Hbo Officially confirmed that “the return” is, well, make a return.
The favorite cult series co-created by Lisa And Michael Patrick King of “Sex and the City” will return for his long-awaited, and supposedly final season in 2026.
But if you know “the return”, you know that the final word does not carry much weight.
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Lisa Kudrow’s “The Comeback”
Initially broadcast in 2005, the biting satire of reality TV and the Hollywood ego returned for a second surprise season in 2014. Now, 12 years after this revival, Valerie Cherish returns again under the spotlight.
“Valerie Cherish has returned to the current television landscape. None of us is surprised that she did it,” said Kudrow and King in a joint declaration published by HBO.
Kudrow announced character news via a cheeky backstage video. Dressed in Valerie, she begins to proclaim with enthusiasm: “It’s the last, okay, the last time. Never redo that. Well, I have a new show. How are you? And I’m so excited about it!”
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But real “return” mode, its director is not satisfied and pushes her to continue to re -record the ad until Valerie eventually bursts. “Should I turn off the camera?” Asked the cameraman. “No … I’m almost sure she will come back”, the director is deadlocked.
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Season 3 begins production this summer
The production of season 3 begins this summer, with a first expected in 2026 on HBO and Max.
The original members of the distribution returned alongside Kudrow, Dan Bucatinsky, as a still nervous advertiser of Valerie, Billy, Laura Silverman as a producer of reality TV shows Jane and Damian Young as a longtime husband Mark.
A notable absence is Robert Michael Morris, who played the beloved hairdresser and confidant from Valerie, Mickey. Morris died in 2017 and his presence will undoubtedly be deeply missing.
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How the “return” went from cancellation to revered gratitude
When “The Comeback” was created in 2005, he was ahead of his time, so much so that many viewers did not know what to do with it.
In fact, the criticisms initially rejected the series as too uncomfortable, and HBO canceled it after a season, despite the fact that Kudrow obtained an EMMY appointment for its performance. But in the years that followed, “The Comeback” has become a venerated jewel among television initiates and fans.
The slogans of Valerie, “I don’t want to see that!” And “Hello, Hello, Hello!” has become memes, and the show was celebrated for its brutal and honest representation of a woman sailing age and misogyny in Hollywood.
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The redemption of Emmy Emmy from Valerie Cherish
The second season in 2014 saw Valerie trying to produce a pilot to Andy Cohen. Valerie is also thrown into an HBO series entitled “Seeing Red”, playing a fictitious version of itself in a show on the life of Paulie G. (played by Seth Rogan), the writer of the sitcom who tormented it.
During the years that followed, “the return” continued to grow in stature.
Earlier this year, Variety ranked the representation of Kudrow by Valerie Cherish as the fourth greatest television performance in the 21st century.
And now, in 2026, she is back.
Lisa Kudrow honors Matthew Perry looking at the “friends” of the frenzy
The actress recently revealed to what extent it is difficult to move on without Perry in her life, but honored her the best possible way … looking at the “friends”.
“Honestly, I couldn’t watch it because it’s too annoying to look at you. But if I make Matthew, then it’s okay,” the actress told Hollywood Reporter. “And it’s just celebrating how hilarious it was, and that’s what I want to remember [about him]. “”
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“Everyone is hilarious. I am blown away by Courteney Cox. I am blown away by Jen. Matthew, obviously, is simply hilarious.” Sometimes I even laugh at what I did. “
She concluded saying: “So yes, I mean, it’s my own little way to celebrate [the anniversaries]Just looking at him. But it’s embarrassing. At home, if someone walks in the room and I look at “friends”, it’s a horrible look, I think, right? “”
