On The Contrary.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Danette Chavez

The “impossible dream” turned out to be possible on Hacks, but there was never any guarantee that it would last. After an arduous climb, albeit one they mostly made together, to the top, Deborah and Ava come tumbling down “A Slippery Slope” this week in one of the season’s (and the series’) most gratifying entries.  Winnie Landell’s words of advice about the difficulties of staying on top have echoed throughout season four, and they linger even after she gets the boot from Bob Lipka.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Danette Chavez

As The Bear fans scratch their heads over FX’s decision to stick with the binge release for season four, Hacks plays with its own schedule, releasing the second (and last) two-in-one of the season. Previous installments of the show also focused on episodic pairings, with only the season-three finale standing alone (and for good reason), while most of season four’s episodes, following the premiere, have been solo outings.

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Danette Chavez

Instead of a new equilibrium, Deborah and Ava have both reached new lows this season. One of them (Deborah) has indulged—and reveled—in more bad behavior than the other, but they’ve both been active participants in this race to the bottom. Ava followed up blackmail with a little more blackmail, convinced she could adopt Deborah’s tactics without losing herself, or, through all the concessions she’s made to her writing staff, at least achieve the karmic equivalent of carbon offsetting.

1 month ago | avclub.com | Danette Chavez

15 years and a couple of owners since we launched it, we’ve now reached the 10th season of A.V. Undercover. Our beloved music series has undergone a few transformations, but this year, we once again asked our readers for song suggestions, and you really delivered. We’ve come up with another great mix of songs from different decades and genres, and we can’t wait to see how the invited bands interpret them (dolls and movie props are welcome, but not required).