The Comebackalways seems to coincide with a new existential crisis facing television. In 2005, the HBO comedy series-created by Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow, and starring the then recentFriendsactress as a former sitcom star desperate to return to the spotlight-was a cutting satire about reality TV, which threatened to cheapen the medium with its low costs and tabloid-friendly drama. The shows initial limited run garnered a cult following, and HBO revived it in 2014 when reality TV had a...
The Comebackalways seems to coincide with a new existential crisis facing television. In 2005, the HBO comedy series-created by Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow, and starring the then recentFriendsactress as a former sitcom star desperate to return to the spotlight-was a cutting satire about reality TV, which threatened to cheapen the medium with its low costs and tabloid-friendly drama. The shows initial limited run garnered a cult following, and HBO revived it in 2014 when reality TV had a...
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