“It wasn’t that, but I think he’s talking, like, really inexpensive. “The reason I heard was the new guy wants to cut anything that’s kind of expensive and go kind of cheap,” Spade said, referring to Chris McCarthy, who came in as ViacomCBS’ president of entertainment youth Brands, including Comedy Central, at the beginning of 2020. He said he was told the decision to ax the show was a cost-saving measure. But critics responded warmly to Spade’s easy demeanor and his penchant for bantering about pop culture with fellow stand-ups. The program was hardly a massive hit, launching in July 2019 with about 460,000 viewers per episode. “They said we were gonna shut down fully and told me around the same time it was in Deadline.
“Honestly, I was kind of shocked,” said Spade, 56.
#Lights out with david spade cancelled tv#
Like most TV shows filming in March, the comedian’s late-night talk show “Lights Out” came to a sudden halt because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and under lockdown Spade attempted to produce content for Comedy Central from home - doing interviews with Adam Sandler and “Tiger King” cast members that would post online.īut on April 3, the trades reported that “Lights Out” had been canceled, less than a year after its premiere. A month into the pandemic, David Spade got fired.
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