Desus Nice (L) and The Kid Mero attend the 2018 A+E Upfront on March 15, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for A+E)
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Desus and Mero Split; Showtime Series Ending After Four Seasons

Desus and Mero Split; Showtime Series Ending After Four Seasons

Published Tue, July 19, 2022 at 12:00 AM EDT

Desus Nice and the Kid Mero are going their separate ways. According to numerous reports, the comedy duo who broke big with their Bodega Boys podcast and late night Showtime series Desus & Mero have broken up and their hit show won't be coming back to Showtime. The show’s official Twitter account announced that the duo “will be pursuing separate creative endeavors moving forward."

“Desus Nice and The Kid Mero will be pursuing separate creative endeavors moving forward,” Showtime said in a statement. “Showtime’s late-night talk show Desus & Mero will not be returning for a fifth season. Its final episode aired Thursday, June 23.”

The fourth season of Desus & Mero aired earlier this year—previous seasons aired two episodes each week. The show moved from the Viceland network in 2019, and there are more than 170 episodes with guests like Barack Obama, Lil Nas X, Joe Biden and Vince Staples.

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The duo's first show was Desus vs. Mero, which aired in 2013 on ComplexTV. They started the Bodega Boys podcast in 2015; after becoming a sensation online and racking up major followings on Twitter. But Bodega Boys podcast hadn’t released a new episode since November; in a recent Reddit post, Mero (aka Joel Martinez) wrote, “PODCAST DONE ENJOY THE BACK CATALOG MY PALS.”

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