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The Comeback

Summary "The Comeback" stars Lisa Kudrow as a one-time sitcom star who is trying to revive her career. Kudrow and Michael Patrick King (executive producer of Sex and the City) co-wrote the pilot script and will executive produce the series. Kudrow's producing partner Dan Bucatinsky is set to executive produce through the duo's production company...

Created By: Michael Patrick King

  • 2005
  • TV-MA
  • HBO
  • 2005
  • TV-MA
  • HBO

The Comeback

Season 1 Premiere: Jun 5, 2005
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 49 Critic Reviews
64
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 83 User Ratings
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Summary "The Comeback" stars Lisa Kudrow as a one-time sitcom star who is trying to revive her career. Kudrow and Michael Patrick King (executive producer of Sex and the City) co-wrote the pilot script and will executive produce the series. Kudrow's producing partner Dan Bucatinsky is set to executive produce through the duo's production company...

Created By: Michael Patrick King

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 49 Critic Reviews
64
59% Positive
29 Reviews
31% Mixed
15 Reviews
10% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 49 Critic Reviews
64
59% Positive
29 Reviews
31% Mixed
15 Reviews
10% Negative
5 Reviews

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100
Mar 12, 2014
The show truly teeters on wonderful. This is probably TV's most poignant half-hour comedy in years, a masterfully modulated combination of shrewd satire and a tender, even tearful, central story. [5 June 2005, p.N01]
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 12, 2014
It would all be terribly sad it if it weren't so incredibly funny.
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 5, 2014
Valerie remains as indefatigably inane as ever, and so does the show business world around her.
By Willa Paskin FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 16, 2014
A worthy new configuration - the side-splittingly sad sitcom. [2 June 2005, p.F-01]
By Joanne Ostrow FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 7, 2014
While the first few episodes of the new Comeback make stingingly accurate points about the sexism and ageism Valerie has to contend with, The Comeback has its own problems. As in the first go-round, Valerie comes off as cartoonish, a caricature of a so-so celebrity.
By Kristi Turnquist FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 16, 2014
It's one thing to laugh at characters on TV shows who behave foolishly, who deserve to be mocked. Valerie's crimes for the sake of comedy are nothing more than aging with an undiminished Hollywood ego. It's a little funny at first, but it quickly turns sad, something you want to look away from, not laugh about. [2 June 2005, p.WE-37]
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
25
Mar 16, 2014
Kudrow seems to be aiming for ``The Larry Sanders Show'' or ``Curb Your Enthusiasm'' territory but only gets as far as ``Reba'' with the f-word. [2 June 2005, p.47]
By Mark A. Perigard FULL REVIEW

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7.8
81% Positive
67 Ratings
5% Mixed
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14% Negative
12 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 83 User Ratings
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5% Mixed
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14% Negative
12 Ratings

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Production Company:
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  • Warner Bros. Television
  • Working Class Films (I)
Initial Release Date: Jun 5, 2005
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards

Gold Derby Awards
• 6 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 5 Nominations
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations

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