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The Comeback (TV Series)

2005

Michael Patrick King (Creator), Lisa Kudrow (Creator) ...

Lisa Kudrow, Laura Silverman, Robert Michael Morris, Damian Young ...

7.1

471

TV Series. Comedy 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, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Alessandra Stanley The New York Times	"The mock documentary has funny moments - small, keenly observed sendups of the entertainment industry - but for the most part 'The Comeback' is the saddest comedy on television"	NEU
United States	Robert Bianco USA Today	"Despite Kudrow's ability and appeal, the real barrier to viewer enjoyment is the self-absorbed, oafish Valerie. We have no reason to root for her success, nor to take pleasure in the weekly assaults on her dignity"	NEU
United States	Hank Stuever The Washington Post	"[2nd Season Review]: The show recaptures its old rhythm and we are rewarded."	POS
United States	James Poniewozik Time	"[2nd Season Review]: It de-emphasizes what I thought was worst about the original (...) and builds on what was best: Lisa Kudrow’s microcalibrated performance, and its cringe-making yet sympathetic depiction of an actress."	POS
United States	Verne Gay Newsday	"[2nd Season Review]: 'The Comeback' is strictly for 'Comeback' connoisseurs--those who deeply missed this sad/funny mockumentary on the idiocy of show business."	POS

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