Plot Synopsis

Executive produced by John Legend and series creators and writers Diallo Riddle & Bashir Salahuddi, each half-hour 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, 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, famous guest stars and dancing with an exuberant host who's been with the show throughout its run. Guest stars include: Andrew "King Bach" Bachelor; Natasha Bedingfield; Common; Morris Day; Tiffany Haddish;Lil Rel Howery; Quincy Jones; Mike Judge; Kenny and Keith Lucas; John Legend; Nigel Lythgoe; Curt Menefee; Vic Mensa; Tawny Newsome; Ne-Yo; Ray Parker, Jr.; Mario Van Peebles; Damon Wayans, Jr.; Marlon Wayans; and Bresha Webb.

On Friday, June 19, 2020 at 10pm ET/PT, AMC premiered "Black History Month Spectacular," a one-hour SHERMAN'S SHOWCASE special, which honors 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. Guest stars in the "Black History Month Spectacular" include (in alphabetical order) rapper Phonte Coleman, Michael Ealy, journalist Jemele Hill, Lil Rel Howery, actor and TV host Terrence J, series executive producer and Emmy-, GRAMMY-, Oscar- and Tony-winner John Legend, rapper and activist Vic Mensa, GRAMMY-winner Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Bresha Webb, Vanderpump Rules' Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz, GRAMMY-winner Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, Tyrin Turner, Mario Van Peebles, and more.

SHERMAN'S SHOWCASE returned for its six-episode second season on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, as IFC aired the series opener at 10pm and AMC+ released the first two episodes earlier the same day. Each episode of the series 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. In the season opener, "Fashion!," Sherman hosts a fashion show but, backstage, it's chaos; Mary J Blige leads a group of singers on an OCEAN'S ELEVEN mission; how Sherman influenced film director Wes Anderson. The second episode, "The Sherman's Showcase Awards: Missing at Sea," centers on a recovered black box footage of The 2019 Sherman Showcase Awards, hosted on a boat that went missing. All-new award-winning actors, musicians and entertainers that will be seen flexing their comedic muscles in the witty, irreverent and wholly original series, including (alphabetically) Ace Vane, Demi Adejuyigbe, Desi Banks, Jerome Benton, Michael Blackson, Heidy De La Rosa, Chris Hardwick, Emily Kinney, Ted Lange, Laci Mosley, Rashida Olayiwola "Sheedz," Dewayne Perkins, Jay Pharoah, Issa Rae, Chance The Rapper, Amanda Seales, Kent Shocknek, Paul F. Tompkins and Porsha Williams. Returning guest stars include (in alphabetical order): Eliza Coupe, Morris Day, Rob Haze, John Legend, Nigel Lythgoe, Vic Mensa, Tawny Newsome, Xosha Roquemore, Chandra Russell, Zuri Salahuddin and Bresha Webb.
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On Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 10:30pm ET/PT, IFC premiered "Murder at the Shrind," the Season 2 finale of SHERMAN'S SHOWCASE. At one point during the '90s, Sherman rebranded his Showcase as The Shrind; featuring old school hip hop, '90s R&B and murder.