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The Comeback Returns for Final Season Built Around an AI-Written Sitcom

HBO fast-tracked the season to tap into current debates over creative labor.

Overview

  • The eight-episode third season premieres Sunday, March 22, on HBO.
  • Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King say this installment closes the series as a planned trilogy.
  • The new storyline places Valerie Cherish in a multicamera sitcom written by AI to lampoon today’s technology anxieties.
  • King says the team consulted a broad range of AI experts during development, and HBO chief Casey Bloys swiftly approved the pitch.
  • The season addresses the absence of Valerie’s confidant Mickey Deane after actor Robert Michael Morris’ 2017 death.