Albasheer Show

Albasheer Show; البشير شو
Genre	Comedy, news satire, talk show
Created by	Ahmad Al-Basheer
Written by	Ahmed Albasheer; Al-Hakam Turki; Ahmed Hamdi; Shwan Salar
Directed by	Andrée
Presented by	Ahmad Albasheer
Starring	Mustafa Al-Ghareeb; Al-Hakam Turki; Shwan Salar; Alaa Al-Amir; Osama Shubair
Theme music composer	Osama Al-Nabir
Country of origin	Iraq
No. of episodes	47 (as of August 5, 2016)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Mustafa Al-Ghareeb
Production location(s)	Amman, Jordan
Running time	35–50 min.
Release
Original network	Al-Shahid Al-Mustaqil (2014–2015); Al-Sumaria (2016); DW Arabia (2016–present); NRT Arabia (2016–present)
Picture format	1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Original release	August 30, 2014 – 12 October 2018
External links
	Website

Albasheer Show (Arabic: البشير شو‎) was an Iraqi news satire and talk show television program, which aired each Friday on DW Arabia.

Hosted by Ahmad Albasheer, the show first premiered on August 30, 2014 on Al-Shahid Al-Mustaqil and YouTube until the end of season 1. The second season was not aired on a television network but was aired only on YouTube. The third season was agreed to air on DW Arabia and Al-Sumaria but the latters managed to air only two episodes before it was shut down.^[1]^[2]^[3] NRT Arabia started airing the show, along with DW Arabia, since June 24, 2016.^[4] The last episode was aired on October 12, 2018.

Being heavily based on the American show, The Daily Show, and the Egyptian show, Al-Bernameg, Albasheer Show draws its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organizations, and often uses self-referential humor as well. It typically opens with a long monologue, relating to recent headlines and frequently features exchanges with one or more correspondents, who adopted absurd or humorously exaggerated takes on current events against the presenter's straight man persona. The final segment was devoted to a celebrity interview, with guests ranging from actors and musicians to nonfiction authors and political figures.

Part of what makes Ahmed and the show so popular—the audience sums to millions - is how relatable his personal suffering is to many Iraqis. During the now-protracted chaos that has engulfed Iraq, al-Basheer lost a brother to one terrorist attack and seven of his best friends in another, and watched his father die after the trauma of being kidnapped ruined his health. He himself was kidnapped and tortured for 40 days in 2005. But as Ahmed says, “instead of getting revenge with a weapon, I try to fix the situation so nobody has to go through the things I went through. Instead of turning violent…I see this as the best way to respond to all the killing.” ^[5]

List of episodes

Season 1

No.	Title	Native title	Original air date	Guest(s)
1	Sectarian Chicken	دجاج طائفي	August 30, 2014	N/A
2	Presidential Circumsition	تطهير رئاسي	September 5, 2014	N/A
3	Tallit	الطيلسان	September 29, 2014	N/A
4	Fake Protests	مظاهرات وهمية	October 7, 2014	N/A
5	Indonesian Eid	العيد الاندنوسي	October 11, 2014	N/A
6	How To Fight ISIS	كيف نحارب داعش	October 17, 2014	N/A
7	Know Your Ministers	تعرف على وزراءك	October 24, 2014	N/A
8	The President's Alert	انذار الرئيس	November 7, 2014	N/A
9	Khreetinious	خريطينيوس	November 14, 2014	N/A
10	Tolerance	التسامح	November 21, 2014	N/A
11	Us And The Emirates	نحن والامارات	November 28, 2014	N/A
12	Alien Invasion	الغزو الفضائي	December 5, 2014	N/A
13	We Are The Ones Who Nobody Can Touch Us	احنا المحد يندك بينا	December 15, 2014	N/A
14	The Airplane Flies	الطيارة تطير	December 19, 2014	N/A
15	Suspicious Puberty	مراهقة مريبة	December 22, 2014	N/A
16	Conspiracies	مؤامرات	December 26, 2014	N/A
17	Predictions	تنبؤات	December 29, 2014	N/A
18	Predictions 2	تنبؤات 2	January 3, 2015	Akhlad Raouf, Hassan Al-Falluji (UTN1)
19	Top 3	توب 3	January 5, 2015	N/A
20	Dangerous Discoveries	اكتشافات خطيرة	January 9, 2015	N/A
21	Their Signs	ابراجهم	January 13, 2015	N/A
22	Young Men For Sale	شباب للبيع	January 16, 2015	N/A
23	Haibat Haibeet	هيباط هيبيط	January 19, 2015	N/A
24	A Stick In The Envier's Eye	الحسود بعينه عود	January 23, 2015	N/A
25	The Budget's Solutions	حلول الموازنة	January 27, 2015	N/A
26	Budget / Displaced	الموازنة / النازحين	February 1, 2015	N/A

Season 1.5

No.	Title	Native title	Original air date	Guest(s)
27	Extortionater of Them	يا باهضهم	June 10, 2015	Mark Critch
28	Liberation of Mosul	تحرير الموصل	June 20, 2015	Khudhair Hadi
29	–	–	October 11, 2015	Curtis Cook
30	–	–	October 20, 2015	N/A
31	Our Leaders	قادتنا	January 15, 2016	Haider Al-Mulla

Season 3.2

No.	Title	Native title	Original air date	Guest(s)
32	Technocrat	تكنوقراط	April 15, 2016	Ali Al-Essawi
33	Mu'tasamada	معتصمادا	April 22, 2016	N/A
34	Silencing The Mouths	تكميم الافواه	April 29, 2016	N/A
35	The Extorted Parliament	البرلمان المغتصب	May 6, 2016	Maamoun Al-Nattah
36	Media By The Ammo Sabah Way	الاعلام على طريقة عمو صباح	May 13, 2016	N/A
37	What's The Topic	شنو الموضوع	May 20, 2016	Aliya Nussayyif
38	Cut The Sound	اكطع الصوت	May 27, 2016	N/A
39	Mithreedious	مثريديوس	June 3, 2016	N/A
40	Metaphysics	ميتافيزيقية	June 10, 2016	Shujaa Al-Khafaji
41	Th Red Wall	الحائط الاحمر	June 24, 2016	Eva Kaili
42	Us And Bahrain	احنة والبحرين	July 1, 2016	N/A
43	Karrada And The Detergent Detector	الكرادة وكاشف الزاهي	July 8, 2016	Salim al-Jabouri
44	K-9 Took The Blame	كي ناين شال القضية	July 15, 2016	N/A
45	The Legendary Hotness	الحر الاسطوري	July 22, 2016	N/A
46	Massoum Where Is The Halqoom	معصوم وين الحقوم	July 29, 2016	Fareed Lafta
47	Abu Al-Kubba	ابو الكبة	August 5, 2016	N/A

References

↑ "عربية DW قريبا: "البشير شو" على". Deutsche Welle. 7 April 2016. (in Arabic)
↑ "السومرية تنطلق ببث برنامج "البشير شو" بالتعاون مع DW الالمانية". Alsumaria. 7 April 2016. (in Arabic)
↑ "هيئة الاعلام والاتصالات تقرر ايقاف برنامج البشير شو". Alsumaria. 25 April 2016. (in Arabic)
↑ "عربية تبدأ بعرض برنامج البشير شو NRT قناة". NRT. 22 June 2016. (in Arabic)
↑ https://www.the-american-interest.com/2017/10/06/baghdad-burlesque/

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[1] "عربية DW قريبا: "البشير شو" على". Deutsche Welle. 7 April 2016. (in Arabic)

[2] "السومرية تنطلق ببث برنامج "البشير شو" بالتعاون مع DW الالمانية". Alsumaria. 7 April 2016. (in Arabic)

[3] "هيئة الاعلام والاتصالات تقرر ايقاف برنامج البشير شو". Alsumaria. 25 April 2016. (in Arabic)

[4] "عربية تبدأ بعرض برنامج البشير شو NRT قناة". NRT. 22 June 2016. (in Arabic)

[5] ttps://www.the-american-interest.com/2017/10/06/baghdad-burlesque/