Editorial Review
(HBO Comedy Series) Ten years ago she was TV's "It" girl. Now It's a different story. For Valerie Cherish, no price is too high to pay for clinging to the television spotlight. Lisa Kudrow stars as Valerie Cherish, a former B-list sitcom star so desperate to revive her career that she agrees to star in a reality television show called The Comeback.
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Audio Commentary
Interviews:Valerie?s DVD Interview
Other:Valerie Backstage at Dancing with the Stars
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Customer Reviews
I need to know I'm being heard. Am I being heard? 
2009-01-05
This is a brilliant series. I'm not fond of Friends, but I was forced to watch this, and was very amazed by this intensely funny comedy. The closer you watch, the more you will be rewarded. The inverted world of Hollywood, where experience is of no value is deliciously flayed in this engrossing series. If you want audiovisual wallpaper like Friends, skip this cerebral series, otherwise, put on the popcorn and prepare to enjoy!
Completely hilarious 2008-12-11
This was one of the funniest shows on TV -- EVER! It's hilarious on so many levels.
It was totally underrated and I can't believe HBO didn't continue w/it. Get the dvd -- it's brilliant.
The Comeback: The Complete Series 
2008-09-03
Well, Entertainment Weekly has never steered me wrong. I was one of the many who did not catch this show when it first aired despite EW begging us to show it some love. The joy of a boxed set (even though 2 discs doesn't actually require a 'box') is that we get second chances to see really amazing shows like this. Lisa Kudrow co-created and plays Valerie Cherish, a 'C-list' celebrity who starred in an "Ally McBeal"-like hit series a few years back and desperately misses the fame and attention that came with that show. In an effort to get back on the magazine covers, she signs on to do a reality show about her 'Comeback' as she gets a new series, painfully bad but semi successful 'Room and Bored'. The insider depiction of the struggles and humiliations of an actress of a certain age desperately trying to hang onto her celebrity status is equal parts hysterically funny and heart-breaking. She may seem shallow, needy and image obsessed but you soon realize that she cares as much about her friends, fans and family as she does about herself and her strength and determination to be a worthy 'star' is, in a weird way, inspiring.
WORST SHOW EVER!!! 
2008-07-11
Without a doubt one of the worst shows I've ever had the displeasure to watch! Lisa Kudrow's character yaps constantly in a horrific, nasally voice and is so annoying you will spend most of the show fighting back the urge to punch the TV to make the torture stop! No surprise the show was canceled after it's first season.. but very surprising it lasted a whole season. Don't waste your money on this show but more importantly, don't waste your time!
Great series, but NOT for the easily embarrassed 2008-04-09
What a great show this is! Lisa Kudrow is AMAZING and the casting for all the other parts is perfect!
That being said, you have to be able to deal with the high humiliation factor on this show. I loved the original (british) Office series...The Comeback is almost twice as humiliating/embarrassing imo, and several times I've had to hide my face from the TV due to the utter embarrassment that Lisa's character supplies/aids/witnesses. It's almost too much to bear, so be prepared!
The Lisa Kudrow HBO vehicle! 2008-01-09
(HBO Comedy Series) Ten years ago she was TV's "It" girl. Now It's a different story. For Valerie Cherish, no price is too high to pay for clinging to the television spotlight. Lisa Kudrow stars as Valerie Cherish, a former B-list sitcom star so desperate to revive her career that she agrees to star in a reality television show called The Comeback.
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Audio Commentary
Interviews:Valerie?s DVD Interview
Other:Valerie Backstage at Dancing with the Stars
BEST COMEDY EVER!!! 2007-12-18
Valerie Cherish is the funniest character ever created, and Lisa Kudrow is pure comedic genius in portraying her. Only gets funnier and funnier every time I watch it.
The Comeback 2007-11-04
The Comeback - The Complete Only Season
Lisa Kudrow is FANTASTIC ! Though I never watched her on Friends, I have always liked her performances and thought she had a real 'comedic flair'. For those (two people) who are unfamiliar with her talent, watching The Comeback will confirm my enthusiasm for her.
With no personal sense of vanity, Kudrow has 'attacked' her character Valerie with such insight and empathy that one can't help but be sympathetic to her character's struggles and experiences.
In the 'hands of a lesser talent' the story would be really inconsequential and uninteresting. However, Kudrow brings Valerie alive with all her hopes / dreams / foibiles and sheer craziness that you can't help but laugh !
The series (unfortunately 'cut short' by, what I imagine is, the 'all boys club' management at HBO) is really a 'gem' and not to be missed.
P.S. I recently saw Lisa in the movie Happy Endings and want to recommend that as well. She (AND the movie) are really GREAT !
The best backstage "reality" series since Larry Sanders 2007-10-21
Lisa Kudrow proved definitively that she was the most talented actor of all the Friends after her Oscar-worthy performance (I know it's an overused expression, but really, she is THAT good) in The Opposite of Sex, and in The Comeback she blows everyone everyone everyone out of the water.
This is a very clever series, a tongue-in-cheek documentary style show based on the making of a documentary-style reality show. Yeah, wrap your mind around that. Anyway, Kudrow is phenomenal, in no small part because the writing she gets to work with (finally!) is worthy of her talent. Her antics are hysterical, but she can also break your heart into a million pieces with a single facial expression.
I especially appreciated the antagonistic dynamic between Valerie and the infamous TV writers' room. It's not always fun to watch (the hijinks of 30 Rock are G-rated in comparison); it's at times shockingly realistic, dark, bitter, and also, weirdly, the funniest thing you will ever see on TV (or HBO, rather).
To the reviewers griping about HBO: Depressing as it is, this series sometimes drew less than 1 million viewers when it was on the air, so I can't blame HBO for canceling it, but I agree, what a loss for the few of us who were watching. Glad to have it on DVD and hope it gets the cult afterlife it deserves.
Great Show 2007-09-08
I am your avg joe tv watcher and I loved this show. Who knew that was Sara silvermen's sister as jane.. thats great! cant wait to get my copy.
