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'Key & Peele' To End After Current Season

‘Tis a sad day for “Key & Peele” fans.

The comedy show’s current season will be its last, co-creator and star Keegan-Michael Key confirmed to The Wrap on Friday. Key clarified that it was his and co-creator Jordan Peele’s decision to end the show and not Comedy Central’s, where it airs.

β€œIt was just time for us to explore other things, together and apart,” Key told The Wrap. “I compare it to Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. We might make a movie and then do our own thing for three years and then come back and do another movie.”

Peele took to Twitter to comment on the show’s end:

Don’t miss the last 8 episodes!

β€” Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) July 25, 2015

Love u

β€” Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) July 25, 2015

Watch the rest of the fifth and final season of “Key & Peele” on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. EST on Comedy Central.

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