Recurring characters and sketches Key performing as Luther, President Obama's "anger translator", at the 2015 White House Correspondents Dinner. The first episode drew 2.1 million viewers, making it the most-watched Comedy Central launch since 2009.
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The series premiered in January 2012 on Comedy Central in the U.S. In anticipation of the show, Key and Peele launched a web series in support of the program. The series was first announced in June 2011 by Comedy Central.
In the last two seasons, the show eschewed a studio audience in favor of a pre-shot narrative, featuring the duo discussing a concept during a car ride, as the introduction to their sketches. Additionally, Key and Peele's sketches often poke fun at aspects of race relations in the modern-day United States, as well as Black American culture writ large. The speaker starts by telling a story of pattern of youthful misbehaviors and minor substance-use, such as smoking cigarettes and "hanging out on the street late at night" leading to misdemeanors and petty crime, through to "real crimes" which resulted in "being shot out of a catapult into the mouth of a dragon", and later being "sucked into a wormhole, consequences!". As an example, in popular sketch "Consequences", a guest speaker is brought to a school assembly to warn students about the consequences of their youthful misadventures. Many of the show's sketches follow a similar comedic form, specifically taking a comedic premise, situation, or turn of phrase, and repeat it in a more extreme fashion, thereby 'upping the ante' of comedic absurdity as the sketch unfolds. However, not all the segments are introduced by a studio segment nor are they necessarily on a similar or connected theme. The show then follows this pattern, with a number of sketches, each varying in length. After the intro plays, the two hosts introduce themselves to a studio audience and explain a possible situation, with the following sketch having a similar situation. In the first three seasons, an episode would consist of a cold opening, with a short sketch. Key & Peele won a Peabody Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards and has been nominated for various other awards, including Writers Guild Award, NAACP Image Award and 16 additional Primetime Emmy Awards in various categories.Ĭomedy Central also maintains an official YouTube channel for the series, which currently has over 4.5 million subscribers and 2 billion views, as of March 2023. A special titled "Key & Peele's Super Bowl Special" aired on January 30, 2015. Key & Peele premiered on Janu and ended on September 9, 2015, with a total of 53 episodes, over the course of five seasons. The sketches cover a variety of societal topics, often with a focus on American popular culture, ethnic stereotypes, social awkwardness and race relations. Įach episode of the show consists mainly of several pre-taped skits starring the two actors. Both Key and Peele previously worked on Mad TV. Key & Peele (abbreviated to K&P) is an American sketch comedy television series created by Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele for Comedy Central. American TV series or program Key & Peele
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