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"LOS ANGELES \u2014 Television has gone through a lot of changes in the nine years since The Comeback went off the air. So when Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow paired up for a new season of the show, which makes a miraculous return to HBO in November, they wanted to use those changes as story ammunition.\n\"We oddly enough like the gap between the last season and this offering,\" said creator Michael Patrick King during a panel at the Television Critics Association press tour Thursday. \"So it added to our grist to write with, I think.\" \nSee also: Every Fall TV Date You Need to Put on Your Calendar Now\nWhen The Comeback debuted, King says viewers rebuffed the idea that B-level TV star Valerie Cherish (Kudrow) would allow cameras to follow her into therapy. Too far, they'd say. These days, people are getting bikini waxes on air. \n\"We're trying to incorporate the fact that everything is accessible. We're trying to mash up everything that we see happening in television and in life,\" said King. \nFans will see an emotional change in Valerie, too, said Kudrow. \"Things happen after nine years to human beings to make them slightly different and make mistakes a little different and make their reaction to things a little different,\" she said.  \n\nMichael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow talk about the return of \"The Comeback\" in Los Angeles on Thursday.Image: Frederick M. Brown/Getty ImagesUnlike the first season, which saw Valerie trying to recapture the spotlight by filming a reality show, the new season will see the character being followed by a behind-the-scenes crew after she\u2019s cast in an HBO dramedy. That's how the show-within-a-show element will still be present. \"How we sort of depicted a network sitcom that wasn't doing well, we will do our very best to show Valerie if she was lucky enough to be cast on an HBO dramedy,\" says King. \"Which, through plot twists ... hopefully you'll believe.\"\nCharacter wise, expect returns from Malin Akerman and Kellan Lutz, whose on-screen characters will be \"meta versions of themselves as bigger stars,\" according to King, reflecting the actors' real-life successes. And Lance Barber will also return as Pauli G.; he will play a significant role in Season 2.\nThe first season of The Comeback first aired on HBO in 2005 and was cancelled after one season. The six-episode second season will air in November, and will be a self-contained story. Neither HBO, King or Kudrow closed on the door on a third season, should the second perform well. \n\"This one has a beginning, middle and an end,\" says King. \"Valerie is a powerful being. She doesn't go away. She might power down, but you might see her again if you're lucky.\" \nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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