Chevy Chase Leaving NBC’s Community

First Published: November 22, 2012 12:56 PM EST Credit: Getty Images

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Chevy Chase poses at the “Community” press line on Day 3 of 2010 Comic-Con International at San Diego Convention Center on July 24, 2010 in San Diego, Calif.The NBC series “Community” will finish the season without Chevy Chase.

Sony Pictures Television said Wednesday that the actor is leaving the sitcom by mutual agreement with producers.

His immediate departure means he won’t be included in the last episode or two of the show’s 13-episode season, which is still in production.

Chase had a rocky tenure playing a bored and wealthy man who enrolls in community college. The actor publicly expressed unhappiness at working on a sitcom and feuded last year with the show’s creator and former executive producer, Dan Harmon.

The fourth-season premiere of “Community” is Feb. 7, when it makes a delayed return to the 8 p.m. EST Thursday time slot. The show’s ensemble cast includes Joel McHale and Donald Glover.

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