Desus & Mero (2016 TV series)

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Desus & Mero
Genre Late-night talk show
Starring Desus Nice
The Kid Mero
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes309 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerErik Rydholm
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network Viceland
ReleaseOctober 17, 2016 (2016-10-17) –
June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28)
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Desus & Mero is an American television late-night talk show hosted by Desus Nice and The Kid Mero that ran from October 17, 2016, to June 28, 2018, on Viceland. [1] [2] [3] [4] In 2018, the show's hosts left Viceland and moved to Showtime and the new Desus & Mero premiered on February 21, 2019. [5] [6]

Contents

This is the second series co-hosted by Desus and Mero, following the 2014 Complex TV web series Desus vs. Mero .

Episodes

Season 1

Ep#AirdateGuest(s)Notes
PilotOctober 14, 2016 Cord Jefferson Test episode
1October 17, 2016 Awkwafina
2October 18, 2016 Taxstone
3October 19, 2016 Vashtie Kola
4October 20, 2016 Charlamagne tha God
5October 24, 2016 Pia Glenn
6October 25, 2016 The Fat Jew
7October 26, 2016 Ezra Koenig
8October 27, 2016Danielle Gibson
9October 31, 2016 Jillionaire
10November 1, 2016
11November 2, 2016 Rembert Browne
12November 3, 2016 Mary H.K. Choi
13November 7, 2016 Alyssa Mastromonaco
14November 8, 2016 Talib Kweli, Krishna Andavolu, Cardi B & Jim Jones Live Election Special
15November 9, 2016 DeRay Mckesson
16November 10, 2016
17November 14, 2016 Bomani Jones
18November 15, 2016 Nick Catchdubs
19November 16, 2016Janice Griffith
20November 17, 2016 Cord Jefferson
21November 21, 2016 Sam Sifton
22November 22, 2016 Rashida Jones
23November 23, 2016 KFC Barstool
24November 24, 2016Thanksgiving Best Of Special
25November 28, 2016 Tony Peralta
26November 29, 2016 Michael Arceneaux
27November 30, 2016 Chris Hayes
28December 1, 2016 Amina Blue
29December 5, 2016 Jamilah Lemieux
30December 6, 2016 The Loopy Blogger
31December 7, 2016 The Lox
32December 8, 2016 Pablo Torre
–December 11, 2016Miami Special
33December 12, 2016 Immortal Technique
34December 13, 2016 Nick Cannon
35December 14, 2016 Willie Geist
36December 15, 2016 Franchesca Ramsey
37December 19, 2016 Katie Nolan
38December 20, 2016 John Hodgman
39December 21, 2016 Angie Martinez
40December 22, 2016 SantaCon Special
41January 9, 2017 Abdullah Saeed
42January 10, 2017 Josh Brown
43January 11, 2017 Wesley Morris
44January 12, 2017 Jenna Wortham
45January 16, 2017 Jean Grae
46January 17, 2017 Neal Brennan
47January 18, 2017 Melissa Harris-Perry
48January 19, 2017 Amanda Nunes / Jamali Maddix
49January 23, 2017 Heben Nigatu & Tracy Clayton
50January 24, 2017 Soledad O’Brien
51January 25, 2017 Joe Budden
52January 26, 2017 Stevie J
53January 30, 2017 CC Sabathia
54January 31, 2017 Jamal Joseph
55February 1, 2017 Anil Dash
56February 2, 2017 Jemele Hill
57February 6, 2017 Fat Joe
58February 7, 2017 Nigel Sylvester
59February 8, 2017 Nessa
60February 9, 2017
61February 13, 2017 Yandy Smith-Harris
62February 14, 2017 Mr. Vegas
63February 15, 2017 Rachel Maddow
64February 16, 2017 Dave East
65February 27, 2017 Johnetta Elzie
66February 28, 2017 Damien Lemon
67March 1, 2017 Don Q
68March 2, 2017 Flatbush Zombies
69March 6, 2017 Eddie Huang
70March 7, 2017 Ebro
71March 8, 2017 Crissle West
72March 9, 2017 Joey Badass
73March 13, 2017 Faith Evans
74March 14, 2017 Michael Arceneaux
75March 15, 2017 Jared Odrick
76March 16, 2017 Jesse Williams
77March 20, 2017 Chris Hayes
78March 21, 2017 Sal Masekela
79March 22, 2017 Young M.A
80March 23, 2017Michael Skolnik
81March 27, 2017 Mike Will Made It
82March 28, 2017 Run the Jewels
83March 29, 2017 Arian Foster
84March 30, 2017 Juelz Santana
85April 3, 2017
86April 4, 2017 Hari Kondabolu
87April 5, 2017 Angela Rye
88April 6, 2017 Mack Wilds
89April 17, 2017 Jerrod Carmichael West Coast Special
90April 18, 2017 Anthony Anderson West Coast Special
91April 19, 2017 Aubrey Plaza West Coast Special
92April 20, 2017 Shane Smith West Coast Special
93April 24, 2017 A$AP Ferg
94April 25, 2017 Jay Williams
95April 26, 2017 Rick Ross
96April 27, 2017 Chad Johnson
97May 1, 2017 Neil deGrasse Tyson
98May 2, 2017 Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas
99May 3, 2017 Paul Scheer
100May 4, 2017 Tom Colicchio 100th Episode Special
101May 8, 2017 Krishna Andavolu
102May 9, 2017 Shad Moss
103May 10, 2017 Timothy Simons
104May 11, 2017 Cipha Sounds
105May 15, 2017 Al Sharpton
106May 16, 2017 Cari Champion
107May 17, 2017 Whoopi Goldberg
108May 18, 2017 Melissa Harris-Perry
109May 22, 2017 Enes Kanter
110May 23, 2017 Hannibal Buress
111May 24, 2017 Rob Huebel
112May 25, 2017 Larry Wilmore
113June 5, 2017 Malcolm Gladwell
114June 6, 2017 Joy Reid
115June 7, 2017 Sasheer Zamata
116June 8, 2017 Ron Funches
117June 12, 2017 Freddie Gibbs
118June 13, 2017 Big Boi
119June 14, 2017 Lizzo
120June 15, 2017 French Montana
121June 19, 2017 Baron Ambrosia
122June 20, 2017 Casanova 2X
123June 21, 2017 James Davis
124June 22, 2017 Matt Walsh
125June 26, 2017 Bert Kreischer
126June 27, 2017 Janet Mock
127June 28, 2017 Von Miller
128June 29, 2017 Diddy
129July 17, 2017 Malcolm Jenkins
130July 18, 2017 Issa Rae
131July 19, 2017 Action Bronson
132July 20, 2017 Matteo Lane
133July 24, 2017 A-Trak
134July 25, 2017 Spike Jonze
135July 26, 2017 Vic Mensa
136July 27, 2017 Jessica Williams
137July 31, 2017 Irv Gotti
138August 1, 2017 DeRay Mckesson
139August 2, 2017 Liza Treyger
140August 3, 2017 Jay Ellis
141August 7, 2017 Jon Jones / James Van Der Beek
142August 8, 2017 Yvonne Orji
143August 9, 2017 DJ Clue
144August 10, 2017 Max Kellerman
145August 14, 2017 Joe Mande
146August 15, 2017 Seth Meyers
147August 16, 2017 Adriano Espaillat
148August 17, 2017 Angela Rye
149August 21, 2017 Rachel Nichols
150August 22, 2017 Zane Lowe
151August 23, 2017 Russell Peters
152August 24, 2017 Esperanza Spalding
153August 28, 2017 Rashad Jennings
154August 29, 2017 Bam Margera
155August 30, 2017 Aminé
156August 31, 2017 Jermaine Fowler
157September 11, 2017 Danny McBride & Walton Goggins
158September 12, 2017 Jerry Ferrara
159September 13, 2017 Iman Shumpert
160September 14, 2017 ASAP Twelvyy
161September 18, 2017 Joy Bryant
162September 19, 2017 Andra Day
163September 20, 2017 Adrian Grenier
164September 21, 2017 Victor Oladipo
165September 25, 2017 Arian Foster
166September 26, 2017 Bill Simmons
167September 27, 2017 Craig Robinson
168September 28, 2017 G-Eazy
169October 2, 2017 Terry Crews
170October 3, 2017 Dame Lillard
171October 4, 2017 Jamilah Lemieux
172October 5, 2017 Method Man

Season 2

Ep#AirdateGuest(s)Notes
1October 16, 2017 Kenya Barris
2October 17, 2017 A Boogie wit da Hoodie
3October 18, 2017 Michael Stahl-David
4October 19, 2017 Charlamagne tha God
5October 23, 2017 J.B. Smoove
6October 24, 2017 Al Harrington
7October 25, 2017 Talib Kweli
8October 26, 2017 Iman Shumpert / Ty Dolla $ign
9October 30, 2017 Rosie Perez
10October 31, 2017 DeRay Davis
11November 1, 2017 Frankie J & Baby Bash
12November 2, 2017 Gabrielle Union
13November 6, 2017 Fabolous
14November 7, 2017 Jeff Ross
15November 8, 2017 Amanda Seales
16November 9, 2017 Steve Stoute
17November 13, 2017 T-Pain
18November 14, 2017 Jay Pharoah
19November 15, 2017 Gary Owen
20November 16, 2017 Erykah Badu
21November 20, 2017 John Geiger
22November 21, 2017 Diplo
23November 22, 2017 Daniel Caesar
24November 23, 2017Thanksgiving Special: The Ball Baggys
25November 27, 2017 Black Thought
26November 28, 2017 Wyclef Jean
27November 29, 2017 Matty Matheson
28November 30, 2017 Nikole Hannah-Jones
29December 4, 2017 Ester Dean
30December 6, 2017 Big K.R.I.T.
31December 7, 2017 Carl Lentz
32December 12, 2017 Seth Rogen
33December 13, 2017 Andy Cohen
34December 14, 2017 DRAM
35December 18, 2017 Jeezy
36December 19, 2017 Jason Sudeikis
37December 20, 2017 Bomani Jones
38December 21, 2017 Baron Davis
39January 2, 2018 Hari Kondabolu
40January 3, 2018 Katie Nolan
41January 4, 2018 Angie Martinez
42January 8, 2018 Pete Holmes
43January 9, 2018 Jason Mitchell
44January 10, 2018 Lena Waithe
45January 11, 2018 Jesse Boykins III
46January 15, 2018 Amar'e Stoudemire
47January 16, 2018 Rob Riggle
48January 17, 2018 CC Sabathia
49January 18, 2018 Luis Guzmán
50January 22, 2018 Fetty Wap
51January 23, 2018 Jason Jones
52January 24, 2018 Andre Harrell
53January 25, 2018 Tee Grizzley
54January 29, 2018 Spike Lee
55January 30, 2018 Deon Cole
56January 31, 2018 Darrelle Revis
57February 1, 2018 Victor Cruz
58February 5, 2018 Karley Sciortino
59February 6, 2018 Soledad O'Brien
60February 7, 2018 Amara La Negra
61February 8, 2018 Whitney Cummings
62February 12, 2018 Lewis Black
63February 13, 2018 DJ Premier & Royce da 5'9"
64February 14, 2018 Michael B. Jordan
65February 15, 2018 Chadwick Boseman
66February 19, 2018 Phoebe Robinson
67February 20, 2018 Luis Fonsi
68February 21, 2018 Ali Siddiq
69February 22, 2018 Jesse Williams / Kirsten Gillibrand
70February 26, 2018 Nipsey Hussle
71February 27, 2018 Ari Melber
72February 28, 2018 David Arquette
73March 1, 2018 Maverick Carter
74March 12, 2018 Jimmy O. Yang
75March 13, 2018 Jimmy Fallon
76March 14, 2018 Louie Anderson
77March 15, 2018 Jamali Maddix
78March 19, 2018 Kid Fury
79March 20, 2018 John Boyega
80March 21, 2018 Bill Hader
81March 22, 2018 Jussie Smollett
82March 26, 2018 Michael Imperioli
83March 27, 2018 Mary H.K. Choi
84March 28, 2018 Tom Segura
85March 29, 2018 Eric Holder
86April 2, 2018 John Cena
87April 3, 2018 Nicky Jam
88April 4, 2018 Rob Haze
89April 5, 2018 Jean Grae & Quelle Chris
90April 9, 2018 Matthew Rhys
91April 10, 2018 Deontay Wilder
92April 11, 2018 Tinashe
93April 12, 2018 Jamie Hector
94April 16, 2018 A$AP Rocky
95April 17, 2018 Seth Rogen
96April 18, 2018 Paula Patton
97April 19, 2018 Tracy Morgan
98April 23, 2018 Martellus Bennett
99April 24, 2018 Adrian Foster
100April 25, 2018 Lil Yachty
101April 26, 2018 Penn Jillette
102April 30, 2018 Rae Sremmurd
103May 1, 2018 Andre Drummond
104May 2, 2018 Alexis Ohanian
105May 3, 2018 Tracee Ellis Ross
106May 7, 2018 Bill Nye the Science Guy
107May 8, 2018 Nessa
108May 9, 2018 Melissa McCarthy
109May 10, 2018 Karrueche Tran
110May 14, 2018 Cedric the Entertainer
111May 15, 2018 Travis Kelce
112May 16, 2018 Kyle O'Quinn
113May 17, 2018 Terry Crews
114May 21, 2018 Nikki Glaser
115May 22, 2018 Pod Save America
116May 23, 2018 Anderson .Paak
117May 24, 2018 Lee "Scratch" Perry
118June 4, 2018 J. Prince
119June 5, 2018 Rubén Díaz Jr.
120June 6, 2018 Director X
121June 7, 2018 Jim Jones
122June 11, 2018 Roxane Gay
123June 12, 2018 Taye Diggs
124June 13, 2018 Marlon Wayans
125June 14, 2018 Ray Liotta
126June 18, 2018 Hannibal Buress
127June 19, 2018 Rich Paul
128June 20, 2018 Wiz Khalifa
129June 21, 2018 Malcolm Jenkins
130June 25, 2018 Estelle
131June 26, 2018 Michael Arceneaux
132June 27, 2018 La La
133June 28, 2018 Vashtie Kola, Charlamagne tha God & Pioladitingancia / Mike Francesa Series Finale Special

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References

  1. ↑ ‘Desus & Mero’ Is Here to Revolutionize Late-Night TV
  2. ↑ Viceland’s ‘Desus & Mero’ Gets Showrunner & Premiere Date
  3. ↑ Caramanica, Jon (October 14, 2016). "'Desus & Mero': No Suits. And No Canned Sketches". NYTimes.com . Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  4. ↑ Desus and Mero Are Coming to VICELAND
  5. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (June 15, 2018). "'Desus & Mero' Stars Ending Their Viceland Show, Eye Deal At Showtime" . Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  6. ↑ Petski, Denise (November 29, 2018). "'Desus & Mero' Late-Night Show Gets February Premiere Date On Showtime". Deadline . Retrieved March 18, 2019.


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