The Show

📊 Series Specifications

Network FOX
Episode Runtime ~30 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 8
Original Language EN
Creator John Bowman

The Show (1996)

Created by John Bowman
⭐ 5.0 / 5 (1 votes) 🎬 1 Seasons 📼 8 Episodes 🏷️ Comedy 📡 Ended
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'Rating Consensus & Critics'

Live Multi-Source
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MATCHCUT Members
– / 10
IMDb Audience
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TOMATOMETER Critics
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METASCORE Top Critics
10.0 / 10
TMDB (1)
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Series Status:

This series has concluded and all seasons are available for tracking.

Ended

Synopsis

The series follows a white writer who joins the staff of a black television show, exploring themes of race, television production, and comedy. It featured a "show within a show" concept, focusing on the chaotic behind-the-scenes creation of a sitcom.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 (pilot)

Black staff writers react badly to Tom's appointment as head writer together with his associate Jeffrey.

E2 Deandra and Them

Wilson calls on Tom and Allison for advice after he's dumped by his high-school sweetheart.

E3 Tom and Them

Tom throws a party to show the staff how cool he really is, and everyone attends—on orders from Wilson—but Tom commits one faux pas after another.

E4 God & Them
E5 The Script Formerly Known as Writers and Them
E6 The Last ... and Them
E7 The Censors and Them
E8 Allison and Them