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Chevy Chase Was ‘Depressed’ After His Fox Late-Night Show Was Canceled After 6 Weeks: ‘He Would Get in Bed and Not Come Out’

Jan 1, 2026 12:42pm PT Chevy Chase Was ‘Depressed’ After His Fox Late-Night Show Was Canceled After 6 Weeks: ‘He Would Get in Bed and Not Come Out’ 'The Chevy Chase Show' arrived amid the Leno vs. Letterman frenzy and spurred the end of Arsenio Hall's syndicated show By Ethan Shanfeld Plus Icon Ethan Shanfeld @ethanshanfeld Latest Chevy Chase Was ‘Depressed’ After His Fox Late-Night Show Was Canceled After 6 Weeks: ‘He Would Get in Bed and Not Come Out’ 12 minutes ago Isiah Whitlock Jr., ‘The Wire’ and ‘Veep’ Actor, Dies at 71 2 days ago Timothée Chalamet Got Spanked With a Real Ping Pong Paddle in ‘Marty Supreme’ and Refused a Butt Double: ‘He Didn’t Want Some Other Ass Immortalized’ 2 days ago See All Courtesy Everett Collection A brief chapter in Chevy Chase‘s illustrious comedy career is his ill-fated late-night talk series “The Chevy Chase Show,” which ran on Fox for six weeks in 1993 and was cancelled after scathing reviews and low ratings. In the new CNN documentary “I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not,” Chase opens up about his experience hosting a talk show — and the disappointment that followed.

THE CHEVY CHASE SHOW, Chevy Chase, 1993

THE CHEVY CHASE SHOW, Chevy Chase, 1993

Credit: Variety

Key Highlights

  • “I never took anybody’s advice about how to do a talk show.
  • I can do it, I kept thinking,” he said in the doc.
  • “It was hideous.
  • I just didn’t really have a sense of what you do on a talk show.” Related Stories Menemsha Acquires North American Rights to Coming-of-Age Comedy ‘Ethan Bloom’ (EXCLUSIVE) Chase’s representatives and collaborators explained in the documentary that the show, which debuted Sept.
  • 7, 1993, failed because it had “old-time” TV producers and needed a new vision.
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  1. Chevy Chase Was ‘Depressed’ After His Fox Late-Night Show Was Canceled After 6 Weeks: ‘He Would Get in Bed and Not Come Out’

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