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27-06-2025
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Lisa Kudrow's The Comeback Returning to HBO for Third and Final Season
Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King are reviving their acclaimed satire The Comeback for a third and final run… and we definitely need to see that! The series — which enters production this summer and returns to HBO/HBO Max in 2026 — originally hit screens in 2005. An eight-episode Season 2 followed nearly 10 years later in 2014. The show tells the story of a B-list sitcom star who's so desperate to revive her career that she agrees to star in a reality television show called The Comeback. 'Cameras follow her every move as she angles to keep her head above the Hollywood fray, even as she's woefully out of touch with modern show business,' reads the official description. More from TVLine Save the Dates: Billy Joel's HBO Docu, Judge Judy's New Show and More Ransom Canyon Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix Bet Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix 'Valerie Cherish has found her way back to the current television landscape,' Kudrow and King said in a joint statement Friday. 'Neither of us are surprised she did.' 'No matter what the industry throws at her, Valerie Cherish is a survivor,' executive vice president, HBO & Max Comedy Programming Amy Gravitt said. 'On the 20th Anniversary of her debut, Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow have brilliantly scripted her return to HBO.' Watch Valerie announce her new show below: Kudrow and King recently commented on a then-potential Season 3 in a Variety Q&A, noting that Valerie is so endlessly entertaining because her quest for fame and respect leaves her endlessly frustrated. 'It's really about whether we can find an idea worth going beyond one joke,' King said. 'She'll show up at one of those lunches, and I'm laughing as hard as I did 20 years ago. It's the same vibration. The thing about Valerie — the reason why, if we find an arena, it's going to be great — is that Valerie will never get everything she wants. It's thrilling when you have somebody who's practically a Greek character, going through the underworld to get the golden apple and coming back up like, 'Well, I got it!'' 75+ Cancelled TV Shows That Came Back! View List Aside from Kudrow, returning for the final run as regulars are Dan Bucatinsky (Scandal), Laura Silverman (The Sarah Silverman Program) and Damian Young (Ozark). (Robert Michael Morris, who played Mickey, died in 2017.) The Comeback was created by King and Kudrow, who executive-produce alongside John Melfi and Bucatinsky. Thoughts on the news? Pumped to see Valerie back on our screens? Sound off in the comments! Best of TVLine 'Missing' Shows, Found! Get the Latest on Ahsoka, Monarch, P-Valley, Sugar, Anansi Boys and 25+ Others Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?) The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More
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25-06-2025
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Squid Game Creator Teases Spinoff Idea Ahead of Series Finale — When Would It Be Set?
Netflix's survival thriller Squid Game will officially end with Season 3 on Friday, June 27, but that hasn't stopped creator/writer/director Hwang Dong-hyuk from brainstorming new ideas to keep his bloody battle arena alive. In a conversation with EW, Hwang elaborated on how he could potentially keep the dystopian world alive — and which characters he might be able to expand on down the line. More from TVLine Save the Dates: Billy Joel's HBO Docu, Judge Judy's New Show and More Ransom Canyon Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix My Life With the Walter Boys Season 2 Lands Summer Release - See First Photos 'I actually had this faint ideation about possibly a spinoff — not a sequel, but maybe a spinoff about the three-year gap between Season 1 and Season 2 when Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) looks around for the recruiters,' he said. 'There is that three-year period, and maybe I could have a portrayal of what the recruiters or Captain Park (Oh Dal-su) or officers or masked men were doing in that period, not inside the gaming arena, but their life outside of that. So that is some vague ideation that I have that could possibly be developed in the future.' Despite Hwang's spinoff idea(s), the creator assures fans that everything will be resolved by the end of Season 3's six-episode run — though he offers zero hints about Gi-hun's fate. 'Season 3 is indeed a finale, and you'll be able to feel that once you watch,' he said. 'But I'm not trying to say that I'm going to close the door to spinoffs or sequels altogether because they say never say never.' Would you watch a spinoff series? And what do you think is going to happen in the show's final season? Let us know in the comments. Squid Game Season 2: 10+ Burning Questions View List Best of TVLine 'Missing' Shows, Found! Get the Latest on Ahsoka, Monarch, P-Valley, Sugar, Anansi Boys and 25+ Others Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?) The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More
