Dan Levy considered ‘Schitt’s Creek’ sequel before Catherine O’Hara’s passing

Dan Levy disclosed that he once considered developing a follow-up to the popular CBC series Schitt’s Creek.

However, after the passing of star Catherine O’Hara, the actor-showrunner mentioned he would not pursue a sequel.

“No, not now,” he shared with CBS Sunday Mornings’ Anthony Mason. “You can’t.”

In the conversation related to Levy’s upcoming Netflix comedy series Big Mistakes, the Emmy-winning creator walked through Goodwood, Ontario, the quaint town that served as the backdrop for the fictional place where a once-wealthy family ended up after losing everything.

Levy pointed out that he hadn’t revisited the set since filming concluded before 2020, including the Goodwood Mercantile store, which was used as his character David’s artisan store, Rose Apothecary.

The actual shop now offers products and also features a condolence book in memory of O’Hara.

“Yes, I was contemplating it,” the writer-producer commented on the possibility of a sequel. “It’s challenging, it’s difficult being back. I didn’t anticipate my emotional response.”

With emotion in his voice, he added about his feelings: “Just a lot of memories, plenty of memories with Catherine. That’s what you hold onto, the memories of everything.”

“And a superb highlight reel,” Mason remarked, to which Levy responded: “I mean, for someone who wasn’t online, she certainly knew how to create memes.”

Schitt’s Creek was a surprising hit during the latter part of its six-season journey, experiencing a Netflix surge that propelled the show from cult status to a beloved mainstream classic.

Running from 2015 to 2020, the series featured Levy and his father, Eugene Levy, along with his sister, Sara Levy, as well as O’Hara, Annie Murphy, Emily Hampshire, Chris Elliott, Jennifer Robertson, and Noah Reid.

It received 19 Emmy nominations and won nine, including Outstanding Comedy Series, and swept all four nominated acting categories.

O’Hara, the cherished two-time Emmy award-winning SCTV, Home Alone, and Schitt’s Creek alumna, died of a pulmonary embolism with rectal cancer as the underlying cause in late January of this year at the age of 71.