The creators of Hacks told Deadline they are planning a full-series DVD box set after the show’s May 28 finale, an effort they describe as insurance against the impermanence of streaming. Lucia Aniello, one of the show’s creators, said the team is “really hoping to make a Hacks DVD box set” and that they are “trying to make that happen.”
Aniello framed the box set as a practical response to the way television and film disappear from services without warning. “It’s such an important time for people to invest in physical media because you’re right, things are coming down all the time and it’s like, ‘Oh, I love that movie, I want to see it.’ You just can’t, babe, it doesn’t exist,” she told Deadline.
The show that debuted on HBO Max in 2021 reaches its finale this month, and the creators say a DVD set would keep Hacks available long after the episode stream lifespans expire. Aniello was blunt about where she sees the danger: “That does really put so much power of the distribution of art in the hands of algorithms and people’s whims and certain executives not liking somebody’s brother, so they take down their movie or show or whatever. It is really scary, the idea of censorship, especially as more and more companies are bought up by other companies.”
Hacks ends as the television business confronts a wave of consolidation. Among the transactions roiling Hollywood, the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger is named by the creators as part of a larger sense that corporate deals make streaming availability precarious — a worry echoed by many in Hollywood who have opposed the merger. The creators connected those industry moves directly to their desire for a physical archive of the show.
There is an internal push but not a finished product. Aniello said she wants the box set to include DVD extras and deleted scenes, describing the project as more than a plain transfer: “We just want to make sure the show stays in existence for as long as DVD players exist.” At the same time, she acknowledged limits: there are currently no official plans to release the box set. The comments make clear the team’s intent and priorities even if a shipping date or distribution deal has not been locked down.
The tension in the story is simple and immediate: creators are racing to preserve their work by traditional means while the commercial engines that host their shows restructure. Aniello summarized that sense of shrinking options: “But yes, as we’re talking about all these things, it has become only bleaker.” The box set, if it materializes, would be a direct, tangible response to that bleakness.
For viewers who want to follow how Hacks reaches its final credits and the aftermath, the newsroom has coverage of Jean Smart’s lead as the series closed and a review of the Season 5 finale that underlines the stakes the creators say they hope to protect: Jean Smart Tops Projected Emmy Comedy Lead Field as 'Hacks' Nears End ( and Hacks Season 5 Ends with a Heartfelt Finale That Reclaims Deborah Vance's Legacy (
Bottom line: the creators are actively trying to assemble a Hacks DVD box set after the May 28 finale and want it to include extras and deleted scenes, but as Aniello herself admits there are currently no official plans — the drive exists, the product does not yet. That is both the answer and the immediate story: the team is pushing for physical preservation, and whether they succeed will depend on deals they have yet to make.
