Valerie Cherish (Lisa Kudrow) is back for one last grab at the spotlight in The Comeback Season 3. The third and final season of the HBO comedy premieres this Sunday, March 22, and this time, Valerie is staging an AI-generated comeback.
The third and final season of The Comeback will debut on Sunday, March 22, at 10:30/9:30c on HBO and HBO Max. New episodes of the eight-episode season will debut weekly leading up to the series finale on Sunday, May 10. It’s been 20 years since The Comeback Season 1 and 10 years since Season 2, so we’re here to refresh your memory on what happened leading up to Season 3.
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