Lisa Kudrow Says 'The Comeback' Season 3 Unlikely: 'We Don't Know If HBO Wants It'

Valerie Cherish won't be coming back anytime soon.

Lisa Kudrow revealed at a conference that despite fan hopes and internal conversations with series co-creator Michael Patrick King, HBO cult favorite 'The Comeback' is unlikely to get a season 3.

"I don't think we'll get there! I'll never get there, but I don't think we'll get there in nine years," Kudrow said. by the way. But we didn't ask. We're both kind of like, 'I'm not going to ask, am I?'" No, I don't want to hear 'no'. It's something we love so much. That's why it took nine years the first time!"

The show business satire, which launched its first season in 2005 before the surprise arrival of season 2 in 2014, followed Kudrow as Valerie, a veteran B-list sitcom actress living from the average fame from an early 90s sitcom titled "I Am That!" The found-footage style series follows Valerie as she attempts to re-establish her stardom in Hollywood after being cast as Aunt Sassy in a new sitcom called "Room and Bored".

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"We always talk about what it would be like. Always. Younger and younger people come up to me and say, 'The Comeback!' didn't know what it was like in 2005 when it came out. And I love being her. God, that's one of the easiest things to do," Kudrow said.

The series, which has become a new classic thanks to streaming on HBO platforms, earned Kudrow two nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series at the Primetime Emmys. "The Comeback" was highly praised throughout its run for its squeaky comedy and the pathos Kudrow brought to the role.

In 2014, , "I would like to do more. In 2005 it was an end, it was definitely an end because I guess now we see that those episodes were a piece and those episodes were a piece and then if we do more, we'll do this track."

The cast reunited in July 2020 on the live-streamed web series "Stars in the House" to raise money for the Actors Fund of America.

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