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'Show' Won't Go On
EW Exclusive: Chappelle in psych hospital -- With its star hospitalized in South Africa, ''Chappelle's Show'' is unlikely to return to Comedy Central for a third season by Josh Wolk
LAUGH OFF ''Chappelle's Show'' is unlikely to return
LAUGH OFF ''Chappelle's Show'' is unlikely to return
Comedian Dave Chappelle has checked himself into a mental health facility in South Africa and has remained there since late April, according to a source close to the situation. The same source denies rumors of drug abuse. Other sources have also told EW that the future of Chappelle's Show — the hit Comedy Central series that was entering its third season — is more uncertain than the network has suggested.
Comedy Central last week made a hasty announcement that the show's third season, already delayed from its planned February start, had been postponed again. The network said it remained ''optimistic'' that production could resume. The highly rated sketch series has been a huge moneymaker for Viacom, which owns Comedy Central. Its second season is about to be released on DVD, on the heels of first-season sales that made it the top-selling television DVD in history.
Thanks in large part to the DVD sales, Chappelle last year netted a $50 million deal for co-writing and starring in the show. Sketches to fill about four episodes in the third season have been taped, but Chappelle's interstitial material with live audiences has not. The fate of the sketches has not been determined.
(Posted:05/10/05)
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According to a report by Entertainment Weekly, the Comedy Central star flew from Newark, New Jersey to South Africa for treatment in late April. Chappelle's camp had denied that Chapelle had a drug problem, but refused to comment on it. Chappelle recently inked to a 50-million-dollar deal with the cable network. Entertainment Weeklys senior editor says, "It seems like the issues he's contending with are really quite serious. It isn't a case of him spending a weekend someplace recuperating from exhaustion." (“Newsweek” reportedly earlier this week that Chappelle was exhausted from stress, conflicts with the network and too much partying.) Comedy Central spokesman Tony Fox said the network has not heard from Chappelle and doesn’t know where he is. Chappelle’s spokesman is in “no comment” mode.