Valerie prepares for the premiere of her reality series "The Comeback" by planning a viewing party for the big event and making an appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno".
A stressful situation arises when it's discovered that Juna may have a stalker. Meanwhile, the hostility builds up between Valerie and Paulie G. when Tom takes a week off to have his ulcer checked.
Valerie and the cast get invited to the People's Choice Awards when Juna and the sitcom get nominated. Meanwhile, Valerie's publicist arranges for the winner of Project Runway to design a dress for her.
Valerie tries to get on a magazine cover by hiring a new publicist after Juna ends up on the cover of Rolling Stone. Meanwhile, Mark keeps Valerie busy when he has an accident and is forced to stay home from work.
Franchesca gets Valerie to take her and a school friend to meet Juna at a store where she's autographing her new CD. Meanwhile, the cast of "Room and Bored" become upset when the producers add two new characters to the show.
Valerie and Mark take a vacation to Palm Springs where a friend gives Val some advice. Meanwhile, Mark becomes annoyed by the reality show crew.
Valerie wants to get a celebrity guest to appear in an episode of "Room and Bored" that centers around her character. Also, Juna invites the cast and crew to see her band perform at the Viper Room.
Valerie tries to cheer up the cast after "Room and Bored" receives a less-than-stellar premiere. Also, Shayne's religious views lead her to disapprove of Val's reality show.
Valerie sees Entertainment Weekly at a news stand and the cover is about Reality TV Shows dying. She reads it and sees that sex and stunts are the only way, today, for reality TV to survive. But she wants dignity in her show. The network tries to spice up Val's show by integrating it with another reality show called "The Littlest Assistant". But Val does not like this one bit.
Valerie calls for a script change when she feels that the writers are making Aunt Sassy unlikable.
Valerie wants to bond with the cast so she invites them all to a lunch date which Juna misses much to the delight of Valerie who gets most of the attention.
After "Room and Bored" gets picked up, Valerie and the cast head for New York to attend the network's upfront presentation where she fails to receive the star treatment.
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Valerie wants a role in a new sitcom pilot called "Room and Bored", about four hip singles living in a condo, but can only get it if she allows cameras to follow her for a reality show. She lands the part but soon discovers that it's not the one she was expecting.
