Sherman's Showcase's future will be decided after its Black History Month summer special gets an AMC platform

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Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin's IFC variety show-inspired series hasn't yet been picked up for a second season. But it'll return this summer for an hour-long "Black History Month Spectacular," which will be shown on the bigger AMC cable network. “I’m really excited to see how it does on AMC, I think they deserve to be put in front of bigger audiences," says AMC Networks president Sarah Barnett. "It’s cool, I love brands like BBC America and IFC incubating and giving birth to these really original ideas and then migrating them (to AMC) and see what happens,” she said. Barnett adds she'll decide whether to order a second season after the special airs.