'Key & Peele' To End After Fifth Season
NPR
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
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Actors Keegan-Michael Key, left, and Jordan Peele in Backstage Creations Suites at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Omar Vega/Invision for Backstage Creations/AP)
After receiving multiple Emmy nominations earlier this month, Key & Peele's co-creator Keegan-Michael Key announced that the current fifth season of the series will be its last.
NPR TV critic Eric Deggans joins Here & Now’s Robin Young to talk about the comedy show's distinct handling of sensitive topics like race and sexuality, and what its end – along with Jon Stewart’s and Stephen Colbert’s departures – spell for Comedy Central.
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