Chappelle's Show was an American comedy television series starring comedian Dave Chappelle. Created by Chappelle and Neal Brennan, the series premiered on January 22, 2003 on the U.S. cable television network Comedy Central. The show ran for two complete seasons plus three "lost episodes".

After numerous delays, production of the third season of the show was abruptly ended when Chappelle left the show. Three episodes were compiled from the completed work and these episodes aired from July 9 to July 23, 2006. Re-runs frequently air on Comedy Central and around the world on Comedy Central in Germany, The Comedy Network in Canada, The Comedy Channel and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) in Australia and FX in the United Kingdom. It has been announced that the series will be syndicated by MGM Television under strategic relationship with New Line Television.blank">http://www.mgm.com/news/pr3.phphttp://www.mgm.com/news/pr1.php

Today, Chappelle's Show is now shown on _Superstation WGN and is syndicated to various television stations across the U.S.

The original opening theme was supposed to have lyrics, but the "band" couldn't synch the lyrics to the music. Dave told them to just keep saying "Chappelle's Show" over and over.

The original sketches pitched for a pilot were Popcopy, Clayton Bigsby, and Reparations.

Somewhere in every episode of the second season, the same man can be seen intensely dancing "The Robot". He is Karl Lake, set dresser for the show. In the first season, he was asked to be in a crowd scene and do something funny. Chappelle liked the dance Lake was doing and made it a fixture of the second season.

All of Paul Mooney (I)'s lines are improvised.

Dave Chappelle left the show abruptly during filming of the third season. He later stated in interviews that he never intended to make a third season but he felt pressured by Comedy Central and his co-workers to continue. Comedy Central pulled the show from its 2005 schedule and decided to shelve the completed sketches in hopes that Chappelle would return to finish the season. Chappelle stated in interviews that if Comedy Central aired the episodes he would definitely not return to the show. After negotiations with Chappelle stalled, Comedy Central decided to repackage some of the completed sketches and air them in 2006. Charles Q. Murphy and Donnell Rawlings took over the hosting duties.

Dave Chappelle was inspired to create the show after watching a documentary about Hugh M. Hefner that featured clips of "Playboy After Dark" (1969). Chappelle was inspired by the laid-back atmosphere of Hefner's show.