After enduring a long wait, viewers will finally get to see new episodes of “Chappelle’s Show” later this spring.
Comedy Central says the third season of “Chappelle’s Show” will debut on Tuesday, May 31 — more than a year after the last original episode aired. The new episodes will be the first under Chappelle’s lucrative new deal with the network, which includes two seasons of the show and a separate development agreement.
That deal was reached last August; however, several factors have contributed the delay in new material.
For starters, Comedy Central said back in December, Chappelle and his fellow writers simply got a late start in writing new material for the show. Chappelle was then laid out by a nasty case of the flu, which combined with a built-in hiatus during the holiday season to delay things further.
The network denied that a further reason was a considered switch to Wayne Brady as host.
“Chappelle’s Show” is one of the top-rated shows on Comedy Central — last season’s episodes drew more than 3 million viewers.
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