New Delhi, Sept. 27 -- HBO Max is officially bringing back The Comeback for a third and final season, Deadline confirmed. Friends star Lisa Kudrow will once again step into the shoes of Valerie Cherish, nearly 20 years after the show first premiered. The new order arrives two decades after the cult comedy launched in 2005 and more than 10 years after HBO revived it for a second run. Speculation had been swirling for weeks about another pickup, with early reports mentioning a mini-writers' room earlier this year.

Production begins this summer, and the season is set to debut in 2026 on HBO and HBO Max. Also read: Trump and Epstein's 'Best Friends Forever' statue removed from National Mall. Here's why

Kudrow created the series alongside Mi...