Guest r3nz0 Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 'Chappelle's Show on hold at Comedy Central'Thu May 5, 2005LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Comedy Central has postponed the premiere of its hit series "Chappelle's Show" less than a month before it was scheduled to return for a third season.The network offered no rationale for the decision Wednesday, releasing only a brief statement: "Comedy Central has suspended production on the third season of "Chappelle's Show" until further notice. All parties are optimistic that production will resume in the near future."Representatives for the show's star, Dave Chappelle, declined comment.One of Comedy Central's highest-rated series, "Chappelle" was supposed to be back on the air May 31. The network already has postponed the third season once; "Chappelle" originally was scheduled to bow in February.A Comedy Central spokesman had blamed the first postponement on writing delays. Other published reports noted that Chappelle was battling the 'flu'.Chappelle made headlines in August when he signed on for two more seasons of his series in a deal worth about $50 million -- an expensive sum for a cable program. The new deal was supposed to give Chappelle a portion of the robust DVD sales generated by its first season, which has sold more than 3 million units.The DVD release of the second season of "Chappelle" also was postponed this year after Paramount Home Video originally scheduled units to hit stores in February timed to the third-season bow. The release date was pushed back to May 24.Comedy Central had ordered 13 episodes for the third season. Production on the series yielded material late last year but then closed for the holidays and didn't resume until February."Chappelle" was one of several series launches that the network had scheduled through the summer, including the return of "Reno 911!" and new series "Stella."The postponement was made just one day after the MTV Networks' "upfront" presentation to advertisers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bling Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 dammit > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Seb Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 I'm tired of waiting damn it > : :-[ :-X :-\ :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DrFired Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 bummer!! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V. Barbarino Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 I knew they'd regret giving him all that money.. The show lost it's legs...It's like SNL, it's not funny anymore... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lulamishka Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 :'(Btw, what was that whole MTV Networks' "upfront" presentation to advertisers all about?Anybody know? ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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