The Comeback's Final Chapter: Valerie's Wild Ride

0:00It's March 22nd. Entertainment and celebrity news today starts now. AI-powered and trending. Lisa Kudrow is bringing back her iconic role as Valerie Cherish in the third and final season of the satirical series The Comeback. The show premieres on HBO and Max on March 22nd. It follows a washed up actress chasing fame through a reality show about her own comeback. The series first aired in 2005, running for just 13 episodes before HBO pulled the plug due to soft ratings of around 900, 55,000 viewers per episode, and mixed feedback from critics. Fans and creators now say the show was ahead of its time, poking fun and reality TV desperation before hits like The Real Housewives made that style. Mainstream. It still earned Emmy nods for Kudrow's lead performance and directing. HBO revived it nearly a decade later in 2014 as a limited event series which brought Kudrow

1:00another Emmy nomination and proved its staying power. With cultural taste shifted towards self-humiliation for fame, this final chapter wraps up Valerie's wild journey on a high note.