Valerie Cherish
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Sep 21, 2026
JodiHOST
[laughs]
AmandaHOST
Yeah, it's very Valerie Cherish.
AmandaHOST
I mean, really, Valerie Cherish is just one step past Farrah.
JodiHOST
Oh.
AmandaHOST
And that, with that, we conclude our second to last Case of the Mondays before it-
Brett CollinsHOST
Now, here's the thing.
Brett CollinsHOST
On one hand, this win made me very sad for Lisa Kudrow, because the character of Valerie Cherish, I mean, me and my friend Connor did a whole goddamn episode on the comeback, that character, Val Cherish, ugh, might be one of the best TV characters of all time.
Brett CollinsHOST
And had season three of the comeback been as good as season one and two of the comeback...
Brett CollinsHOST
I definitely think Lisa should have won the award, just to truly award Val Cherish, because the brilliance of her as that character is pretty unmatched.
Brett CollinsHOST
So it does not exactly surprise me that Jean Smart won this award instead of Lisa Kudrow.
Brett CollinsHOST
And then when it comes to Jean Smart as Debra Vance, she also is an amazing character, Debra Vance.
Brett CollinsHOST
But the character of that is just not as unique, in my opinion, as Valerie Cherish.
Brett CollinsHOST
They're both equally funny, I would say.
Jake CornellGUEST
Like, I've never seen a person come across first on a show.
Sarah GalliHOST
But Valerie Cherish is lovable and makes good choices.
Sarah GalliHOST
No, I know.
Jake CornellGUEST
That's why they're different TV shows.
Valerie ChaneyHOST
And I am Pete Holmes.
Pete HolmesHOST
You're so close to Valerie Cherish.
Valerie ChaneyHOST
I know, really close, in a lot of ways.
Valerie ChaneyHOST
[laughs]
Dominick PupaHOST
But yeah, it was sort of perfect.
Dominick PupaHOST
As sad as I am that Lisa Kudrow never got an Emmy for being Valerie Cherish, I was thrilled that Jean Smart made history.
Dominick PupaHOST
She won an Emmy for every season of the show.
Dominick PupaHOST
And that's the only time that's ever been done that someone's won an Emmy for every season that something's been broadcast.
Louis VirtelHOST
I think they wanted a zeitgeist moment with the AI storylines.
Louis VirtelHOST
And she played Valerie Cherish brilliantly as ever, but I felt like there was less conversation about that season than needed for her to get that Emmy.
Louis VirtelHOST
But how did you feel about her losing to Jean Smart?
Justin SylvesterGUEST
When I think of finales of shows, and Mariska Hargitay had the greatest, the fucking greatest joke about that.
JohnnyHOST
I'm going to go.
JohnnyHOST
Very Valerie Cherish.
JohnnyHOST
She's very there.
JohnnyHOST
Yeah.
Monica SandlerGUEST
won.
Monica SandlerGUEST
No, she's never won for Valerie Cherish.
Monica SandlerGUEST
Right.
Monica SandlerGUEST
She won for Friends.
Kyle KellamsHOST
Oh, well, then I –
Monica SandlerGUEST
But Valerie Cherish is an icon.
Kyle KellamsHOST
Yes.
Kyle KellamsHOST
So – but Jean Smart wins.
DashaNARRATOR
HBO's The Comeback recently took the threat of AI into Hollywood writers' rooms.
DashaNARRATOR
In the show's final season, which wrapped earlier this year, Valerie Cherish, played by Lisa Kudrow, is cast in a multi-camera sitcom secretly being written by artificial intelligence.
DashaNARRATOR
The fear of that happening and the unknown of that happening is such a great fuel of fear and comedy and panic, said Michael Patrick King, a creator of the comeback, putting Valerie, the most human character we have, up against A.I. and made it The human against the machine, he said.
DashaNARRATOR
However, he said, the show avoided simply portraying AI as evil.
DashaNARRATOR
HBO's The Comeback recently took the threat of AI into Hollywood writers' rooms.
DashaNARRATOR
In the show's final season, which wrapped earlier this year, Valerie Cherish, played by Lisa Kudrow, is cast in a multi-camera sitcom secretly being written by artificial intelligence.
DashaNARRATOR
The fear of that happening and the unknown of that happening is such a great fuel of fear and comedy and panic, said Michael Patrick King, a creator of the comeback, putting Valerie, the most human character we have, up against A.I. and made it The human against the machine, he said.
DashaNARRATOR
However, he said, the show avoided simply portraying AI as evil.
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