Submitted by: kirkland on Tuesday November 23rd, 2004 at 09:53 PM EST

Former "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow is mounting a "Comeback" at HBO.

The premium cable channel has picked up 13 episodes for a series starring Kudrow as a one-time sitcom star who is trying to revive her career.

Kudrow and former "Sex and the City" executive producer Michael Patrick King co-wrote the pilot script for "Comeback" and will executive produce the series.

In the pilot, directed by King, Kudrow was joined by co-stars Robert Michael Morris, Damian Young, Laura Silverman, Malin Akerman, Robert Bagnell and Lance Barber.

"Comeback" is the first half-hour show picked up to series since "Sex and the City" bowed out in the spring after six years.

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