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The Best Episodes of Sherman's Showcase

Every episode of Sherman's Showcase ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Sherman's Showcase!

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.”
Genre:Comedy
Network:IFC

Best Episodes Summary

"The Sherman's Showcase Awards: Missing at Sea" is the best rated episode of "Sherman's Showcase". It scored 9.2/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/2/2022. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Behind the Charade".

  • The Sherman's Showcase Awards: Missing at Sea
    9.2/107 votes
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    #1 - The Sherman's Showcase Awards: Missing at Sea

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/2/2022

    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 ...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Behind the Charade
    8.7/1014 votes
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    #2 - Behind the Charade

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/7/2019

    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.

    Director: Matt Piedmont

    Writer: Diallo Riddle, Bennett Webber, Rob Haze, Emily Goldwyn, Will A. Miles, Bashir Salahuddin

  • White Music
    8.6/1010 votes
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    #3 - White Music

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/4/2019

    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.

    Director: Matt Piedmont

    Writer: N/A

  • Enemies
    8.5/1015 votes
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    #4 - Enemies

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/14/2019

    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.

    Director: Matt Piedmont

    Writer: N/A

  • Ray J's Showcase
    8.4/1010 votes
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    #5 - Ray J's Showcase

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/11/2019

    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.

    Director: Matt Piedmont

    Writer: N/A

  • The Showcase Dancers
    7.9/1018 votes
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    #6 - The Showcase Dancers

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/31/2019

    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.

    Director: Matt Piedmont

    Writer: Diallo Riddle, Bennett Webber, Rob Haze, Emily Goldwyn, Will A. Miles, Bashir Salahuddin

  • July 8, 1995
    7.9/1011 votes
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    #7 - July 8, 1995

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/28/2019

    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.

    Director: Matt Piedmont

    Writer: N/A

  • The Ladies of The Showcase
    7.7/1019 votes
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    #8 - The Ladies of The Showcase

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/21/2019

    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.

    Director: Matt Piedmont

    Writer: N/A

  • Black History Month Spectacular
    7.7/1018 votes
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    #9 - Black History Month Spectacular

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/19/2020

    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.

    Director: Matt Piedmont

    Writer: Diallo Riddle, Rob Haze, Emily Goldwyn, Will A. Miles, Bashir Salahuddin, Rodney Carter, Zuri Salahuddin

  • Meet Sherman
    7.5/1037 votes
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    #10 - Meet Sherman

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/31/2019

    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.

    Director: Matt Piedmont

    Writer: Diallo Riddle, Bennett Webber, Rob Haze, Emily Goldwyn, Will A. Miles, Bashir Salahuddin

  • Fashion!
    NaN/100 votes
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    #11 - Fashion!

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/26/2022

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sherman in Africa: Live from Lagos
    NaN/100 votes
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    #12 - Sherman in Africa: Live from Lagos

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/9/2022

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sherman's 12th Anniversary
    NaN/100 votes
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    #13 - Sherman's 12th Anniversary

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/16/2022

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • ShermaSnatch
    NaN/100 votes
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    #14 - ShermaSnatch

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/23/2022

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Murder at the Shrind
    NaN/100 votes
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    #15 - Murder at the Shrind

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/30/2022

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A