Sherman’s Showcase is coming back for Season 2.
IFC and AMC have renewed the variety series for Season 2, set to premiere in 2021, Cancelled Soon TV has learned.
Series creators and stars Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle said of the renewal:
“Sherman McDaniels has been a staple in American culture for almost 50 years and shows no signs of slowing down…or aging at all. We’re thrilled to return to the uniquely nerdy, quirky, silkily soulful and musical world of ‘Sherman’s Showcase.’ It’s all our favorite things and now it’s on AMC and IFC. Season 2’s so big, it needs two networks.”
AMC Networks added:
“It’s rare today for a show to develop a highly passionate fanbase, get raves from critics and infiltrate popular culture. ‘Sherman’s Showcase’ has done all three and we’re thrilled to put it in front of AMC audiences alongside IFC’s devoted fans. Bashir and Diallo are fantastically talented, we are all waiting with baited breath to collectively witness the continued evolution of Sherman McDaniels, American icon.”
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About Sherman’s Showcase TV Show
AMC & IFC PICK UP ACCLAIMED VARIETY SERIES "SHERMAN'S SHOWCASE" FOR A SECOND SEASON
Series Renewed Ahead of Its "Black History Month Spectacular" This Friday
Six All-New Episodes to Premiere in 2021
NEW YORK - June 17, 2020 - AMC and IFC announced today the renewal of the Critics' Choice Awards-nominated variety series Sherman's Showcase for a second season ahead of the show's one-hour "Black History Month Spectacular" premiering this Friday, June 19th at 10PM ET/PT on AMC and 11PM ET/PT on IFC. Six all-new, 30-minute episodes are slated to air in 2021.
Created by and starring Bashir Salahuddin (Top Gun: Maverick, South Side) and Diallo Riddle (Marlon, South Side), and executive produced by Get Lifted Film Co. (Atlanta's Missing and Murdered, Rhythm + Flow), and RadicalMedia (What Happened, Miss Simone?, GRANT), the witty, irreverent and wholly original Sherman's Showcase features sketches, cultural nostalgia, A-list guest stars, and original award-winning songs that, all together, earned the series a 100% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and inclusion on 'Best of 2019' lists.
"Sherman McDaniels has been a staple in American culture for almost 50 years and shows no signs of slowing down... or aging at all," said creators and stars Salahuddin and Riddle. "We're thrilled to return to the uniquely nerdy, quirky, silkily soulful and musical world of Sherman's Showcase. It's all our favorite things and now it's on AMC and IFC. Season 2's so big, it needs two networks."
Said Sarah Barnett, President of AMC Networks Entertainment Group and AMC Studios, "It's rare today for a show to develop a highly passionate fanbase, get raves from critics and infiltrate popular culture. Sherman's Showcase has done all three and we're thrilled to put it in front of AMC audiences alongside IFC's devoted fans. Bashir and Diallo are fantastically talented, we are all waiting with baited breath to collectively witness the continued evolution of Sherman McDaniels, American icon."
Sherman's Showcase will roll out its "Black History Month Spectacular" this Friday, by honoring historic African-American icons both past and present, alongside superheroes, period dramas, vampires, and a very special re-imagining of the cult film The Last Dragon. The New York Times says: "It's one of the rare comedies capable of surprising its viewers."
Guest stars in the "Black History Month Spectacular" include (in alphabetical order) rapper Phonte Coleman, Michael Ealy (Stumptown, Westworld), journalist Jemele Hill, Lil Rel Howery (Get Out, Rel), actor and TV host Terrence J, series executive producer and Emmy(R)-, GRAMMY(R)-, Oscar(R)- and Tony(R)-winner John Legend, rapper and activist Vic Mensa, Vanderpump Rules' Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz, GRAMMY(R) winner Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, GRAMMY(R) winner Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, Tyrin Turner (Menace II Society), Mario Van Peebles (Heartbreak Ridge), Bresha Webb (Marlon, The Last O.G.) and more.
Sherman's Showcase has been called "the best variety series of the summer" says Complex, "side-splitting" says Salon, "a glittering heap of invention" says Vulture and "a trippy, chill satire of a 'Soul Train'-ish variety show that doubles as a love letter to black pop culture, a science-fiction experiment, and a good party," says The New Yorker. Season one is currently available to watch on Hulu, iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and XBOX.
Full-length versions of the songs from the series are available via digital release and vinyl from Mad Decent, the Los Angeles-based record label founded by Thomas Wesley Pentz, better known as Diplo. The "Black History Month Spectacular" album was released this week and is available here.
Creators and stars Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin serve as executive producers on the series, along with John Legend, Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorious through their Get Lifted Film Co. (La La Land, Underground, Jesus Christ Superstar). Pete Aronson serves as executive producer, and Frank Scherma and Jim Bouvet of RadicalMedia also executive produce.
AMC Studios Content Distribution is managing worldwide sales of the show.
Sherman's Showcase is a new musical variety sketch comedy show created and written by Diallo Riddle (Marlon, Rise) and Bashir Salahuddin (GLOW, Snatched). Drawing inspiration from dance/variety shows Solid Gold,?Soul Train and Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, each episode of Sherman's Showcase?is hosted by Sherman McDaniels as he takes viewers through time, via music and comedy drawn from the 40-year library of a legendary (but fictional) musical variety show. Whether it's a questionably attired funk super group in the 1970s, an up-and-coming MC in the 1980s or an R&B diva from the 1990s, Sherman's Showcase has it all: music, comedy, famous guest stars and dancing with an exuberant host who's been with the show throughout its run.
Riddle and Salahuddin serve as executive producers on the show along with John Legend, Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorius through their Get Lifted Film Co. (Underground, Jesus Christ Superstar) and Frank Scherma and Jim Bouvet of RadicalMedia (Stan Against Evil, Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes)?
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