Every so often, you stumble on a new TV show that you’ve never heard of (and I’ve watched and heard of a lot of TV shows). And every so often, that TV show is so insanely funny that you cannot stop laughing.
It’s also occasionally sad and touching. And it also has a second season because this show was made a very long time ago. And the second season is even better than the first.
And then, when you look into that show, you discover that, despite you never hearing about it (and trust me, my feeds are filled with a lot of entertainment news), the show has been renewed for a third season 10 YEARS after it was cancelled.
I am, of course, talking about “The Comeback”, an absolutely hilarious TV show about a reality show filming Valeria Cherish (played by the wickedly talented Lisa Kudrow) filming a TV show. If the premise isn’t enough to intrigue you, then hear me on this: you must watch this show.
The Comeback
The series initially follows Valerie Cherish (Kudrow), a veteran B-list sitcom actress who is cast as Aunt Sassy on a new network sitcom called Room and Bored, and as part of landing the role, agrees to chronicle her return to the television industry on a reality television series called The Comeback.
The second season was released ten years after the first and follows Valerie as she initially attempts to produce her own reality television pilot for producer Andy Cohen, having found that reality television has become significantly more popular since she made The Comeback nine years earlier.
After she is cast as a fictionalized version of herself on an HBO series called Seeing Red, which chronicles the career of the sitcom writer and producer who tormented her nine years earlier on Room and Bored, the footage is repurposed as a documentary film.
The first two seasons are available now on HBO.
On July 27, 2025, HBO announced, “20 years after the first season debuted in 2005, and 10 years after season two, HBO has announced the original comedy series THE COMEBACK, from Michael Patrick King (“And Just Like That…”) and Lisa Kudrow, will return again for a third and final season.”
Season three will begin production this summer and will debut on HBO and HBO Max in 2026.