The Comeback

The Comeback - HBO

HBO

Series

2005

TVMA

Sitcom

A former sitcom star attempts to revive her career by starring in a reality show that documents her return to television as a supporting character on a new series.

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82%
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2005–2014 Series 3 Seasons 32 Episodes

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Matt Roush

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It’s about time that Valerie Cherish (the great Lisa Kudrow) got the last laugh. The fictional sitcom star hasn’t had much to smile about in the final season of the acidic showbiz satire, especially once it was revealed that her new show, How’s That?, was being written by AI. In the series finale, she is summoned by a “Mount Rushmore of TV writers” — played by stellar TV veterans Bradley Whitford, Justin Theroux, and Adam Scott — to take a stand, which puts her on the spot with her unrepentant NuNet bosses. Quite the burden to be told “the future of television depends on what you do,” when all Valerie desires is to make people happy.

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