I’M CHEVY CHASE AND YOU’RE NOT is a documentary film about one of Hollywood’s great enigmas, actor and comedian Chevy Chase. The bold and deeply human portrait, directed by two-time Primetime Emmy® Award winner Marina Zenovich, premieres Thursday, January 1, 2026, on CNN and will be available to stream the next day for subscribers of CNN’s streaming offering.

I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not charts Chevy Chase’s rise from breakout Saturday Night Live phenomenon to box-office royalty, thoughtfully examining the complexities and challenges that have shaped his legacy. With biting wit and disarming candor, Zenovich unpacks how the man once crowned America’s comedy golden boy became its favorite cautionary tale. At its heart, I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not is the story of a performer with outsized gifts, who could make a nation laugh — but who could not always outrun his own contradictions — and whose films still circulate in the zeitgeist, quoted and rediscovered by new generations.

“I’ve always loved a challenge, and Chevy certainly offered one. I wanted to understand the real person behind the guarded, conflicted man we’ve often seen on camera,” said Zenovich. “Beneath the bravado, I found someone deeply human, with layers of humor and emotion that make him far more complex than his public persona may suggest.”

Zenovich also directed Five All’s two-part ESPN 30 for 30 documentary LANCE on Lance Armstrong.

The film is presented by CNN Films, West Buttermilk and PMZ Pictures in association with Propagate Content and Five All in the Fifth Entertainment. It is produced by P.G. Morgan of PMZ Pictures and Isabel San Vargas Jones and Austin Wilkin of Propagate Content. Executive Producers are Zenovich; Ben Silverman, Howard Owens, Drew Buckley and Andrew D Corkin for Propagate Content; Amy Entelis and Roxanna Sherwood for CNN Films; James Packer for West Buttermilk; and Douglas Banker for Five All in the Fifth.

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