The Comeback
Pop Culture Happy Hour
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🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Pop Culture Happy Hour, the podcast that keeps you plugged in about the latest and greatest in movies, TV music, and more. |
| 0:07.7 | And if you're a pop culture junkie who's not following the show yet, we are recommending you fix that right now by following Pop Culture Happy Hour on your favorite podcast app. |
| 0:16.5 | And now, onto the show. |
| 0:22.2 | The cult favorite satire, The Comeback, has returned for a third and final season, |
| 0:27.4 | and we definitely needed to see this. |
| 0:30.1 | Once again, the great Lisa Kudrow is Valerie Cherish, the resilient sitcom star who's |
| 0:34.4 | always finding new ways to reinvent her career within the fickle entertainment |
| 0:38.2 | industry. |
| 0:38.9 | It's been more than a decade since we last checked in, so where is Valerie now? |
| 0:43.1 | Well, the present is bleak. |
| 0:45.1 | The new show she's starring in is being written by AI, but if we know anything about Val, |
| 0:49.6 | it's that she'll always seize an opportunity. |
| 0:52.7 | Setbacks be damned. |
| 0:53.9 | I'm Glenn Weldon. |
| 0:54.9 | And I'm Ayesha Harris. |
| 0:56.3 | And today we're talking about the comeback on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR. |
| 1:04.7 | Joining us today is freelance music and culture journalist Rianna Cruz. |
| 1:08.1 | Welcome back, Rihanna. |
| 1:09.3 | Happy to be here. |
| 1:10.3 | How's that? How's that? |
| 1:13.7 | That's great. I love it. So in the comeback, Lisa Kudrow plays Valerie Cherish, a 90-sickon star who's |
| 1:20.3 | gone through many career ups and downs over the years. Season 1 aired in 2005 and was a mockumentary |
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