--- description: The cult favorite starring Lisa Kudrow as a former TV sitcom star named Valerie Cherish will return this fall, airing a six-episode Season 2. As co-producer Kudrow put it, "I look forward to revisiting this resilient and ironically self-unaware character" So do the series' fans title: HBO's The Comeback Returns this Fall image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # HBO's _The Comeback_ Is Coming (Back) Soon by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 5, 2014 10:33 PM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 5, 2014 10:33 PM CUT Cult favorite _The Comeback_ is returning to HBO this fall, the network [announced](https://twitter.com/HBO/status/463416847283417088 "undefined") Monday. [#TheComeback](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheComeback?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined"), from [@LisaKudrow](https://twitter.com/LisaKudrow?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") and Michael Patrick King, will return for a new season this fall. [pic.twitter.com/YwvtI57zSy](http://t.co/YwvtI57zSy "undefined") — HBO (@HBO) [May 5, 2014](https://twitter.com/HBO/status/463416847283417088?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") The series, which stars Kudrow as former TV sitcom star Valerie Cherish, originally aired in 2005, but will return to HBO to make a six-episode run in 2014\. According to [CBS News](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-comeback-making-a-return-to-hbo/ "undefined"), production will be underway in Los Angeles later in May. Kudrow and _Sex and The City_ creator Michael Patrick King will serve as the show’s executive producer, along with Scandal star Dan Bucatinsky. Kudrow said in a statement about _The Comeback_, “It was almost too fun play Valerie Cherish the first time around,” Kudrow said. “I look forward to revisiting this resilient and ironically self-unaware character.” \[[_CBS_](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-comeback-making-a-return-to-hbo/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/88630/hbo-the-comeback-lisa-kudrow-returns/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/88630/hbo-the-comeback-lisa-kudrow-returns/"},"headline":"HBO's The Comeback Is Coming (Back) Soon","datePublished":"2014-05-05T22:33:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:40:07.582Z","description":"The cult favorite starring Lisa Kudrow as a former TV sitcom star named Valerie Cherish will return this fall, airing a six-episode Season 2. As co-producer Kudrow put it, \"I look forward to revisiting this resilient and ironically self-unaware character\" So do the series' fans","url":"https://time.com/88630/hbo-the-comeback-lisa-kudrow-returns/","keywords":["Television","HBO"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/88630/hbo-the-comeback-lisa-kudrow-returns/","name":"HBO's The Comeback Is Coming (Back) Soon"}}]}] ```