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Talk about the ultimate comeback! HBO has officially given the greenlight to Michael Patrick King's acclaimed comedy series The Comeback, co-created by and starring Lisa Kudrow as washed-up sitcom star Valerie Cherish, for a third and final season. The surprise renewal announcement comes 20 years after the first season debuted in 2005, and 10 years after the second season, so now seems like the appropriate time for the cameras to start rolling again on the hit mockumentary. The new episodes are set to debut on HBO and HBO Max in 2026.

The third season of The Comeback was announced in a video (shared below) that would have given fans of the series cause for celebration, not only because the show is staging yet another comeback, but because Kudrow appears to be back on top form as her cult favorite character at the center of it all — and wouldn't she be ecstatic about that.

Image Source: Max YouTube Get ready, fans of reality TV and uncomfortable laughs! It’s been two decades since we first met the unforgettable Valerie Cherish in The Comeback, and now, 10 years after her second season, HBO has officially announced that our favorite embattled actress is returning for a third and final season! Created by the brilliant minds of Michael Patrick King (And Just Like That…) and the iconic Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback has always offered a unique and often cringeworthy look at the world of Hollywood fame. And it seems Valerie, ever the survivor, just couldn’t stay away. Production for this highly anticipated final season kicks off this summer, and we can expect to see it hit HBO and HBO Max in 2026. The gang’s (mostly) all here! Lisa Kudrow will, of course, reprise her role as the one and only Valerie Cherish. She’ll be joined by returning series regulars Dan Bucatinsky,...

They say good things come in threes—and former “It” girl Valerie Cherish is determined to prove it. Lisa Kudrow posted a video today to announce the long-rumored third (and supposedly final) season of The Comeback, the “fictional reality show comedy hybrid” she created with Michael Patrick King. The announcement coincides with the 20th anniversary of the premiere of the series, which aired on HBO for two seasons in 2005 and 2014, respectively.

At the end of season two, Cherish learned that she’d won an Emmy award despite skipping out on the ceremony. Kudrow herself is an Emmy winner for her star-making role in Friends, but while she was nominated for both seasons of The Comeback, she never won for the series. Third time’s the charm?

In her post, Kudrow appears as Cherish, recreating the meme-able moment from season one of The Comeback where Jane (Laura Silverman), the producer of her reality show,...

Lisa Kudrow is stepping back into one of her most loved roles, and this time it’s official—HBO is bringing back “The Comeback” for a third season. The network confirmed the news after the show’s 20th anniversary on June 5.

Created by Kudrow and Michael Patrick King, the comedy series first came out in 2005. It was revived for a second season in 2014, and now, after more than a decade, it’s set to return again in 2026. HBO says this will be the “final season,” but considering how the show keeps coming back, that label might not really mean much.

Kudrow returns as Valerie Cherish, a former sitcom actress who’s always chasing her big moment. She’ll be joined by Dan Bucatinsky as her publicist, Laura Silverman as Jane, the producer behind the reality show inside the show, and Damian Young as her husband Mark.

One cast member who...

After celebrating its 20th anniversary on June 5, the comedy series “The Comeback” is officially coming back for a third season on HBO. The show, co-created by Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King, stars Kudrow as Valerie Cherish, a struggling actress trying to make a comeback.

Even though the announcement calls this the “final season,” fans might want to take that with a grain of salt. Since the show first aired in 2005, returned in 2014, and is now set to come back again in 2026 after starting production this summer, the idea of “final” doesn’t feel so final.

Lisa Kudrow will be back as Valerie, along with Dan Bucatinsky playing her publicist, Laura Silverman as Jane, the reality show producer, and Damian Young as Mark, Valerie’s husband. Sadly, Robert Michael Morris, who played Valerie’s best friend and hair stylist Mickey and passed away in 2017, won’t be returning. The 2014 season...

If at first you don't succeed (at the Emmys), try, try again.

HBO has renewed The Comeback, from Emmy winners Lisa Kudrow (Friends) and Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City), for a third and — the network swears — final season, the network announced Friday. It has been 20 years since the first season debuted in 2005, and 11 years since Season 2 aired in 2014.

Season 3 of the comedy series will begin production this summer with returning cast members Kudrow as Valerie Cherish, a washed-up actress who's now the subject of a documentary; Dan Bucatinsky as Billy Stanton, Valerie's publicist; Laura Silverman as Jane Benson, Valerie's producer; and Damian Young as Mark Berman, Valerie's husband.

The new season will air on HBO and stream on HBO Max in 2026.

The Comeback is one of those that shows that TV fans often cite as being "robbed" at the Emmy Awards. Meaning it never took home a trophy in any category,...

Lisa Kudrow is primarily known for her role as Phoebe Buffay in Friends. One year after the ten-season hit sitcom ended, the actress scored her own sitcom, The Comeback.

The satirical sitcom premiered on June 5, 2005, and aired for 13 episodes before it was canceled. Honoring its name, the comedy series returned after nine years with a new season of eight episodes, which aired from Nov. 9 to Dec. 28, 2014. Deadline reports Lisa Kudrow is now officially making a comeback, as the series The Comeback has been revived for a third and final season.

The series was created by Kudrow herself in collaboration with Sex and the City producer and director Michael Patrick King. The comedy gave a look inside the entertainment industry, and was shot by a two-camera crew. Kudrow played Valerie Cherish, a veteran B-list sitcom actress who fell out of the spotlight. However, she chronicles her return to the world of...

Valerie Cherish making a return for a new season of The Comeback on HBO? We do want to see that! And we will see that thanks to the unexpectedly delightful announcement made by the network on Friday, June 27. It's time to run back another rewatch on the first two seasons of the Emmy Award-nominated comedy series because season 3 is officially and finally on the way!

The Comeback season 3 will be the final season

In a video featuring Lisa Kudrow in character as Valerie Cherish, The Comeback season 3 renewal announcement reveals HBO will be bringing the series back for a third and final season in 2026. According to HBO's press release, filming on The Comeback season 3 begins this summer but doesn't reveal how many episodes have been ordered for the supposedly final run.

The show's creators Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow teased the upcoming third season with a preview of what...

Lisa Kudrow in ‘The Comeback’ season 2 (Photo by John P. Johnson/HBO)

HBO’s revived The Comeback starring Lisa Kudrow for a third and final…until it’s not…season. Never ever count The Comeback out. Season one premiered way back in 2005, and season two didn’t arrive until 10 years later. Season three is expected to debut in 2026.

Kudrow created the series with Michael Patrick King (And Just Like That) and stars as Valerie Cherish, a former TV star whose career has tanked. The cast of the upcoming final season also includes returning series regulars Dan Bucatinsky, Laura Silverman, and Damian Young.

“Valerie Cherish has found her way back to the current television landscape. Neither of us are surprised she did,” said Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow.

Filming’s expected to get underway this summer with King, Kudrow, Bucatinsky, and John Melfi executive producing.

“No matter what the industry throws at her,...

Lisa Kudrow and HBO aren’t letting the Friends star’s cult comedy go without a proper goodbye, and so it is that The Comeback is getting revived for a third and final season. The series, created by Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow, celebrated the 20th anniversary of its launch earlier this month, making today’s news monumental for fans. The revival speaks to the show’s lasting appeal, Kudrow’s endearing screen presence, and HBO’s desire to bring a familiar face back for more much-needed laughs.

The third and final season of The Comeback heads to production this summer for a 2026 HBO and HBO Max debut. In The Comeback, Lisa Kudrow plays Valerie Cherish, an ex-a-list celebrity attempting to rekindle the flame of her once prominent acting career with nothing but a camera crew and some determination.

“Valerie Cherish has found her way back to the current television landscape.

Twenty years after the first season debuted in 2005, and 10 years after the second season, HBO has announced that the original comedy series The Comeback, from Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow, will return for a third and final season.

Season three will begin production this summer and is expected to debut on HBO and HBO Max in 2026.

The returning regulars for The Comeback Season 3 include Lisa Kudrow, Dan Bucatinsky, Laura Silverman, and Damian Young.

“No matter what the industry throws at her, Valerie Cherish is a survivor,” said Amy Gravitt, Executive Vice President, HBO & Max Comedy Programming.

“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.”

Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow added, “Valerie Cherish has found her way back to the current television landscape. Neither of us are surprised she did.

Every 10 years, it looks as though Lisa Kudrow will stage a brand-new “Comeback.” Exactly 20 years after the beloved comedy series’ first season debuted in 2005, and 10 years after Season 2 in 2015, Kudrow officially is reprising her cult favorite role of Valerie Cherish for “The Comeback” Season 3.

Creator Michael Patrick King, who is now pulling double duty at HBO with “And Just Like That,” will return as showrunner. HBO is billing “The Comeback” Season 3 as “the final season,” but who knows if, in 2035, there will yet be another iteration. The third season will premiere in 2026 on HBO and HBO Max; production will begin this summer.

“The Comeback” centers on has-been sitcom actress Valerie Cherish (Kudrow) who makes her big return to network TV with a reality show called “The Comeback.” Valerie previously led comedy “Room and Board” and is looking to stage a reboot. Season 2 saw Valerie being Emmy-nominated (Kudrow also was nominated...

Lisa Kudrow's The Comeback is making its comeback for a third season, 11 years after the last season premiered and 21 years after the ending of Friends. The Comeback follows Valerie Cherish (Kudrow), a former sitcom actor who gets a second big break a decade later, with the caveat that she has to star in a reality TV show at the same time. The series originally debuted in 2005, though The Comeback season 2 wasn't released until 2014. It was easily one of Lisa Kudrow's best performances and a great follow-up to the ending of Friends, and now The Comeback is back for more.

Now, Warner Bros. has confirmed that The Comeback season 3 will be released 11 years after season 2 ended. Lisa Kudrow will reprise her role as Valerie Cherish, and Dan Bucatinsky, Laura Silverman, and Damian Young are all returning as well. Kudrow co-created The Comeback with Michael Patrick King, who is also returning for the third season.

I do wanna see that! 20 years after its premiere and 10 years after Season 2, HBO has finally (finally!) announced that The Comeback will... come back for Season 3. The network is labeling it the final season, and Lisa Kudrow (Friends) will once again reprise her leading role as Valerie Cherish. Production starts this summer, and the new season is slated to premiere in 2026.

The announcement was made by Valerie herself in a promo video that evokes the structure of the cringe comedy series that we came to know and love. In it, Valerie states that she has a new show and she's doing it one last time and "never doing this again." We quickly find out that "one last time" means recording the quick promo that is, of course, supervised by her ever-patient producer, Jane (Laura Silverman).

In an official statement, series creators Kudrow and Michael Patrick King (And Just Like That...) celebrated Valerie's return,...

Two decades after it premiered — and nearly 11 years after its most recent installment — The Comeback is making another comeback.

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.

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.

“The Comeback” is coming back one last time.

HBO renewed the beloved Lisa Kudrow comedy for a third and final season on Friday. This renewal comes 20 years after the premiere of the comedy’s first season and 10 years after its second season.

Season 3 is expected to begin production this summer with an HBO and HBO Max debut date planned for 2026. Michael Patrick King, who co-created the series and developed the currently airing “And Just Like That,” will also return. In addition to Kudrow, the series will star Dan Bucatinsky, Laura Silverman and Damian Young. “The Comeback” is created by King and Kudrow, who also executive produce alongside Bucatinsky and John Melfi.

“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,...

Valerie Cherish will be given another take as HBO is bringing back The Comeback for a third and final season.

The pickup comes on the heels of the cult comedy created by Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow, marking the 20-year anniversary of its launch earlier this month and more than a decade after the show’s Season 2 revival. The official green light follows weeks of speculation about a potential return of The Comeback, including chatter about a mini-room for the project this spring.

The third and final season will begin production this summer and is expected to debut on HBO and HBO Max in 2026. Kudrow will reprise her role as Valerie Cherish, a one-time sitcom star who chronicles her return to show business on a companion reality TV series called The Comeback.

“Valerie Cherish has found her way back to the current television landscape. Neither of us are surprised she did,...

After having celebrated its 20th anniversary on June 5, “The Comeback” — the beloved comedy co-created by Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King that stars Kudrow as actress Valerie Cherish — has been renewed at HBO for Season 3. The announcement also says “final season,” but when a show has been on once in 2005, a second time in 2014, and will be again in 2026 the word “final” feels meaningless, and we reject it.

Kudrow returns as Valerie, of course, alongside Dan Bucatinsky (who plays Val’s publicist), Laura Silverman and Damian Young. Missing from the ensemble is the late Robert Michael Morris, who died in 2017, and played Valerie’s best friend and hair stylist, Mickey. No other cast is listed, but the show’s 2014 iteration was loaded with guest stars, including Seth Rogen and Malin Åkerman, appearing as her character from Season 1.

In the announcement, HBO shared a statement from Kudrow and King: “Valerie Cherish...

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...

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A super-meta, super-prescient skewering of the showbiz world, and in particular, the relatively primitive phenomena of celebrity reality TV, “The Comeback” looked destined for the status of one-season wonder when HBO pulled the plug in 2005. “I was aware that it was mainly straight, white guys who couldn’t watch it,” its star Lisa Kudrow later acknowledged, perhaps explaining how douchebro counterpart “Entourage” — whose ratings it often matched — was allowed to run for eight (plus a truly loathsome film).

Thankfully, after a nine-year period in which the show had been reevaluated as a cult classic, Kudrow and co-creator Michael Patrick King were afforded the opportunity to reintroduce their glorious comic creation, the egotistical yet strangely sympathetic enigma that is Valerie Cherish for a second season. That hurrah ran beginning November 9, 2014, and inspired the very opposite response to her well-worn catchphrase, “I don’t want to see that.”

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Well, someone is madder than a mosquito in a mannequin factory this morning – but it serves him right!

Jay Johnston, best known for his recurring role on Bob’s Burgers, was sentenced on October 28th for the role he played on January 6th.

The actor, who has been in several other comedy projects over the years, was arrested in June 2023 after it was confirmed he participated in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Now, he’s headed to prison, like so many others found guilty of doing such unbelievable harm on that fateful day.

Jay Johnston attends “The Sarah Silverman Program” presented by The Paley Center for Media on May 2, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images) Jay Johnston’s Prison Sentence

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Mr. Throwback is a mockumentary-style comedy series created by Adam Pally and David Caspe. The Peacock series follows the story of Danny Grossman, a down-on-his-luck memorabilia salesman who was the top-rated 6th-grade basketball player in the country and also a teammate and friend with NBA legend Steph Curry. When Danny reaches out to Steph Curry, his life takes an unexpected turn. Mr. Throwback stars Adam Pally, Stephen Curry, and Ego Nwodim in the lead roles with Ayden Mayeri, Julian Sergi, Felix Jerry Droz, and Kyle Gibson starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the sports, comedy, and friendship in Mr. Throwback here are some similar shows you could watch next.

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The Comeback is a cringe satirical comedy series created by Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King. The HBO series follows the story of Valerie Cherish, a veteran sitcom actor who...

Is The Comeback coming back? (Fingers crossed.)

Lisa Kudrow says she would “love to” play Valerie Cherish again in a new interview with Newsweek, adding that series co-creator “Michael Patrick King and I are always talking about what would happen next. Always. And it’s been nine, 10 years now. So we’re due.” (When reached by TVLine about a possible third season, HBO had no comment.)

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The block, which first ran between 2005-14, returns on September 20 with The Simpsons at 8 p.m., new series Bless The Harts at 8:30, Bob’s Burgers at 9 and Family Guy at 9:30.

The Simpsons, which is enterting its 31st season, will feature spots from Legend and Teigen, Dillon, Parsons, Silicon Valley’s Zach Woods, Life In Pieces’ Fortune Feimster, NCIS: New Orleans’ Scott Bakula and Avengers: Endgame directors Joseph and Anthony Russo as well as previously announced John Mulaney, Bob Odenkirk, Jason Momoa and anthropologist Jane Goodall.

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John Legend and Chrissy Teigen will make their voice-guest starring debut on “The Simpsons” for the upcoming season of the long-running Fox animated comedy, the network announced at the Television Critics Association press tour on Wednesday.

But they aren’t the only famous faces who will be lending their vocals to Fox’s Sunday “Animation Domination” lineup this fall, with a roster of A-listers including Jason Momoa, Bryan Cranston, Niecy Nash, Megan Mullally, Holly Hunter, Mary Steenburgen and Billy Eichner set to guest star on “The Simpsons,” “Bob’s Burgers,” “Family Guy” and new series “Bless the Harts.”

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Sarah Silverman says she is among the roster of female comedians who witnessed fellow comic Louis C.K. masturbate, but for Silverman the act was consensual.

Silverman, appearing today on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio show, suggested that the absence of a power differential between her and C.K. precluded the behavior from being abusive. The incidents occurred early in the careers of the longtime friends.

“I don’t know if I’m going to regret saying this,” Silverman told Stern. “I’ve known Louis forever. I’m not making excuses for him, so please don’t take this that way. We are peers. We are equals. When we were kids, and he asked if he could masturbate in front of me, sometimes I’d go, ‘F*ck yeah, I want to see that!’”

Silverman continued: “It’s not analogous to the other women that are talking about what he did to them.

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Is The Comeback ever coming back? Recently, star Lisa Kudrow and co-creator Michael Patrick King discussed the future of the HBO TV show, EW reports.The comedy stars Kudrow as Valerie Cherish, a former sitcom star who becomes the subject of a reality show. The cast also includes Damian Young, Robert Michael Morris, Laura Silverman, Malin Akerman, Lance Barber, and Robert Bagnell.Read More…...

​Austin, Texas — At the Atx TV Festival, HBO’s “The Comeback” was still very much an object of TV fan adoration. Lisa Kudrow, Michael Patrick King, Dan Bucatinsky, and Laura Silverman joined moderator Abigail Spencer to reminisce about the fan-favorite comedy, and how the show returned to do a second season ten years after the first run.

They began the panel by taking a moment to pay tribute to Robert Michael Morris, who played Mickey Dean, Valerie’s hair stylist and confidant. Morris was supposed to join the group at Atx but passed away May 30.

“He’s the only person who could have played that part,” said Bucatinsky.

Kudrow made it clear that though the show was shot documentary style, “It was not about my experience on ‘Friends.'” She added, “I did send the writers cookies, but that’s because I love cookies, not so they’d write me more stuff.

“The Comeback” could be coming back — again. And for exhausting as that turn of phrase as become (we’re sorry), there is no sign of series fatigue among the cast and creators.

Co-creators Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King joined executive producer Dan Bucatinsky and co-star Laura Silverman for a reunion panel at the Atx TV Festival — moderated by the self-described “biggest ‘Comeback’ fan ever,” Abigail Spencer (“Timeless”) — and the group had plenty of ideas for how to keep the series going.

“There’s always a possibility,” Kudrow said of a Season 3. “If [Season 2] happened, then it’s a possibility.”

King echoed her enthusiasm, contending that the television landscape is perfectly set up for a return of Valerie Cherish.

“There’s so much aggressive sales needed, it’s like a perfect humiliation trap,” King said, holding up a water bottle sporting an ad for a network he wasn’t familiar with.

The sixth annual Atx Festival already has a slew of exciting reunions set for 2017: an “Alias” writers’ room reunion, a “Northern Exposure” reunion, and a “Designing Women” reunion are all already on the books. Now the stacked lineup is set to squeeze in two more: HBO’s “The Comeback” and the 30th anniversary of “thirtysomething.”

Lisa Kudrow, who co-created, executive produced and starred in “The Comeback,” will join fellow co-creator Michael Patrick King, cast member and producer Dan Bucatinsky, and cast member Laura Silverman for a reunion panel on the cult favorite. Additional cast will be announced at a later date, so here’s hoping Malin Akerman returns to discuss one of her best roles.

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This has been such an entertaining show to watch! I've enjoyed the strange visual style of it and the unique tone.

HBO cancelled The Comeback back in 2005 and some lamented that it was just ahead of its time. The show has since become a cult favorite. Will the ratings reflect that popularity? Will there be a third season? Stay tuned.

On The Comback, former "It Girl" Valerie Cherish (Lisa Kudrow) is still desperate to stay in the spotlight and believes that she's got it all figured out this time around. The rest of this comedy's cast includes Damian Young, Dan Bucatinsky, Lance Barber, Robert Michael Morris, and Laura Silverman.

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There's a lot of reluctance in episode two of "The Comeback." Valerie Cherish is reluctant to film her new HBO dramedy without being able to get plastic surgery first. Her husband Mark doesn't understand why Val would want either cosmetic surgery, referencing injections that went very wrong for her, nor does Mark understand why she'd want a role as "a not-so-flattering version of yourself written by a drug-addicted asshole." He later resists the camera crews filming him at home. That drug-addicted asshole, Paulie G., is also (and once again) reluctant to be filmed by the camera crews following her, now for a behind-the-scenes HBO web series--though that seems to be something even the fictional HBO representatives are reluctant about. There's little enthusiasm for it, especially with one of Valerie's young crew members slamming the boom mic into mini blinds. Most significantly, though, is the reluctance of Val's old producer, Jane,...

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Jane. Jane? Jane! Ok, now that we have your attention, it’s time to talk about the first official trailer for HBO’s The Comeback (Season 2!)

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The 90-second video, which first hit the web Sunday, finds Valerie Cherish back to the grind, starring in a new “HBO” series, Seeing Red. All your old favorites are back, including not-gay Mickey (Robert Michael Morris), the ever-reliable Jane (Laura Silverman) and Val’s former co-star Juna (Malin Akerman), who remains just slightly more famous than Miz Cherish.

And then...

Get ready, everyone. Valerie Cherish is back.

HBO canceled "The Comeback" after its first season back in 2005, but the beloved cult classic is about to return to TV and it looks like it's going to be better than ever.

Now fans can finally feast their eyes on the first full trailer and catch Lisa Kudrow's Valerie in all her faded sitcom star glory. You'll also catch familiar faces like Juna, played by Malin Ackerman, and Jane, played by Laura Silverman. The second season has Cherish is up for an HBO series called "Seeing Red" and it appears she's acting just as hilariously desperate as ever.

Oh, there's also a ridiculous Al Pacino impression in there. Just ... watch.

"The Comeback" comes back to HBO on November 9.

Valerie Cherish is back on TV — again — in the first full trailer for the HBO comedy series The Comeback. Canceled after a single season in 2005 before breathing new life, the show stars Lisa Kudrow as Valerie, a sitcom star desperate for the limelight and willing to be followed by reality TV cameras. In the new season, Valerie learns she has landed a part on an HBO series called Seeing Red. She also reunites with her old pals, including Jane (Laura Silverman) and Juna (Malin Akerman). Watch more Jimmy Kimmel Reunites 'Friends' Co-Stars to Read Awkward

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You’ve waited nine years, so what’s a few more weeks? HBO’s critically acclaimed but tragically canceled 2005 comedy The Comeback is upon us—a new eight-episode second season debuts Nov. 9 at 10 p.m. With plenty of buzz circulating about the return of Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King’s cult favorite, EW can now reveal everything headed your way in The Comeback’s second coming. (Well, mostly—check out this week’s Fall TV Preview for the full scoop from our set visit.)

Set in 2014, season two finds desperate actress Valerie Cherish (Kudrow) cast in Seeing Red, a...

Valerie Cherish (Lisa Kudrow) is making her comeback. HBO has announced that the second "limited" season of The Comeback will kick off in November and there will be six episodes. The show debuted in 2005 and ran for 13 episodes before being cancelled.

In addition to Kudrow, the season's cast will include Lance Barber, Dan Bucatinsky, Robert Michael Morris, Laura Silverman and Damian Young.

Here are the details:

"The Comeback," Starring Lisa Kudrow, And Created And Executive Produced By Michael Patrick King And Lisa Kudrow, Returns As A Limited Comedy Series This November, Exclusively On HBO

"B level" TV star Valerie Cherish was a pioneer of reality television. Now, it's ten years later - there's more TV than ever and she wants back in.

Lisa Kudrow (Emmy(R) winner for "Friends") stars as the embattled Valerie Cherish,...

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Well, she finally got it.

After months of rumors and speculation, HBO officially announced Monday that The Comeback will be returning to the network for a six-episode limited series this fall. The 2005 series followed Lisa Kudrow as D-list TV star Valerie Cherish trying desperately to make a career comeback while filming a reality show. Production will begin later this month in Los Angeles with Michael Patrick King (Sex in the City), Dan Bucatinsky (Scandal), and Kudrow all reprising their roles as executive producers.

“It was almost too fun to play Valerie Cherish the first time around,” Lisa Kudrow said in a statement.