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Showtime’s Desus & Mero will return from its June hiatus with new episodes starting July 5 — now if only Desus Nice and The Kid Mero had something to talk about. The premiere date marks a move from Mondays to Sundays for the late-night series, creating a first-run block with The Chi and Black Monday. It also will…

EXCLUSIVE: Five years after Desus Nice and The Kid Mero’s breakout stint on MTV2’s Guy Code paved the way to them launching their signature podcast and two TV talk shows, the duo is returning to the ViacomCBS network. Starting this Sunday, April 19, two back-to-back repeats of Showtime’s Desus & Mero will air Sundays…

Showtime’s twice-weekly late-night series Desus & Mero will return to the air with new shows beginning Monday at 11 PM ET/PT, filming the fresh episodes from the hosts’ houses in New Jersey and the Bronx. Desus & Mero features Desus Nice (Daniel Baker) and The Kid Mero (Joel Martinez) chatting up guests at the…

Showtime is going back for seconds from its first late-night talk show. The premium cabler has handed a Season 2 renewal to Desus & Mero ahead of tonight’s rookie-season finale. The new episodes will air at 11 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays starting February 3, having added the second night for its summer run. Watch a…

Desus & Mero are going to emcee the 35th annual TCA Awards. The invitation-only event takes place on Saturday, August 3, at the Beverly Hilton in the midst of the Television Critics Association’s summer get together to chat with cast and creators of all those new series for next season that Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva…

We’ll be seeing more Desus & Mero come this summer. Showtime is expanding Desus & Mero, it’s first late-night talk show, to two nights a week for a special summer run. Beginning Monday May 6, Desus & Mero will air two nights a week, on Monday and Thursday nights at 11 PM, until its August hiatus beginning Monday…

Thankfully, money doesn’t change everything. Desus & Mero is still funny, still informal, still high energy and still unlike most talk shows, even though it now has more to work with after moving from Viceland to Showtime. Desus Nice and The Kid Mero debuted the new version of their show last night, marking Showtime’s…

As in all too many things, not all weeks of the show you have to watch are created equal, as this week makes very clear – and my review video above reveals. With the politically star-studded debut of brand-strong Desus & Mero's new Showtime series tonight and the seemingly hostless Academy Awards on Sunday on ABC, the…

The first episode of Showtime’s Desus & Mero will be a homecoming block party. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is set as the first guest of fellow Bronx natives Desus Nice and the Kid Mero when their weekly half-hour late-night talker premieres next week. Watch the video announcement above. The host duo also will visit…

Desus & Mero, aka Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, came to TCA on Thursday where they charmed the pants off TV critics while talking about their new weekly late-night program for Showtime. “How do you envision interviews going?” one TV critic asked, which was odd given their history as podcasters and their daily show on…

Showtime has set a February premiere date for Desus & Mero, its first weekly late-night show starring Desus Nice and The Kid Mero. Desus & Mero will debut Thursday, February 21 at 11 PM ET/PT on Showtime. Airing from New York City, Desus & Mero will feature the popular TV and podcast personalities speaking off the…

Desus Nice and The Kid Mero are splitting from Viceland at the end of next week after less than two years of swathe-cutting late-night duty, but not before they make one last hard press on Emmy voters. Over the past week, a long-planned and Vice Media-funded Desus & Mero FYC campaign has shifted to the next gear with…