SHERMAN’S SHOWCASE TO RETURN TO IFC FOR HOUR-LONG “BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPECTACULAR”…THIS SUMMER

As the Temperature Rises, ‘Drop It Low’ for the Musical Variety Sketch Sensation Hosted by the Legendary Sherman McDaniels

PASADENA, CA – JANUARY 16, 2020 – IFC announced today that the Critics’ Choice Award-nominated Sherman’s Showcase will return with a one-hour “Black History Month Spectacular” this summer (yes, you read that right). Created by and starring Bashir Salahuddin (Top Gun: Maverick, South Side) and Diallo Riddle (Marlon, South Side), and executive produced by John Legend’s Get Lifted Film Co. and RadicalMedia, the witty, irreverent and wholly original Sherman’s Showcase “Black History Month Spectacular” will feature more of the sketches,  A-list guest stars, and original hit, award-winning songs that, all together, earned the series a 100% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and inclusion on numerous ‘Best of 2019’ lists.

Said Blake Callaway, executive director of IFC and SundanceTV: “Who decided that Black History only gets one month, and a cold one at that? We can’t wait to see what Diallo and Bashir have created to kick off the summer. This one-hour spectacular will celebrate black excellence no matter what month it airs.”

“When the network told us we could do an hour-long episode, we said we wanted it to be the Black History Month episode. When they warned us that the episode might not air until the summer, we said we wanted it to be the Black History Month episode. It was a brief negotiation,” said creators and stars Riddle and Salahuddin.

Self-dubbed the “blackest show in the history of television,” the acclaimed Sherman’s Showcase will roll out its “Black History Month Spectacular” over the summer because, as the creators said, “Sherman McDaniels needed a little extra time to get everything just right.” And true to form, when Sherman isn’t honoring historic African-American icons both past and present, he’ll have ninjas, vampires, Ethiopian rebels, and the singing group that gave us Drop It Low for Jesus, back with another song that’s bound to offend somebody.

The Sherman’s Showcase guest star roster has boasted a “who’s who” of movies, music, sports and entertainment, with two EGOT winners and multiple award-winning artists, actors and entertainers. Guest stars included (alphabetically): Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor; Natasha Bedingfield, Emmy^®-, GRAMMY^®– and Oscar^®-winner Common, Morris Day, Emmy^®-winner Tiffany Haddish, Lil Rel Howery, Emmy^®-, GRAMMY^®-, Oscar^®– and Tony^®-winner Quincy Jones, Emmy^®-winner Mike Judge, Kenny and Keith Lucas, Emmy^®-, GRAMMY^®-, Oscar^®– and Tony^®-winner John Legend, Nigel Lythgoe, Curt Menefee, Vic Mensa, Tawny Newsome, GRAMMY^®-winner Ne-Yo, Ray Parker, Jr., Mario Van Peebles, Damon Wayans, Jr., Marlon Wayans and Bresha Webb.

Sherman’s Showcase Season 1 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.

Creators and stars Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin also 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). Frank Scherma and Jim Bouvet of RadicalMedia (Stan Against Evil, Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes) also executive produce.

AMC Studios Content Distribution is managing worldwide sales of the show.

ABOUT IFC

IFC is the home of offbeat, unexpected comedies. Acclaimed series Documentary Now!, Brockmire, Baroness von Sketch Show, Sherman’s Showcase and the upcoming Year of the Rabbit air alongside fan-favorite movies and comedic cult TV shows. IFC is owned and operated by AMC Networks Inc., and available across multiple platforms. IFC is Always On, Slightly Off.

ABOUT RADICALMEDIA

RadicalMedia produces premium content across all media platforms. With offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Berlin, and Shanghai, RadicalMedia is a global intra-disciplinary media company that creates and produces film, television, music programming, commercials, brand partnerships, interactive design, and digital and immersive experiences for all distribution platforms. RadicalMedia is fluent in each and every discipline of storytelling, with accolades that include Oscar®, Emmy®, Peabody® and Grammy® Awards. Film and TV credits include The Fog of War; Paradise Lost; Netflix’s first ever original documentary film, What Happened, Miss Simone?; My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman for Netflix; and The Fourth Estate for Showtime; Design For All for Target; Activate: A Global Citizen Movement for National Geographic; Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop for Annenberg Space for Photography; TIGERLAND for Discovery;  Abstract: The Art of Design for Netflix; Sherman’s Showcase for IFC; Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes for Netflix; Formula E’s And We Go Green and the upcoming Grant series for the History Channel. RadicalMedia has been tapped as creative and production partners on the upcoming Apple TV+ mental health series with Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry. Check out the latest work on Instagram and on www.radicalmedia.com.

ABOUT GET LIFTED FILM CO.

Get Lifted Film Co., a Los Angeles based production company, was launched by Emmy^® and Tony Award^®-winning producer Mike Jackson, founder and CEO of the entertainment management and social-impact company Friends At Work, Ty Stiklorius, and EGOT recipient and award-winning producer John Legend. Get Lifted has developed television projects with major networks including ABC, NBC, FOX, HBO, Showtime, Netflix and MTV. The company executive produced Damien Chazelle’s Oscar^®-winning musical La La Land, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, as well as NBC’s 2018 Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. The NBC special won both a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special Live and a Broadcast Critics Choice Award. Their film All Rise premiered in the Dramatic Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and their documentary United Skates won the 2018 Audience Award at Tribeca Film Festival. 

Get Lifted also executive produced Richard Tanne’s Obama romance, Southside With You, WGN America’s critically acclaimed drama, Underground, Pop Network’s docu-series Sing it On, HBO’s 2015 documentary Southern Rites and Can You Dig This, which won the LA Film Festival’s Jury Award that same year. Their acclaimed Broadway productions include Jitney, the 2017 Tony Award-winning revival of August Wilson’s play. Most recently, Get Lifted produced the IFC comedy series Sherman’s Showcase and Rhythm + Flow for Netflix. Their forthcoming projects include David E. Talbert’s holiday film Jingle Jangle for Netflix. 

Get Lifted is represented by WME and Nina Shaw of Del, Shaw, Moonves, Tanaka, Finklestein and Lezcano.

TUNE IN: Singer-Songwriter Ray J Hosts The Season Finale of IFC's "Sherman's Showcase" - Airing 9/11

*SEASON FINALE TUNE IN ALERT*

SINGER-SONGWRITER RAY J GUEST HOSTS THE SEASON FINALE OF

SHERMAN’S SHOWCASE

THIS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 AT 10/9C ONLY ON IFC

Additional Guest Stars Include

John Legend, Ne-Yo, Vic Mensa, Affion Crockett and Kenny and Keith Lucas

Ne-Yo as Galaxia Lead Singer

View Clip from the Season Finale HERE

Season one of IFC’s Sherman’s Showcase finales with an all-new episode on Wednesday, September 11 at 10pm/9c. On the season finale, “Ray J’s Showcase,” 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.

Guest stars this episode include EGOT winner John Legend, singer-songwriter Ne-Yo, rapper Vic Mensa, comedian Affion Crockett and actors Kenny and  Keith Lucas.

Each episode of Sherman’s Showcase is hosted by Sherman McDaniels (Salahuddin) as he takes viewers through time via music and comedy drawn from the 40-year library of a legendary (but fictional) musical variety show, drawing inspiration from Solid Gold, Soul Train and Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. 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, gameshow segments, political roundtables, commercial parodies, breakout hits destined to climb the charts, a dancing robot and a legendary host who’s been there from the beginning.

Riddle and Salahuddin serve as executive producers on Sherman’s Showcase 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). 

For updates on Sherman’s Showcase please check out:

Twitter: @ShermansShow

Facebook: Sherman's Showcase

Instagram: @ShermansShowcase

Hashtag: #ShermansShowcase

TUNE IN ALERT: Season Premieres of "Lodge 49," "Fear the Walking Dead," and "The Terror: Infamy", Plus All-New Episodes of "Sherman's Showcase," "Preacher," "Riviera," and "Top Gear" on AMC Networks this weekend!

***TUNE-IN ALERT***

George Takei as Yamato-San

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7TH

MUSIC LEGEND MORRIS DAY AND RAPPER VIC MENSA GUEST STAR IN AN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF THE NEW VARIETY SKETCH SHOW, SHERMAN’S SHOWCASE

AT 10:00 PM ET/PT ON IFC

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8TH

GEORGINA HAS TO REVEAL A DARK AND DIFFICULT TRUTH TO PROTECT THE FAMILY EMPIRE ON AN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF SUNDANCE NOW’S “RIVIERA” SEASON TWO

SUNDAY, AUGUST 11TH

AMC’S “THE WALKING DEAD” SEASON 10 PREVIEW SPECIAL

AT 8:00 PM ET/PT ON AMC

PADDY MCGUINESS, FREDDIE FLINTOFF AND CHRIS HARRIS EACH GO ON THE ULTIMATE CAR ADVENTURE ON THE SEASON 27 FINALE OF “TOP GEAR” AT 8:00PM ET/PT ON BBC AMERICA

THE GROUP DOUBLES-DOWN ON THEIR MISSION TO FIND

AND HELP SURVIVORS ON

THE MID-SEASON PREMIERE OF “FEAR THE WALKING DEAD” SEASON 5

AT 9:00PM ET/PT ON AMC

TULIP MUST RECKON WITH THE MOST TERRIFYING THING SHE CAN IMAGINE ON AN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF AMC’S OUTRAGEOUS DRAMA “PREACHER”

AT 10:07 PM ET/PT ON AMC

MONDAY, AUGUST 12TH

STRANGE EVENTS FORCE CHESTER TO CONFRONT HIS FATE ON THE SEASON PREMIERE OF AMC’S ANTHOLOGY SERIES  “THE TERROR: INFAMY”

AT 9:00 PM ET/PT ON AMC

THE POOL SHOP IS UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT  ON

THE SEASON TWO PREMIERE OF  AMC’S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SERIES “LODGE 49”

AT 10:10PM ET/PT ON AMC

This week on AMC Networks, “The Walking Dead” Season 10 preview special, premieres of “Fear the Walking Dead,” “Lodge 49” and “The Terror: Infamy,” plus all-new episodes of “Sherman’s Showcase,” “Riviera,” “Preacher” and “Top Gear.” 

Bashir Salahuddin as Sherman McDaniels and Vic Mensa as Charade

Season one of IFC’s Sherman’s Showcase continues with an all-new episode on Wednesday, August 7th at 10pm ET/PT. On the third episode, “Behind the Charade,” 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.

Each episode of Sherman’s Showcase is hosted by Sherman McDaniels (Salahuddin) as he takes viewers through time via music and comedy drawn from the 40-year library of a legendary (but fictional) musical variety show, drawing inspiration from Solid Gold, Soul Train and Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. 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, gameshow segments, political roundtables, commercial parodies, breakout hits destined to climb the charts, a dancing robot and a legendary host who’s been there from the beginning.

Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin serve as executive producers on Sherman’s Showcase 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).

Jack Fox as Nico Eltham

Season two of Sundance Now’s “Riviera,” continues on Thursday, August 8th. On this week’s episode, Georgina (Juila Stiles) must reveal a dark and difficult truth to the Clios family to try and protect the family empire from Nico (Jack Fox), while the ensuing chaos leads Georgina to resort to desperate measures.

“Riviera’s” highly anticipated return picks up in the immediate aftermath of the explosive first series finale, where the Clios family is faced with the tragic death of one of their own. Only this time, the blood is on the hands of our female protagonist, Georgina.

As Georgina tries to find a way to live with her crime, secrets from her past wash up on the sandy shores of the Cote d’Azur that force her to explore her turbulent childhood against her will. Following an unprecedented and unavoidable visit to her childhood home, Georgina returns with a refreshed sense of self to re-establish her power and position in the family alongside her charismatic confidant, uncle Jeff (Will Arnett).

Georgina very quickly becomes acquainted with the Eltham family, an English dynasty that sail in to the Cote d'Azur providing its shores with a dose of new money and glamour. She goes on to form relationships with the whole family, some that appear genuine from the outset and others that unravel around her as secrets, old and new, become exposed. Juliet Stevenson takes on the role of Lady Cassandra Eltham and is joined on the Riviera by her children, the impossibly stylish Daphne (Poppy Delevingne) and the brooding Nico (Jack Fox) and Daphne’s husband Raafi (Alex Lanipekun).

Elsewhere in the Riviera, the rest of the Clios family is still reeling from Constantine’s death. Christos (Dimitri Leonidas) is on the brink of losing everything, Adriana (Roxanne Duran) loses herself in a dangerous affair and Irina struggles to find her lost son, Adam.

The Riviera has never been so tempestuous. Torn between her past and her present, can Georgina navigate her way to safer waters or will she lose her place in a world that she has grown to control?   

“The Walking Dead” Season 10 Preview Special airs Sunday, August 11th at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Tune-in for the special sneak peek of “The Walking Dead” ahead of the season 10 premiere on Sunday, October 6th at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Catch up on season 9 of “The Walking Dead” with the full season now available on amc.com, the AMC app and On Demand through August 31,2019.

Chris Harris and Freddie Flintoff

Season 27 of “Top Gear” finales on Sunday, August 11th. On this season finale episode, Freddie Flintoff heads to Iceland to compete in the world's maddest motorsport, while Paddy McGuinness gets to grips with the new Toyota Supra and Chris Harris investigates the story of the Lotus 79, the most beautiful F1 car of all time.

The new season sees Paddy, Freddie and Chris tackling the fastest, hottest, toughest Top Gear challenges to date: pushing their cars, and themselves, to the very limits of endurance. From the brutal heat of the Ethiopian desert to the pedestrianized shopping district of downtown Mansfield in England, Top Gear is going bigger than ever before - all brought from the world-famous Top Gear test track, where a fresh batch of celebrities will demonstrate their driving prowess, or lack thereof, in the Reasonably Fast Car as well as being put through a new challenge which will be set by the presenters each week.

Alycia Debnam-Carey as Alicia Clark

The mid-season premiere of “Fear the Walking Dead” Season 5 airs on Sunday, August 11th at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. In this week’s episode, “Channel 4,” the group, traveling in a convoy, doubles-down on their mission to help survivors. In an effort to encourage more survivors to reach out, Al, Luciana, and Charlie document Morgan and the gang on a dangerous mission to help a reclusive survivor.

In the second half of Season 5, after successfully proving their way can work, our heroes gain momentum, rescuing survivors, and spreading the message of hope along the way -- until foes both familiar and unexpected arise, forcing the group to question whether their brand of altruism can really make a difference in a world filled with death and decay.

 

Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer

“Preacher” season four continues on Sunday, August 11th at 10:07 p.m. ET/PT. On the third episode, “Deviant,” in her head first attempt to rescue Cassidy, Tulip may have bitten off more than she can chew, and she must reckon with the most terrifying thing she can imagine: psychiatric care. As his hopes of escape fade, Cassidy reflects on decisions he made one hundred years ago. Meanwhile, the Saint of Killers is closing in on Jesse.

“Preacher” stars Dominic Cooper, Academy Award® nominee Ruth Negga and Joseph Gilgun, along with series regulars Ian Colletti, Graham McTavish, Pip Torrens, Julie Ann Emery, Noah Taylor, Mark Harelik and Tyson Ritter. As the series inches closer to the finale, God's endgame for the universe begins to click into place. Trapped between heavenly prophecies, hellish prisons, and all-out nuclear war, Jesse, Tulip, and Cassidy make their bloody way to the Most High. Whether they can reach God in time — or whether all this carnage is part of His divine plan — will soon be revealed as “Preacher” barrels towards the end of the world.

The Sony Pictures Television and AMC Studios co-production was developed for television by executive producer and showrunner Sam Catlin (“Breaking Bad”) and executive producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (“Sausage Party,” “This is the End,” “Superbad”). The series is also executive produced by James Weaver for Point Grey Pictures, Neal H. Moritz, Ori Marmur, Vivian Cannon, Jason Netter, Michael Slovis, Mark McNair, Garth Ennis, Ken F. Levin and Sara Goodman.

Derek Mio as Chester Nakayama

“The Terror: Infamy” premieres on Monday, August 12th at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT with an episode titled “A Sparrow in a Swallow’s Nest.” In 1941, Chester Nakayama is caught between his insular Japanese American neighborhood on Terminal Island and his current all-American life. Extreme circumstances push his community and personal life to the brink, all while someone watches closely.

“The Terror: Infamy” centers on a series of bizarre deaths that haunt a Japanese American community, and a young man's journey to understand and combat the malevolent entity responsible. In addition, the series is one of the first depicting the internment of Japanese Americans on such a massive scale – complete with authentically recreated camps in scope and scale as post-WWII.

The series stars Derek Mio, Kiki Sukezane (Lost in Space), Cristina Rodlo (Miss Bala), Shingo Usami (Unbroken), Naoko Mori (Everest), Miki Ishikawa (9-1-1) and renowned actor, producer, author and activist George Takei (Star Trek), who also serves as a consultant.

“The Terror: Infamy” is an AMC Studios production produced by Scott Free, Emaj Productions and Entertainment 360. In addition to Woo and Borenstein, Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Alexandra Milchan, Scott Lambert, Guymon Casady and Jordan Sheehan also serve as executive producers.

 

David Pasquesi as Blaise St John, Eric Allan Kramer as Scott Wright, Brent Jennings as Ernie Fontaine and Wyatt Russell as Sean "Dud" Dudley

“Lodge 49” season two premieres on Monday, August 12th at 10:10 p.m. ET/PT. On the season premiere episode, “All Circles Vanish,” the pool shop is under new ownership. Dud recuperates from his shark attack while searching for Ernie. Ernie deals with the aftermath of his adventure with El Confidente. Liz enters the TempJoy workforce.

Season two of this modern fable set in Long Beach, CA centers on likable “Squire” and ex-surfer Sean “Dud” Dudley (Wyatt Russell), whose beloved fraternal order -- the Ancient and Benevolent Order of the Lynx -- is suffering under new rule by an ill-suited leader. Despite his “Knight” and mentor Ernie’s (Brent Jennings) lost faith, and his twin sister Liz’s (Sonya Cassidy) struggle with their past, Dud believes he is the key to restoring the Lodge to its former grandeur and putting the rightful king on the throne. In addition to Russell, Jennings and Cassidy, this season’s cast includes Linda Emond (Connie), Eric Allan Kramer (Scott) and David Pasquesi (Blaise).

Jim Gavin (Author, Middle Men) serves as creator, writer and executive-producer alongside showrunner Peter Ocko (Pushing Daisies, The Office). Additional executive producers include Paul Giamatti (Billions, Sideways, Outsiders, Hoke), Dan Carey (Outsiders, Hoke, John Dies at the End, All Is Bright) and Jeff Freilich (Halt and Catch Fire, Grace and Frankie). Lodge 49 is an AMC Studios production.

About AMC

AMC is home to some of the most popular and acclaimed programs on television. AMC was the first basic cable network to ever win the Emmy® Award for Outstanding Drama Series with Mad Men in 2008, which then went on to win the coveted award four years in a row, before Breaking Bad won it in 2013 and 2014. The network’s series The Walking Dead is the highest-rated series in cable history. AMC’s other current original drama series include Better Call Saul, Fear the Walking Dead, The Terror, Into the Badlands, Preacher, The Son, Lodge 49, The Little Drummer Girl and NOS4A2. AMC also explores authentic worlds and discussion with original shows like Talking Dead, AMC Visionaries and Ride with Norman Reedus. AMC is owned and operated by AMC Networks Inc. and its sister networks include IFC, SundanceTV, BBC America and WE tv. AMC is available across all platforms, including on-air, online, on demand and mobile.

About BBC AMERICA

BBC AMERICA is a hub of innovative, culturally contagious programming including the critically acclaimed series Killing Eve starring Golden Globe® and SAG Award-winner Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer and from Phoebe Waller-Bridge; top-rated phenomenon Doctor Who starring Jodie Whittaker; Emmy® and IDA-winning Planet Earth II and the producers’ next epic story of our planet, Dynasties; Emmy®-winning Blue Planet II; acclaimed drama Luther starring Golden Globe®-winner Idris Elba; ground-breaking unscripted series Top Gear; buzzy and hilarious The Graham Norton Show; and the world’s biggest darts championships. A joint venture between AMC Networks and BBC Studios (the commercial arm of the BBC), BBCA’s influential shows such as Orphan Black and Broadchurch, among many others, have attracted critical acclaim and earned Emmy® Awards, Peabody Awards, Critics’ Choice Awards, TCA Awards, Gotham Award and Golden Globes®. Created in 1998, the irrepressible network has garnered one of cable’s most curious, educated and affluent audiences, with many properties boasting super-fan levels of engagement. Get caught up, BBCA offers full episodes On Demand across all major digital platforms, BBC AMERICA app and bbcamerica.com. .

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About Sundance Now

Sundance Now is AMC Networks’ premium streaming service, offering original and exclusive dramas, comedies, and true crime series, in addition to award-winning movies from every genre, including foreign-language and documentary features – all streaming commercial-free. Built on the Sundance legacy, Sundance Now is proud to present an extensive array of entertainment for a passionate and intellectually curious audience.

Follow Sundance Now on Twitter@sundance_now, Facebook@SundanceNow, Instagram@SundanceNow and YouTube@Sundance Now

TUNE IN ALERT: Music Legend Morris Day Guest Stars In All-New Episode of "Sherman's Showcase" Wednesday Aug. 8th on IFC

*TUNE IN ALERT*

MUSIC LEGEND MORRIS DAY AND RAPPER VIC MENSA GUEST STAR IN AN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF THE NEW VARIETY SKETCH SHOW,

SHERMAN’S SHOWCASE

THIS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7 AT 10/9C ONLY ON IFC

SHERMAN'S SHOWCASE (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) TO BE RELEASED FRIDAY, AUGUST 9

 

Bashir Salahuddin as Sherman McDaniels and Vic Mensa as Charade

View Clip from the Upcoming Third Episode HERE

Season one of IFC’s Sherman’s Showcase continues with an all-new episode on Wednesday, August 7 at 10pm/9c. On the third episode, “Behind the Charade,” 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. Other guest stars this episode include the legendary Quincy Jones, and series, NFL on FOX’s Curt Menefee, musician Sasha Spielberg, Barry Shabaka Henry (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), and executive producer John Legend. 

Each episode of Sherman’s Showcase is hosted by Sherman McDaniels (Salahuddin) as he takes viewers through time via music and comedy drawn from the 40-year library of a legendary (but fictional) musical variety show, drawing inspiration from Solid Gold, Soul Train and Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. 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, gameshow segments, political roundtables, commercial parodies, breakout hits destined to climb the charts, a dancing robot and a legendary host who’s been there from the beginning.

Riddle and Salahuddin serve as executive producers on Sherman’s Showcase 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). 

 

For updates on Sherman’s Showcase please check out:

Twitter: @ShermansShow 

Facebook: Sherman's Showcase

Instagram: @ShermansShowcase

Hashtag: #ShermansShowcase