The show was developed from David Spade's Hollywood Minute segment on Saturday Night Live.

On July 29, 2019, a similar show, Lights Out with David Spade premiered on Comedy Central.

After the pilot was completed, Comedy Central approached Spade to host the show as well as produce.

On October 3, 2007, Comedy Central announced that they wouldn't renew[2] The Showbiz Show for a fourth season.

Spade's comedy on the show made abundant use of biting one-liners that usually insult celebrities: “Michael Jackson is selling his Neverland Ranch -- apparently now that it's 15 years old he doesn't find it attractive anymore.”The show also featured comedians Brian Posehn, Andrew Daly, Scott Adsit, Nick Swardson and Jessi Klein as entertainment correspondents.