Katey talks to the star and co-creator of The Comeback about how she and Michael Patrick King decided to bring back Valerie Cherish and put her up against the thing Hollywood fears most: a TV show written entirely by AI. 00:00 Intro 00:00 Coming Up... 01:31 Racing Ai To Finish The Show 04:37 The Pressure Of Ending A Trilogy 06:56 Balancing Valerie And The Ensemble 08:46 Why Valerie Rejects Humiliation 10:38 Valerie At Sixty 13:15 Is Hollywood Facing Extinction? 15:13 The Value Of Human Storytelling 17:52 Making Peace With Cancellation 19:58 Is This Really The End? Subscribe today to Prestige Junkie After Party bonus episodes. Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.
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