The Comeback is Coming Back!

July 30 is the birthday of Lisa Kudrow. Kudrow was one of the first contemporary Hollywood stars I have written about on this largely antiquarian blog, and remains one of the few who has inspired me to make the exception. In 2015, I raved about her HBO show The Comeback,which had just aired its second season, the first one having debuted in 2005. They seem to do this every ten years! It has just been announced that they are now shooting season three, to air next year.

Is it because they do it once decade, though? Or is it because Valerie Mahaffey just died? My secret theory is now that Valerie Cherish was based on Mahaffey, as opposed to Shelley Long, as previously assumed by many. But I’m sure there are a lot of models for that brilliant character buried in there.

At any rate, my earlier tribute to Kudrow and The Comeback is here.

And here are various press items about the coming third season:

Variety

New York Times

Hollywood Reporter

People

Deadline

Out

Buon Compleanno, Lisa Kudrow!