The Comeback was a show.
The Comeback (1978 film) . The film was first released in the United Kingdom on 16 June 1978 and was given a theatrical showing at the Barbican Centre in London as part of a Pete Walker retrospective in November 2014 . The Comeback is an American television comedy-drama series produced by HBO that stars actress Lisa Kudrow as sitcom actress Valerie Cherish in modern-day Los Angeles . The series premiered on HBO on June 5 , 2005 and aired for a single , 13-episode season before being canceled .