The original series premiered on January 3, 1989, and ran until May 27, 1994. In May 2012, Hall was said to be shopping around an idea for a new late-night program and had garnered interest from Fox and TBS as to picking the show up. The Arsenio Hall Show was aimed primarily at, although not limited to, the younger urban audience. Along with that, for the last 16 years, Cheryl Bonacci served as a Catholic Chaplain for the LA ArchdioceseOffice of Restorative Justice. Still, the film's message mostly shines through. Additionally, Hall interviewed "Jason Voorhees", the main character from the popular Friday the 13th series of films around the time of the release of Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. It quickly became associated with the show and with Hall himself (as well as a pop culture reference). Fox demanded that all of its affiliates air Chase's show, leading the Fox stations airing Arsenio to either drop the series or relocate it to a less desirable time slot. [29][30] This triggered a further ratings slide during the fifth season, with the Los Angeles Times citing a 24% drop from 1992–93 to 1993–94. Although The Chevy Chase Show was a critical and ratings flop and left the air after only five weeks, the stations that Arsenio had been or was still airing on were not immediately inclined to move it back, which caused more of a dip in the ratings. During the monologue of his final appearance as host, Hall stated that the reason he had agreed to only do 13 weeks was because that was as long as he was able to stay, as he had plans "to do other things". 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During their talk on Oprah's Next Chapter, Hall also mentioned his long-time friendship with Jay Leno, how David Letterman was an influence on him and the late-night talk show competition in general, including the 2010 Tonight Show conflict between Leno and Conan O'Brien. He ultimately signed with Paramount Television before Fox finally decided, after the fact, that it wanted to keep him. The show was known for the audience's chant of "Woof! Verified Purchase. My only complaint is that each DVD is bare bones, no extras or commentaries. As seen in the ending, the future of Zamunda will be female, after all. The second series was shot at Sunset Bronson Studios in Hollywood and was produced by Tribune Broadcasting, Octagon Entertainment, and Eye Productions and was distributed by CBS Television Distribution.[7]. 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