Jean Smart has won for every season of 'Hacks.' Will she take a fifth straight comedy lead actress Emmy on Sept 14?
70% of users predicted YES — the community got this one right. 23 predictions cast.
Jean Smart won her fifth consecutive Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series at the Sept. 14, 2026 ceremony, for playing Deborah Vance in the final season of HBO Max's "Hacks." The win made her the first performer to win an Emmy for every season of the same show and gave her eight career Emmys overall, tying Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Cloris Leachman for the most ever by a performer.
Smart's total includes the five "Hacks" wins along with two prior Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Emmys for "Frasier" and one Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series win for "Samantha Who?" Allison Janney also tied the eight-win record the same night, for "The Diplomat."
Smart's win came even as "Hacks" lost the night's top comedy prize, Outstanding Comedy Series, to Apple TV's "Widow's Bay," leaving her performance as the marquee recognition for the show's farewell season despite a record 24 nominations overall.
The Predict Six community had set solid odds, 70% yes, on Smart extending her streak, and the result matched that expectation, one of the more predictable individual acting outcomes of the ceremony.