IFC variety comedy series “Sherman’s Showcase” is returning for a second season on the network along with AMC+ on October 26, and the full guest lineup has been announced, headlined by Egot winner and series executive producer John Legend and “Insecure” and “Rap Sh!t” creator Issa Rae. IFC announced the news on Wednesday during AMC Networks’ day at the TV Critics Assn. press tour.
New guests on the show include 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, Rae, Chance The Rapper, Amanda Seales, Kent Shocknek, Paul F. Tompkins and Porsha Williams. Returning guest stars to the series include Eliza Coupe, Morris Day, Rob Haze, Legend, Nigel Lythgoe, Vic Mensa, Tawny Newsome, Xosha Roquemore, Chandra Russell, Zuri Salahuddin and Bresha Webb.
The variety series comes from co-creators Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle,...
New guests on the show include 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, Rae, Chance The Rapper, Amanda Seales, Kent Shocknek, Paul F. Tompkins and Porsha Williams. Returning guest stars to the series include Eliza Coupe, Morris Day, Rob Haze, Legend, Nigel Lythgoe, Vic Mensa, Tawny Newsome, Xosha Roquemore, Chandra Russell, Zuri Salahuddin and Bresha Webb.
The variety series comes from co-creators Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle,...
- 8/10/2022
- by EJ Panaligan
- Variety Film + TV
Former AMC Networks, Disney and Regency TV exec Pete Aronson has been named head of development and production at J30 Studios, the new company founded by “Sherman’s Showcase” and “South Side” creators and stars Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle.
Aronson was most recently exec VP, programming and production at AMC Networks’ IFC, overseeing series such as “Portlandia,” “Documentary Now!,” “Sherman’s Showcase,” “Brockmire,” “Stan Against Evil,” “Year of the Rabbit,” “Maron” and the Film Independent Spirit Awards.
Aronson already worked with Salahuddin and Riddle on “Sherman’s Showcase,” and Aronson was an exec producer on the recent one-hour special “Sherman’s Showcase Black History Month Spectacular”; he’ll continue to serve as EP on the show’s upcoming Season 2. Aronson will also serve as an exec producer with Riddle and Salahuddin on series made under their Warner Bros. TV overall deal.
“I have known and worked with the guys for over a...
Aronson was most recently exec VP, programming and production at AMC Networks’ IFC, overseeing series such as “Portlandia,” “Documentary Now!,” “Sherman’s Showcase,” “Brockmire,” “Stan Against Evil,” “Year of the Rabbit,” “Maron” and the Film Independent Spirit Awards.
Aronson already worked with Salahuddin and Riddle on “Sherman’s Showcase,” and Aronson was an exec producer on the recent one-hour special “Sherman’s Showcase Black History Month Spectacular”; he’ll continue to serve as EP on the show’s upcoming Season 2. Aronson will also serve as an exec producer with Riddle and Salahuddin on series made under their Warner Bros. TV overall deal.
“I have known and worked with the guys for over a...
- 11/2/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Eliot Glazer and Colton Haynes are attached to star in a comedy project that has a pilot presentation order at Peacock, Variety has learned exclusively.
The project is titled “I Run Hot.” It follows the unlikely friendship between Eliot (Eliot Glazer), a gay curmudgeon who never quite fit in with the community, and Colton (Haynes), a famous #instagay who can’t help but exemplify it.
Eliot will write and executive produce the show in addition to starring, with Haynes co-executive producing as well as starring. “Broad City” co-creator and star Ilana Glazer is attached as an executive producer and will also direct. Pete Aronson will also executive produce. Radical Media is producing the presentation, with Universal Television and AMC Studios set to co-produce the series.
“I Run Hot” would mark the first lead role of Eliot’s career. He has previously appeared in roles on shows like “Broad City” opposite Ilana,...
The project is titled “I Run Hot.” It follows the unlikely friendship between Eliot (Eliot Glazer), a gay curmudgeon who never quite fit in with the community, and Colton (Haynes), a famous #instagay who can’t help but exemplify it.
Eliot will write and executive produce the show in addition to starring, with Haynes co-executive producing as well as starring. “Broad City” co-creator and star Ilana Glazer is attached as an executive producer and will also direct. Pete Aronson will also executive produce. Radical Media is producing the presentation, with Universal Television and AMC Studios set to co-produce the series.
“I Run Hot” would mark the first lead role of Eliot’s career. He has previously appeared in roles on shows like “Broad City” opposite Ilana,...
- 1/15/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Sketch comedy series Sherman’s Showcase is returning for a second season and will be simulcast across IFC and sister network AMC.
This comes ahead of the launch of its one-hour Black History Month Spectacular, which launches on June 19.
The six-part series, which features half-hour episodes, is slated to air in 2021.
Sherman’s Showcase was created by and stars Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin. The pair exec produce alongside John Legend, Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorious through their Get Lifted Film Co. and Frank Scherma and Jim Bouvet of RadicalMedia and Pete Aronson.
The show features a range of sketches, cultural nostalgia, A-list guest stars and songs. The first season included guests including Common, Quincy Jones and Tiffany Haddish.
The show originally aired on IFC, but the move to put the second season on AMC as well is the latest example of the AMC Networks Group simulcasting shows across its channels.
Earlier this month,...
This comes ahead of the launch of its one-hour Black History Month Spectacular, which launches on June 19.
The six-part series, which features half-hour episodes, is slated to air in 2021.
Sherman’s Showcase was created by and stars Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin. The pair exec produce alongside John Legend, Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorious through their Get Lifted Film Co. and Frank Scherma and Jim Bouvet of RadicalMedia and Pete Aronson.
The show features a range of sketches, cultural nostalgia, A-list guest stars and songs. The first season included guests including Common, Quincy Jones and Tiffany Haddish.
The show originally aired on IFC, but the move to put the second season on AMC as well is the latest example of the AMC Networks Group simulcasting shows across its channels.
Earlier this month,...
- 6/17/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“Sherman’s Showcase” will be back for a second season of sketches, songs and guests.
The variety show created by and starring Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle has been renewed for season 2 at IFC and AMC. News of the renewal comes two days before the show’s one-hour “Black History Month Spectacular” premiering June 19 on both networks.
Season 2 will be comprised of six 30-minute episodes and is slated to air in 2021. “Sherman’s Showcase” is hosted by Salahuddin in character as Sherman McDaniel, and features “sketches, cultural nostalgia, A-list guest stars, and original award-winning songs.”
“Sherman McDaniels has been a staple in American culture for almost 50 years and shows no signs of slowing down…or aging at all,” said Salahuddin and Riddle. “We’re thrilled to return to the uniquely nerdy, quirky, silkily soulful and musical world of ‘Sherman’s Showcase.’ It’s all our favorite things and now it’s on AMC and IFC.
The variety show created by and starring Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle has been renewed for season 2 at IFC and AMC. News of the renewal comes two days before the show’s one-hour “Black History Month Spectacular” premiering June 19 on both networks.
Season 2 will be comprised of six 30-minute episodes and is slated to air in 2021. “Sherman’s Showcase” is hosted by Salahuddin in character as Sherman McDaniel, and features “sketches, cultural nostalgia, A-list guest stars, and original award-winning songs.”
“Sherman McDaniels has been a staple in American culture for almost 50 years and shows no signs of slowing down…or aging at all,” said Salahuddin and Riddle. “We’re thrilled to return to the uniquely nerdy, quirky, silkily soulful and musical world of ‘Sherman’s Showcase.’ It’s all our favorite things and now it’s on AMC and IFC.
- 6/17/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
AMC Networks is shuffling the leadership of its IFC cabler, tapping longtime president Jennifer Caserta to serve in a new role as chief transformation officer for the parent company.
IFC marketing chief Blake Callaway will take the reins as acting general manager of the comedy-oriented cabler, overseeing marketing, publicity, scheduling and acquisitions. Pete Aronson, executive VP of original programming and production, will oversee programming and report to AMC Networks chief operating officer Ed Carroll.
“We have been focused on diversifying our business in ways that enable us to seize new opportunities and achieve long-term growth, and are already seeing this effort translating into business results. This new role will help ensure we are positioned to take advantage of opportunities as our business continues to evolve,” said Josh Sapan, president-ceo of AMC Networks. “Jen’s deep understanding of the business, her superb leadership and management skills, and track record of successfully...
IFC marketing chief Blake Callaway will take the reins as acting general manager of the comedy-oriented cabler, overseeing marketing, publicity, scheduling and acquisitions. Pete Aronson, executive VP of original programming and production, will oversee programming and report to AMC Networks chief operating officer Ed Carroll.
“We have been focused on diversifying our business in ways that enable us to seize new opportunities and achieve long-term growth, and are already seeing this effort translating into business results. This new role will help ensure we are positioned to take advantage of opportunities as our business continues to evolve,” said Josh Sapan, president-ceo of AMC Networks. “Jen’s deep understanding of the business, her superb leadership and management skills, and track record of successfully...
- 5/14/2018
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Generate, the management/TV and digital production company launched in 2006 by Jordan Levin, Pete Aronson, Dave Rath and Kara Welker, has been acquired by Alloy Digital, a division of youth-focused Alloy, Inc. which creates and distributes online video content targeting 12-34 year-olds. Generate will continue as an stand-alone company under the Alloy Digital umbrella, with all of its key executives, including the founding partners led by CEO Levin, staying put. Its New York and Los Angeles offices will be integrated with those of Alloy Digital, whose headquarters are in New York. (Generate’s main campus is in Santa Monica.) Generate consists of talent management division, Generate Management, and TV/digital production unit Generate Studios. The company plans to continue to develop and produce for traditional TV networks, giving parent company Alloy two outfits in the network business, Generate Studios and Alloy Entertainment, which produces such series as Gossip Girls, The Vampire Diaries...
- 1/5/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Two alums from the underrated ABC comedy (and old favorite of mine) The Job, co-star Diane Farr and co-creator/executive producer Peter Tolan, have set up hourlong projects at Fox. Farr's project is based on her upcoming semi-autobiographical book You Can't Love One of Them, while Tolan's is a medical drama written by Glen Mazzara (The Shield). Both have received script commitments. Farr's show hails from 20th Century Fox TV and production/management company Generate, which has an overall deal with the studio. Farr will write and produce the project, which revolves around several interracial couples living in the South in a post-Obama world. Farr, whose husband is of Korean decent, developed the characters after tracking couples across America for the past five years. Generate principals Pete Aronson (The Bernie Mac Show) and Jordan Levin are executive producing. In addition to her acting credits, which include Rescue Me, Californication and Numbers,...
- 9/8/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
TheWB.com is teaming with former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star Jason Priestley for "The Lake," a new online series.
"The Lake" is a coming-of-age drama about four families who spend each summer together at a lakeside retreat. The project will be produced by former WB TV network CEO Jordan Levin through his media company Generate and partners Pete Aronson and Michael Petok. Priestley will serve as director.
"'The Lake' is in the tradition of the greatest shows from The WB Network, coming-of-age stories told with an authentic voice," said Craig Erwich, executive vp, Warner Horizon Television, who also oversees TheWB.com's programming. "With Jordan's track record at The WB and Jason's association with one of the seminal TV dramas, we have the perfect creative team to bring this show to life."
Twelve episodes of "The Lake" have been ordered, each with a fairly significant running time (for online content, at least) of 7-10 minutes each.
"The Lake" is a coming-of-age drama about four families who spend each summer together at a lakeside retreat. The project will be produced by former WB TV network CEO Jordan Levin through his media company Generate and partners Pete Aronson and Michael Petok. Priestley will serve as director.
"'The Lake' is in the tradition of the greatest shows from The WB Network, coming-of-age stories told with an authentic voice," said Craig Erwich, executive vp, Warner Horizon Television, who also oversees TheWB.com's programming. "With Jordan's track record at The WB and Jason's association with one of the seminal TV dramas, we have the perfect creative team to bring this show to life."
Twelve episodes of "The Lake" have been ordered, each with a fairly significant running time (for online content, at least) of 7-10 minutes each.
- 6/4/2009
- by By James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New York -- Production and management firm Generate has added to its executive ranks and is adopting a more traditional studio structure as it pushes beyond broadband creation and talent management to become an entertainment producer across media platforms.
Founding partner Pete Aronson is taking on the new role of president of Generate Studios, in charge of overseeing the production of franchise entertainment properties across film, TV and broadband.
Michael Petok has been promoted to head of production of Generate Studios.
The company also has hired former HBO executive Chris Gwiazda as Cfo and former Cartoon Network executive Tim Stephen as executive vp business affairs and legal.
"As Generate continues to deliver on the promise of developing concepts that migrate across platforms, it became crucial that we augment our corporate structure," CEO Jordan Levin said.
Gwiazda held various positions in finance and analysis at HBO in its sales, distribution, original programming and new-media programming operations.
Founding partner Pete Aronson is taking on the new role of president of Generate Studios, in charge of overseeing the production of franchise entertainment properties across film, TV and broadband.
Michael Petok has been promoted to head of production of Generate Studios.
The company also has hired former HBO executive Chris Gwiazda as Cfo and former Cartoon Network executive Tim Stephen as executive vp business affairs and legal.
"As Generate continues to deliver on the promise of developing concepts that migrate across platforms, it became crucial that we augment our corporate structure," CEO Jordan Levin said.
Gwiazda held various positions in finance and analysis at HBO in its sales, distribution, original programming and new-media programming operations.
- 2/17/2009
- by By Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Indie production and management company Generate has inked an exclusive multiyear development and production deal with 20th Century Fox TV.
Under the pact, which will be announced Wednesday at Natpe, Generate will develop scripted broadcast and cable series exclusively for 20th TV. The studio also will get a first look at Generate's alternative/reality concepts.
Spearheading Generate's TV operations are principals and former TV execs Jordan Levin, the company's CEO, and president Pete Aronson.
Levin headed the WB, which counted 20th as one of its major suppliers until the two sides' falling out over "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Aronson used to run Regency TV, which with 20th TV co-produced Fox's "The Bernie Mac Show."
"It is rare to find producers like Jordan and Pete who are experienced and hungry, understand the challenges of the business and have great commercial taste," 20th TV exec vp creative affairs Jennifer Nicholson-Salke said.
Under the pact, which will be announced Wednesday at Natpe, Generate will develop scripted broadcast and cable series exclusively for 20th TV. The studio also will get a first look at Generate's alternative/reality concepts.
Spearheading Generate's TV operations are principals and former TV execs Jordan Levin, the company's CEO, and president Pete Aronson.
Levin headed the WB, which counted 20th as one of its major suppliers until the two sides' falling out over "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Aronson used to run Regency TV, which with 20th TV co-produced Fox's "The Bernie Mac Show."
"It is rare to find producers like Jordan and Pete who are experienced and hungry, understand the challenges of the business and have great commercial taste," 20th TV exec vp creative affairs Jennifer Nicholson-Salke said.
- 1/28/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- If there is a common theme in what will now make it number three in Billy Ray’s career as a filmmaker, it is the subject matter of people being exposed and the corruptive nature behind ambitiously acquiring power. His debut behind the lenses was with the true-story journo with fake headlines piece Shattered Glass and he then tackled FBI identity revelations in Breach, and now, Variety reports that Ray will write and direct How to Rig an Election, a film based on a 2002 political blunder from a Republican desperately seeking for an edge. Also noteworthy, Fox Searchlight is getting in on the project from the very start and is tagging the picture with a 2009 production start date. Mayhem Pictures' Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray will produce with Generate's Jared Hoffman and Pete Aronson. Victor Constantino will be exec producer. The film will be based on Allen
- 10/15/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
BET is set to launch its first original scripted series, a comedy from The Bernie Mac Show executive producers Pete Aronson and Warren Hutcherson that is based on writer-director Hadjii's indie film Somebodies.
The network also has greenlighted an animated sketch comedy series titled Bufu from Orlando Jones (MadTV) and Ali LeRoi (Everybody Hates Chris) and another animated series from Will Smith and James Lassiter's Overbrook Entertainment. All three shows are part of a slate of primetime originals announced Wednesday by BET chairman and CEO Debra Lee and president of entertainment Reginald Hudlin at the network's upfront presentation to advertisers at New York's Manhattan Center Studios.
Lee noted that BET is making its "biggest investment ever in original programming and digital entertainment," while Hudlin pointed to the diversity of the slate, which also includes reality and biography, sports and inspirational-themed series.
"We've never had as diverse an array of original programming all dedicated to black culture," he said in an interview. "Almost every category of television show is represented on our slate this year."
Somebodies, which is premiering in the fall, is set in Athens, Ga., and focuses on a group of black slackers as they transition from college to career.
The network also has greenlighted an animated sketch comedy series titled Bufu from Orlando Jones (MadTV) and Ali LeRoi (Everybody Hates Chris) and another animated series from Will Smith and James Lassiter's Overbrook Entertainment. All three shows are part of a slate of primetime originals announced Wednesday by BET chairman and CEO Debra Lee and president of entertainment Reginald Hudlin at the network's upfront presentation to advertisers at New York's Manhattan Center Studios.
Lee noted that BET is making its "biggest investment ever in original programming and digital entertainment," while Hudlin pointed to the diversity of the slate, which also includes reality and biography, sports and inspirational-themed series.
"We've never had as diverse an array of original programming all dedicated to black culture," he said in an interview. "Almost every category of television show is represented on our slate this year."
Somebodies, which is premiering in the fall, is set in Athens, Ga., and focuses on a group of black slackers as they transition from college to career.
- 4/19/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Former WB Network CEO Jordan Levin and former Regency Television president Pete Aronson have joined forces to launch a management-production company dubbed Generate in partnership with producer Mike Karz and managers Dave Rath and Kara Welker. The company has signed a multiyear development pact with MTV Networks to create all manner of new content for Viacom's wide-ranging portfolio of cable, broadband and mobile content platforms. The guiding principal behind the company is to nurture creative ideas and talent in a more organic way than the traditional film or TV development processes, Levin said. The plan is to let the ideas dictate what form they take -- i.e. traditional TV series, feature films or shortform content for Web and broadband channels -- rather than developing projects to suit a particular distribution platform from the get-go, Levin said.
- 2/27/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Former WB Network CEO Jordan Levin and former Regency Television president Pete Aronson have joined forces to launch a management-production company dubbed Generate in partnership with producer Mike Karz and managers Dave Rath and Kara Welker. The company has signed a multiyear development pact with MTV Networks to create all manner of new content for Viacom's wide-ranging portfolio of cable, broadband and mobile content platforms. The guiding principal behind the company is to nurture creative ideas and talent in a more organic way than the traditional film or TV development processes, Levin said. The plan is to let the ideas dictate what form they take -- i.e. traditional TV series, feature films or shortform content for Web and broadband channels -- rather than developing projects to suit a particular distribution platform from the get-go, Levin said.
- 2/27/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Smallville star Michael Rosenbaum has partnered with the show's writer/executive producer Greg Beeman to pen Welcome to Paradise, a single-camera half-hour project for Fox based on Rosenbaum's life as a teenager in the late 1980s. Rosenbaum is exec producing the show, which has received a script commitment, with former WB Network Entertainment president Jordan Levin, his producing partner, former Regency TV president Pete Aronson, and Mike Karz (Malibu's Most Wanted). Welcome to Paradise, set up at Fox TV Studios, centers on a 13-year-old boy whose eccentric family moves from New York to Indiana.
- 11/15/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Warren Hutcherson and Steve Tompkins are closing in on deals to become the showrunners on Fox's comedy The Bernie Mac Show, which is returning for a fifth season in the fall. The two are taking the reins of the show from former Regency TV president Pete Aronson, who has left the Regency TV/20th Century Fox TV series after two seasons at the helm. Hutcherson has been on Bernie Mac since the show's first year, most recently serving as an executive producer last season.
- 6/10/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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