DESUS & MERO
Showtime, 11:05 p.m. ET
Podcast stars Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, in their very few seasons as co-hosts of their freewheeling Showtime talk show, has amassed an impressive array of guests to talk about popular culture, politics, and lots of other topics. Fellow Bronx resident and native Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was featured in the pilot, and since then, Desus & Mero has featured actors (Don Cheadle, Anna Kendrick, Seth Rogen, Charlize Theron, Amy Poehler), musicians (John Legend, 2 Chainz, Common, Killer Mike, Alicia Keys), talk-show stars (David Letterman, Seth Meyers, Jon Stewart, John Mulaney), comedians turned actors (Chris Rock), comedians turned filmmakers (Ben Stiller, Jordan Peele, Judd Apatow), Broadway stars (Lin-Manuel Miranda), and an awful lot of politicians (Stacey Abrams, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and, just this past June, Joe Biden, with Kamala Harris following in September). In tonight’s special edition, Desus & Mero makes room for yet another politician: Former President Barack Obama. When Desus and Mero appeared at the Television Critics Association a year ago and were asked to name their dream interview guest, both said immediately it would be Barack Obama. Tonight, that dream comes true…