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On “The Comeback,” AI gets the last laugh
As Lisa Kudrow’s Valerie Cherish takes the pulse of AI’s Hollywood takeover, so does a new film hitting theaters
Published March 26, 2026 12:00PM (EDT)
Over three seasons set in three different decades, “The Comeback” has been guided by the constant, evergreen punchline of Lisa Kudrow’s Valerie Cherish not quite getting what’s happening to her career. The first season, in 2005, follows her return to TV on a bland network sitcom called “Room and Bored.” Season 2 returned nine years later to wrestle with Peak TV’s onslaught.
For its third and final season, “The Comeback” finds Valerie a project in which she’s the star and an executive producer. The catch, and it’s a big one, is that the show is entirely written by artificial intelligence. Valerie and her publicist, Billy (Dan Bucatinsky), are compelled by a non-disclosure agreement to keep that a secret from the rest of the cast, the crew and the rest of Hollywood. Otherwise, the town would revolt and the show’s prospects would be ruined. Probably. Well, possibly.
“The Comeback” is a handy distilling mechanism for an industry that can’t help drowning itself in excess. Valerie’s career is a long curtsy to declining standards........