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Created by | John Wilson |
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Directed by | John Wilson |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
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Production location | New York City |
Editor | Adam Locke-Norton |
Running time | 25–28 minutes |
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Network | HBO |
Release | October 23, 2020 present | –
The Show About the Show is an American television comedy docuseries created by filmmaker Caveh Zamedi. The series, executive produced by Zamedi and Aziz Isham was originally released by BRIC Arts Media.
Caveh Zahedi has always wanted to make a television show, but it's never quite worked out before. He convinces a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization to finance a television show whose premise is that every episode will be about the making of the previous episode.
John Wilson explained to Variety about his process of making the show
"I try to draft very rough scripts of what might happen in an episode, and then we give it to production and put a plan in action to shoot it — and every single script is rewritten from the ground up by the time we're done in the edit. So much of the rewriting has to happen in the edit, because we're now writing to these shots that we never could have predicted that we would have, and they're always so much better than the stuff that we roughly conceived."[4]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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1 | 6 | October 23, 2020 | November 27, 2020 | |
2 | 6 | November 26, 2021 | December 31, 2021 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title [2] | Directed by [2] | Written by [2] | Original air date [2] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "How To Make Small Talk" | John Wilson | John Wilson | October 23, 2020 | 0.187[5] |
2 | 2 | "How To Put Up Scaffolding" | John Wilson | John Wilson, Michael Koman and Alice Gregory | October 30, 2020 | 0.352[6] |
3 | 3 | "How To Improve Your Memory" | John Wilson | John Wilson, Michael Koman and Alice Gregory | November 6, 2020 | 0.288[7] |
4 | 4 | "How To Cover Your Furniture" | John Wilson | John Wilson, Michael Koman and Alice Gregory | November 13, 2020 | 0.273[8] |
5 | 5 | "How To Split the Check" | John Wilson | John Wilson, Michael Koman and Alice Gregory | November 20, 2020 | 0.231[9] |
6 | 6 | "How To Cook the Perfect Risotto" | John Wilson | John Wilson, Michael Koman and Alice Gregory | November 27, 2020 | 0.083[10] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title [3] | Directed by [3] | Written by [3] | Original air date [3] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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7 | 1 | "How To Invest in Real Estate" | John Wilson | John Wilson, Michael Koman, Alice Gregory, Susan Orlean, and Conner O'Malley | November 26, 2021 | 0.118[11] |
8 | 2 | "How To Appreciate Wine" | John Wilson | John Wilson, Michael Koman, Susan Orlean, and Conner O'Malley | December 3, 2021 | 0.068[12] |
9 | 3 | "How To Find a Spot" | John Wilson | John Wilson, Michael Koman, Alice Gregory, Susan Orlean, and Conner O'Malley | December 10, 2021 | 0.079[13] |
10 | 4 | "How To Throw Out Your Batteries" | John Wilson | John Wilson, Michael Koman, Alice Gregory, Susan Orlean, and Conner O'Malley | December 17, 2021 | 0.069[14] |
11 | 5 | "How To Remember Your Dreams" | John Wilson | John Wilson, Michael Koman, Susan Orlean, and Conner O'Malley | December 24, 2021 | 0.049[15] |
12 | 6 | "How To Be Spontaneous" | John Wilson | John Wilson, Michael Koman, Alice Gregory, Susan Orlean, and Conner O'Malley | December 31, 2021 | 0.114[16] |
How To with John Wilson has received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has a score of 100% with an average rating of 8.5/10 based on 21 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: "Surprising, thoughtful, and superbly strange, How To with John Wilson's blend of documentary styles comes together to create a singularly delightful experience."[17] On Metacritic, the first season has a weighted average score of 84 out of 100, based on 7 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[18]
Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter wrote How To with John Wilson is "funny, sad, and, in the end, shockingly profound."[19] Steve Greene of IndieWire gave the series a positive review of an A−, saying it has "a hint of darkness and a wealth of empathy."[20]
The second season received critical acclaim. On Metacritic, the season has a weighted average score of 92 out of 100, based on 4 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[21]
Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2021 | American Cinema Editors | Best Edited Non-Scripted Series | Adam Locke-Norton | Nominated | [22] |
2021 | Gotham Awards | Breakthrough Nonfiction Series | Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman, Clark Reinking and John Wilson | Nominated | [23] |
2022 | Cinema Eye Honors | Outstanding Anthology Series | Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman, Clark Reinking and John Wilson | Nominated | [24][25] |
Outstanding Broadcast Editing | Adam Locke-Norton | Won | |||
2022 | Writers Guild of America Awards | Best Comedy/Variety – Sketch Series | Alice Gregory, Michael Koman, Conner O'Malley, Susan Orlean, John Wilson | Nominated | [26] |
2022 | TCA Awards | Outstanding Achievement in News and Information | How To with John Wilson | Pending | [27] |