Hacks claims surprise victory

Despite some stiff competition, ‘Hacks’ - which tells the story of the relationship between a legendary comedian and a young comedy writer - triumphed in the Outstanding Comedy Series category.

The HBO series bested the likes of ‘The Bear’, ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’, ‘Only Murders in the Building’ and ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ to bag the honour - much to the surprise of co-creator Paul W. Downs.

Accepting the award alongside the cast and crew, he said: "I have no thoughts in my brain. Thank you so much to the Academy.

"We are so lucky to live our dream and make television and we couldn't do it without our ‘Hacks’ family. All of our writers, all of our cast, all of our crew who make our dreams come true literally.

"When we pitched this show about two women, one of whom was over 60, we really didn't know if we could sell it."