Desus and Mero are over

Duo Desus Good and The Child Mero, who established one of many prime comedy manufacturers of the last decade with their podcast Bodega Boys and their eponymous present on Showtime, are effectively and actually completed.

Desus and Mero, in any other case referred to as Daniel Baker and Joel Martinez, respectively, are arguably the largest podcast to Hollywood crossovers within the business. After breaking into podcasting with Advanced TV’s Desus vs. Mero podcast and Bodega Boys, the pair had a present on Viceland from 2016 to 2018 earlier than getting the Showtime late-night sequence that might take them mainstream.

“Desus Good and The Child Mero will likely be pursuing separate inventive endeavors shifting ahead,” Showtime mentioned in an announcement Monday night. “Showtime’s late-night discuss present Desus & Mero is not going to be returning for a fifth season. Its ultimate episode aired Thursday, June 23.”

Showtime’s affirmation got here after days of hypothesis over their standing. The TV sequence was solely 15 episodes into its run earlier than going darkish (earlier seasons had greater than 50 episodes), and the podcast had primarily been dropped — the final episode aired in November. Final month, Desus assured the “bodegahive” that “the artwork is coming again.” However final week, Mero had apparently commented on a social submit that it was over: “PODCAST DONE ENJOY THE BACK CATALOG MY PALS.” On Friday, Desus responded, tweeting “the hive deserved higher than this ending.”

No one appears comfortable concerning the breakup. The bodegahive is melting down on Twitter, and Showtime simply misplaced a giant fats hit that managed to get President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden (when he was operating) as company. After such a smash run, it’s unlikely the 2 will disappear from the general public eye, however regardless of the duo’s catchphrase, the model didn’t survive.