Dan Levy Cries as He Reveals He Was 'Thinking About' Making a "Schitt's Creek "Sequel Before Catherine O'Hara's Death Bailey RichardsSun, April 5, 2026 at 6:38 PM UTC 0 Dan Levy cries during a 'CBS News Sunday Morning' interview; Catherine O'Hara in a 'Schitt's Creek' sceneCredit: CBS Sunday Morning/Tiktok; Steve Wilkie/Cbc/ITV/Kobal/Shutterstock Dan Levy became emotional while discussing a potential Schitt's Creek sequel, which he said he was considering before costar Catherine O'Hara's death The Schitt's Creek cocreator revealed that he was "thinking about" continuing the show before O'Hara ...
Dan Levy Cries as He Reveals He Was 'Thinking About' Making a "Schitt's Creek "Sequel Before Catherine O'Hara's Death
Bailey RichardsSun, April 5, 2026 at 6:38 PM UTC
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Dan Levy cries during a 'CBS News Sunday Morning' interview; Catherine O'Hara in a 'Schitt's Creek' sceneCredit: CBS Sunday Morning/Tiktok; Steve Wilkie/Cbc/ITV/Kobal/Shutterstock -
Dan Levy became emotional while discussing a potential Schitt's Creek sequel, which he said he was considering before costar Catherine O'Hara's death
The Schitt's Creek co-creator revealed that he was "thinking about" continuing the show before O'Hara died
O'Hara died on Jan. 30 after suffering from a pulmonary embolism, with rectal cancer as the underlying cause
The thought of Schitt's Creek without the late Catherine O'Hara is an emotional thought for Dan Levy.
The 42-year-old actor — who co-created the Canadian sitcom with his father, Eugene Levy — choked up while discussing the possibility of a Schitt's Creek sequel during the April 4 episode of CBS News Sunday Morning, a little over two months after costar O'Hara died at 71.
During Dan's first visit to Goodwood — the community in Ontario, Canada, where Schitt's Creek was filmed — since the sitcom wrapped, CBS News' Anthony Mason asked the series co-creator about the chances of a follow-up, and Dan replied, "No. Not now."
"You can't," Dan added, standing outside of the store that was once Rose Apothecary, the business owned by his Schitt's Creek character David Rose.
Dan also admitted that he was considering a new chapter for the show before O'Hara died on Jan. 30 after suffering from a pulmonary embolism, with rectal cancer as the underlying cause. The sequel would have included O'Hara, who starred in the original as David's mom, Moira Rose.
"Yeah I was thinking about it. Yeah," he told Mason, before losing his voice slightly and becoming visibly emotional.
"It's tough. It's tough being back," he then said, turning his body toward the store that used to be Rose Apothecary and wiping his eyes. "I didn't think that I'd have quite an emotional reaction."
Asked what exactly he's feeling, Dan's voice wavered before he said, "Just a lot of memories … lot of memories with Catherine."
Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara in a 'Schitt's Creek' sceneCredit: Pop TV
After taking a pause and wiping his tears once more, the showrunner said, "It's what you have to hold onto is the memories of it all" — and, echoing Mason, "an incredible clip reel" from the show. "Listen, for someone who was not on the internet, she knew how to meme," he added of O'Hara.
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Dan appeared on CBS News Sunday Morning to discuss his new sitcom, Big Mistakes. He told Mason that he wrote the new show without considering whether it will live up to Schitt's Creek — which broke a record at the 2020 Emmys for the most wins for a comedy in one season.
"I wouldn't let it in," he said of Schitt's Creek comparisons. "I don't think you can. And you really have to lock the door on that and almost accept the fact that if that is the big crown jewel, fabulous. How wonderful. Everything else has to be something that makes me feel good."
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Catherine O'Hara and Dan Levy filming 'Schitt's Creek' season 3
Schitt's Creek — which centered on the Rose family, made up of matriarch Moira (O'Hara), her husband, Johnny (Eugene, 79), and their kids David (Dan) and Alexis (Annie Murphy) — ended in 2020 after six seasons.
Asked what it was like to be in O'Hara's presence, specifically as she filmed her character's fruit wine commercial, Levy told Sunday Morning: "Awe-inspiring."
Dan also opened up about his costar and friend's death and legacy while appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 31. After the host offered his condolences, Dan said of O'Hara: "Listen, it's like a collective loss, I think. She was the greatest. She's irreplaceable."
"The great comfort for me has just been to see how loved she was, you know what I mean? The outpouring. Everyone felt like they kind of knew her," Dan continued of the Home Alone actress.
The Emmy winner also described the legendary comedian as "unbelievably talented at improvising" and "one of the great, great, great, great queens."
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