Season 3 of “ The Comeback ” premiered at SXSW at the Paramount Theater on Sunday to an adoring audience who welcomed the show — and co-creators Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King — back after its 11 1/2-year absence. Throughout the two episodes screened, the crowd regularly burst into laughter and then applause, indicating that the character of Valerie Cherish, Kudrow and King’s iconic creation, has been sorely missed: The show’s third (and final) season will premiere on HBO on March 22. “

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