The dream of a Hacks spin-off is dead

A Jimmy and Kayla spinoff is “not going to happen,” Downs told Variety in a post-nomination interview. “The reason is that the story has been very important to us; we pitched its ending from the beginning. Because we were able to end it in the way that we did, it feels like something we do not want to change in any way. We want it to exist the way it did.” In the final episode of Hacks, Jimmy and Kayla finally assume control of her father’s talent agency, Latitude. Their exploits on the talent side of the industry—particularly season four’s Dance Mom arc—became a bigger part of the show as the series continued, and the potential for a comedy focused on agents managing out-of-control talent seemed obvious. 

But alas, it is not meant to be. “We feel so happy with how it ended, and we are so happy with how people have reacted to the finale of the show. For that reason, it’s something that we want to leave [as is],” says Downs. “I’ve never definitively said that, but I’m definitively saying that. I’m not being coy, I’m telling you the truth. It’s not happening.”