HBO‘s The Comeback is taking the concept of long gaps between seasons to a new level, with its third season premiering Sunday, 11 1/2 years after Season 2, which, in turn, was released more than nine years after the first season.
Tackling topics like AI replacing TV writers and the 2023 WGA strike, The Comeback, starring Lisa Kudrow as B-level sitcom star Valerie Cherish, is more than another showbiz comedy, Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO of HBO and HBO Max Content, said on stage at the Season 3 premiere Thursday night.
“I think this show says so much about the entertainment business, television, celebrity and culture at large, that when historians look back at the 21st century, I think this show says more about what we’re experiencing in the entertainment business and culture than most dramas, movies, books, articles,” he said, adding, “I know that sounds grandiose, and I
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