Do Call It a ‘Comeback': Lisa Kudrow's HBO Comedy Set for Third and Final Season
HBO announced a third, and final, season of the comedy starring Lisa Kudrow on Friday. The show, created by Kudrow and Michael Patrick King (And Just Like That), will begin production later in the summer for a 2026 premiere.
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The Comeback stars Kudrow as Valerie Cherish, an actress who appeared on a hit sitcom in the early 1990s who's trying to make her way back into the spotlight. The first season, which premiered in June 2005, follows her as she's cast in a new comedy, with the stipulation that she also appear in a reality show about the making of the scripted series.
Season two saw Valerie cast in an HBO project about the sitcom writer who made her life hell in season one, earning widespread acclaim professionally even as her personal life was falling apart.
As for season three, 'Valerie Cherish has found her way back to the current television landscape. Neither of us are surprised she did,' Kudrow and King said in a statement.
Added Amy Gravitt, executive vp comedy programming for HBO and Max, 'No matter what the industry throws at her, Valerie Cherish is a survivor. On the 20th anniversary of her debut, Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow have brilliantly scripted her return to HBO, and we can't wait to see that.'
Dan Bucatinsky, Laura Silverman and Damian Young are set to reprise their roles from past seasons. Kudrow, King, John Melfi and Bucatinsky are executive producing the final season.
Along with the announcement, HBO released a video of Kudrow as Valerie teasing the new season. Watch it below.
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