Question

In one series, a man in this profession becomes homeless after discovering his wife Jessica’s affair with the art teacher Leif. In another show, a person in this occupation pays $1.69 million to get a sexist to quit this profession. A person in this profession is fired after almost (-5[1])outing Shy Baldwin in one show, and after facing (15[1])backlash (15[2])for a Tweet (15[1])about a closeted senator, (15[1])(*) Ava is hired by a woman in this profession on another show. Susie offers to become a manager for a person in this profession after watching her flash patrons of the Gaslight Café. Jean Smart stars as Deborah Vance on (10[1])Hacks, a show about a woman in, for 10 points, what occupation held by the title character of The Marvelous Mrs. (10[1])Maisel? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: stand-up comedian [accept either underlined portion; accept comic] (the show in the lead-in is Crashing)
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