For Valerie Cherish, no price is too high to pay for clinging to the spotlight. Desperate to revive her career, she agrees to star in a reality TV series, allowing cameras to follow her every move as she lands a part on a new network sitcom.
Valerie Gets a New Chapter (Episode 1) 9.0
Writer: Lisa Kudrow
Air date: 2026-03-22
Runtime: 32 min
Overview: Valerie is offered a role in a new multi-cam sitcom – but is hesitant to accept when she learns it will be written by AI.
Valerie Has a Secret (Episode 2)
Writer: Lisa Kudrow
Air date: 2026-03-29
Runtime: 35 min
Overview: Valerie meets her human showrunners and tries to convince a TV vet to direct the pilot.
Valerie Faces Reality (Episode 3)
Writer: Lisa Kudrow
Air date: 2026-04-05
Runtime: 33 min
Overview: Valerie discovers that being back on a soundstage makes her miss her old sitcom team of one: Mickey – whose death she never processed.
Valerie Does It All (Episode 4)
Writer: Lisa Kudrow
Air date: 2026-04-12
Runtime: 28 min
Overview: When AI churns out an unusable script, Valerie is forced to lean into her executive producer role to do damage control.
Valerie Lights a Candle (Episode 5)
Writer: Lisa Kudrow
Air date: 2026-04-19
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Faced with a new and unqualified showrunner, Valerie does everything she can to save the day and keep her show afloat – even if it means making a deal with a very familiar devil from her showbiz past...all to Jane's disapproval.
Valerie's Home Alone (Episode 6)
Writer: Lisa Kudrow
Air date: 2026-04-26
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: As Mark heads off to Burning Man, Valerie finds herself alone amid a media meltdown after news of her AI written show is somehow leaked to the public. Later, Val is further shocked to discover that a member of her team has not signed the studio's NDA.
Valerie Chases the Truth (Episode 7)
Writer: Lisa Kudrow
Air date: 2026-05-03
Overview: Valerie tries to repair the damage caused by negative AI press – and save Mark's reality show job by making an appearance on Finance Dudes.
Valerie Cherish (Episode 8)
Writer: Lisa Kudrow
Air date: 2026-05-10
Overview: Urged by NuNet to make a public statement in defense of AI, Valerie contemplates her future...with or without How's That?!