The Comeback

About The Comeback

For Valerie Cherish, no price is too high to pay for clinging to the spotlight. Desperate to revive her career, she agrees to star in a reality TV series, allowing cameras to follow her every move as she lands a part on a new network sitcom.

The Comeback is a comedy series that ran on HBO. It ran for 3 seasons and 29 episodes between June 2005 and May 2026.

The series is filed under mockumentary, entertainment industry, found footage, and fictional reality TV. Lisa Kudrow leads the cast as Valerie Cherish, Laura Silverman as Jane, and Damian Young as Mark Berman.

Produced by Is or Isn't Entertainment. In the United States it streams on HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel, and Spectrum On Demand.

Hoff the Record, The Office, and Parks and Recreation make useful companions to The Comeback, all filed under aging actor, career resurrection, and comeback. TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 78 votes and it carries a TV-MA rating.