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Sherman's Showcase
2019 - 2022 10.0 (1 votes) 2 Seasons
Official Website
Genres
Comedy
Networks
IFC
Created By
Bashir Salahuddin
Diallo Riddle

Sherman's Showcase

Peak Blackness.

Overview

Travel through time via music and comedy drawn from the forty-year library of the legendary, but fictional, musical variety show called “Sherman's Showcase.”

Key Crew

Top Cast

Bashir Salahuddin
Bashir Salahuddin

Sherman McDaniels

Diallo Riddle
Diallo Riddle

Dutch Shepherd

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2019)

No overview available.

8 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Meet Sherman
2019-07-31

Meet Sherman introduces Sherman McDaniels, host of Sherman's Showcase. John Legend walks us through a history of The Showcase - from Sherman's parentage, to the origin of the show, with highlights throughout the show's run from 1972-present day.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 2: The Showcase Dancers
2019-07-31

Host, Nigel Lythgoe introduces the dancers of Sherman's Showcase and shares significant moments in the series, including marriages between dancers, dancer-based controversies, and the show's only robotic dancer, the Funk-A-Tron 2000.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 3: Behind the Charade
2019-08-07

Host Morris Day, documents the rise, fall and rise of iconic pop star, Charade, from his discovery on Sherman's Showcase through his historic 2007 comeback.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 4: Enemies
2019-08-14

Sherman reflects on his many haters over the decades as we dig into the rivalries and feuds of The Showcase. Turns out, genuine friendship is a rare commodity in showbiz, especially if you're talking about frenemies John Legend and Common.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 5: The Ladies of The Showcase
2019-08-21

Host Mary J. Blige introduces just some of the female artists who used Sherman's Showcase as a launchpad for their careers. Performances include an unusual rap battle, a black girl magic act, and a performance by Mary herself.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 6: July 8, 1995
2019-08-28

A very '90s episode of "Sherman's Showcase from July 8, 1995. Sherman's producer called it "the single best episode in the history of the show." Performers include Big Freddy Payne, a go-go band and a trailer for a movie about Montell Jordan.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 7: White Music
2019-09-04

An aging punk singer explores the many different white artists who have performed on "Sherman's Showcase." Sherman used his show as a platform to try and bridge the racial gap. Sometimes it worked. Sometimes it was awkward.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 8: Ray J's Showcase
2019-09-11

In the season finale, Sherman is shocked to find himself in a world turned upside down, where Ray J is the host of his Showcase. Sherman races to uncover what triggered this alternate universe and finds himself face-to-face with an unexpected foe.

Runtime: 22 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (2020)

No overview available.

7 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Black History Month Spectacular
2020-06-19

Celebrate Black History Month as only Sherman can. Sherman and his dancers are back to shine a light on Black icons in a way that will make the annual February observance of Black History Month all his own... in June.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Fashion!
2022-10-26

Sherman hosts a fashion show but, backstage, it's chaos. Mary J Blige leads a group of singers on an Oceans Eleven-style mission while we also find out the ways Sherman influenced film director Wes Anderson. Guest stars include Issa Rae and more.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 3: The Sherman's Showcase Awards: Missing at Sea
2022-11-02

The Sherman Showcase Awards are an annual star-studded affair, but in 2019, the ceremony was hosted on a boat and the boat went missing. Black box footage has recently been recovered. This is the tale of what happened ...

Runtime: 21 min
Episode 4: Sherman in Africa: Live from Lagos
2022-11-09

Sherman does a show live from Africa. While there, Sherman becomes a wedding planner, hosts a Real Housewives show, makes a movie about soccer and does his own version of Beyonce's Black is King. We even see part of his failed show Live In Vietnam.

Runtime: 21 min
Episode 5: Sherman's 12th Anniversary
2022-11-16

Sherman wants a big anniversary special like "MOTOWN 25"; Sherman looks back on his greatest accomplishments, like his cartoon that competed with "Fat Albert," the time he was almost in a James Bond movie and more.

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Episode 6: ShermaSnatch
2022-11-23

Sherman takes a page, well, maybe several pages, from the Netflix show "Bandersnatch" and presents the first truly interactive episode.

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Episode 7: Murder at the Shrind
2022-11-30

At one point during the '90s, Sherman rebranded his Showcase as The Shrind; featuring old school hip hop, '90s R&B and murder.

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