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Original title

The Comeback

Year

2005

Running time

30 min.

Country

United States

Director

Michael Patrick King (Creator), Lisa Kudrow (Creator), Michael Lehmann, Greg Mottola, David Steinberg, John Riggi, J. Clark Mathis

Screenwriter

Michael Patrick King, Lisa Kudrow, John Riggi, Linda Wallem, Amy Harris, Michael Schur

Cast

Cinematography

Nancy Schreiber

Producer

Distributor: HBO

Genre

TV Series. Comedy | Sitcom. Mockumentary

Synopsis

TV Series (2005). 2 Seasons. 21 Episodes. Created by two of Hollywood's top comedic talents, Lisa Kudrow (Friends) and Sex and the City executive producer (and director of its movie) Michael Patrick King, The Comeback is a scripted show about a woman trying to manage her unscripted life in the minefield that is television. Wrenchingly "real" and ridiculously surreal, it's a world where success and failure are often determined by age, looks, and (perhaps less frequently) sheer determination.

Kudrow is Valerie Cherish, a faded former sitcom star so desperate to revive her career that she agrees to be the focus of a reality TV show called The Comeback, which follows her every move as she attempts to land a part in a new network sitcom about "four sexy singles living in a condo." The Comeback (the HBO show, that is) draws back the curtain on the brutal hilarity of reality TV, the madness of network sitcoms, and the comic trials of a 40ish actress struggling to resuscitate her career and control her personal life - all under the unforgiving scrutiny of the camera.

Weaving in and out of Valerie's wake are her husband Mark (Damian Young) and her housekeeper Esperanza (Lillian Hurst), who are ill at ease sharing their lives with the voyeuristic cameras. Luckily there's Mickey (Robert Michael Morris), Valerie's jovial hairdresser, who's happy to camp it up ("I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille" he chuckles into the lenses that greet him at Valerie's front door) - that is when he's not fretting about his health benefits. Accompanying (and usually eclipsing) Valerie on the set of her new sitcom are "the kids," four scarcely-clad young singles who were in grade school when she starred in her hit series I'm It! Capturing everything for the cameras is Jane (Laura Silverman), the hard-edged reality show producer who clashes with Valerie as she struggles to control the behind-the-scenes chronicles of her unraveling life.

A show-within-a-show-within-a-show, The Comeback is an original and timely look at the humor and humiliations that often accompany the single-minded pursuit of the limelight, and what passes for entertainment and "reality" in the meat-grinder that is modern day television.

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Awards: 2015: Emmy: Nominated for Best Comedy Actress (Lisa Kudrow)

2006: Emmy: 3 Nominations, Including Best Actress (Lisa Kudrow) and Casting

2006: Satellite Awards: nominated to Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical.

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