Two of AMC Networks' most offbeat hits are musical comedy Sherman's Showcase and short-form series State of the Union.
The group is now looking at the future of both shows. State of the Union aired on SundanceTV and Sherman's Showcase airs on IFC.
The good news for the latter is that the company is set to give it a…
Sherman’s Showcase is returning to IFC for an hour-long Black History Month Spectacular special this summer (yes, summer). The special was announced Thursday during AMC Networks’ presentation at the TCA winter press tour.
Created by and starring former Late Night with Jimmy Fallon writers Diallo Riddle and Bashir…
IFC’s Brockmire is coming to an end. The network confirmed today that the upcoming fourth season will be the last for the critically acclaimed series, starring and executive produced by Hank Azaria. The eight-episode final season will premiere in March.
Amanda Peet, Tyrel Jackson Williams and Katie Finneran will…
Aubrey Plaza will return as host of the Spirit Awards, Film Independent’s marquee indie film awards show that is set for February 8, 2020 live on IFC from the beach just north of the Santa Monica Pier. Plaza debuted as host for last year’s Spirits, when she took over duties from John Mulaney and Nick Kroll, who had…
Sherman's Showcase is a sketch comedy show created by former Late Night with Jimmy Fallon writers Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin that includes sketches that were "too edgy" for the NBC late night show.
The IFC Soul Train take-off, which launches later this month, is hosted by Salahuddin, who plays Sherman…
Ahead of the fourth season premiere, IFC has handed an early fifth season renewal to all-female sketch series Baroness von Sketch Show. Season 4 of the award-winning series, commissioned by CBC and picked up by IFC for the U.S., is set to premiere on October 30. The renewal was announced as part of AMC Networks…
When Documentary Now! producers are choosing which docs to tackle next, “the first thing is always can we do it? Can we make it seem funny and real at the same time? There is also the budgetary thing,” said Fred Armisen, one of IFC mockumentary series’ creators and executive producers, during Deadline’s recent The…
The first-look trailer from IFC’s new variety sketch series Sherman’s Showcase has been released. If you don’t watch it, you’re racist. At least, according to the trailer.
The network's new comedy, a take-off combining elements of Soul Train, Solid Gold and Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-in, was created by and stars Diallo Rid…
It was bound to be a freewheeling discussion about comedy on television in the #MeToo era at the AMC Networks Summit when moderator Jill Kargman, creator and star of the Bravo series Odd Mom Out, began asking stars, writers and showrunners about the challenges of being funny in the "political hellscape sh*t-show"…
IFC has officially renewed the cult-favorite, lovingly crafted spoof Documentary Now! for another seven-episode season.
In a sardonic press release, one of many upfront announcements from AMC Networks this morning, IFC notes that the premiere date for the new run of episodes has not been determined "because Fred…
Speaking at Deadline’s The Contenders Emmys event, Documentary Now! executive producers Rhys Thomas, Alex Buono and Fred Armisen spoke about working with Oscar winner Cate Blanchett. She guest-starred in the third season as a Marina Abramović-type performance artist in the episode titled “Waiting for the Artist,”…
EXCLUSIVE: The IFC Center is out with the slate for its second annual What the Fest!? gathering in Manhattan. The five-day event that highlights horror, sci-fi, documentary, thrillers and other content runs March 20-24.
The opening-night pic will be the world premiere of Depraved, veteran genre writer-director Larry…
