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class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>1970s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1970s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1980s–present" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1980s–present"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>1980s–present</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1980s–present-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Related_formats" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_formats"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Related formats</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Related_formats-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Related formats subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Related_formats-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Christmas_and_other_variety_specials" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Christmas_and_other_variety_specials"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Christmas and other variety specials</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Christmas_and_other_variety_specials-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Talk_shows" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Talk_shows"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Talk shows</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Talk_shows-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sketch_comedy_shows" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sketch_comedy_shows"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Sketch comedy shows</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sketch_comedy_shows-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Talent_shows" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Talent_shows"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Talent shows</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Talent_shows-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Telethons" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Telethons"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Telethons</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Telethons-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_countries_or_regions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_countries_or_regions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Other countries or regions</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Other_countries_or_regions-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Other countries or regions subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Other_countries_or_regions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Australia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Australia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Australia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Australia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Brazil" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Brazil"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Brazil</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Brazil-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Taiwan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Taiwan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Taiwan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Taiwan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hong_Kong" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hong_Kong"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Hong Kong</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hong_Kong-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Iran" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Iran"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Iran</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Iran-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Japan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Japan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Japan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Japan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-South_Korea" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#South_Korea"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>South Korea</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-South_Korea-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Philippines" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Philippines"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.8</span> <span>Philippines</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Philippines-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mexico" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mexico"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.9</span> <span>Mexico</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mexico-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Venezuela" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Venezuela"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.10</span> <span>Venezuela</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Venezuela-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chile" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chile"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.11</span> <span>Chile</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chile-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-France" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#France"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.12</span> <span>France</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-France-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_Kingdom" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_Kingdom"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.13</span> <span>United Kingdom</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_Kingdom-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8" title="বিচিত্রানুষ্ঠান – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বিচিত্রানুষ্ঠান" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%E2%80%99%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8D" title="Вар’етэ – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вар’етэ" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variet%C3%A9" title="Varieté – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Varieté" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variet%C3%A9" title="Varieté – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Varieté" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varieteo" title="Varieteo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Varieteo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87_%D8%B1%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%DA%AF" title="برنامه رنگارنگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="برنامه رنگارنگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mission_de_vari%C3%A9t%C3%A9s" title="Émission de variétés – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Émission de variétés" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%84%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EC%96%B4%ED%8B%B0_%EC%87%BC" title="버라이어티 쇼 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="버라이어티 쇼" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%A5" title="Վարիետե – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վարիետե" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acara_varietas" title="Acara varietas – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Acara varietas" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skemmti%C3%BE%C3%A1ttur" title="Skemmtiþáttur – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Skemmtiþáttur" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5" title="Варьете – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Варьете" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5" title="Варьете – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Варьете" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variet%C3%A9" title="Varieté – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Varieté" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancangan_aneka_ragam" title="Rancangan aneka ragam – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Rancangan aneka ragam" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A8%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E7%95%AA%E7%B5%84" title="バラエティ番組 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="バラエティ番組" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variet%C3%A9" title="Varieté – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Varieté" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variet%C3%A9" title="Varieté – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Varieté" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programa_de_variedades" title="Programa de variedades – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Programa de variedades" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_show" title="Variety show – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Variety show" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varietee" title="Varietee – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Varietee" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variet%C3%A9" title="Varieté – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Varieté" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF" title="பலவகையான நிகழ்ச்சி – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பலவகையான நிகழ்ச்சி" 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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"><span class="mw-redirectedfrom">(Redirected from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_theatre&redirect=no" class="mw-redirect" title="Variety theatre">Variety theatre</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Entertainment made up of a variety of acts</div> <p> <b>Variety show</b>, also known as <b>variety arts</b> or <b>variety entertainment</b>, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical performances, <a href="/wiki/Sketch_comedy" title="Sketch comedy">sketch comedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magic_(illusion)" title="Magic (illusion)">magic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Acrobatics" title="Acrobatics">acrobatics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juggling" title="Juggling">juggling</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ventriloquism" title="Ventriloquism">ventriloquism</a>. It is normally introduced by a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Ceremonies" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of Ceremonies">compère (master of ceremonies)</a> or host. The variety format made its way from the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian era</a> stage in Britain and America to radio and then television. Variety shows were a staple of English language television from the late 1940s into the 1980s. </p><p>While still widespread in some parts of the world, such as in the United Kingdom with the <i><a href="/wiki/Royal_Variety_Performance" title="Royal Variety Performance">Royal Variety Performance</a></i>, and South Korea with <i><a href="/wiki/Running_Man_(South_Korean_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Running Man (South Korean TV series)">Running Man</a></i>, the proliferation of multichannel television and evolving viewer tastes have affected the popularity of variety shows in the United States. Despite this, their influence has still had a major effect on <a href="/wiki/Late_night_television" class="mw-redirect" title="Late night television">late night television</a> whose <a href="/wiki/Late-night_talk_show" title="Late-night talk show">late-night talk shows</a> and <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>'s variety series <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> (which originally premiered in 1975) have remained popular fixtures of American television. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stage_and_radio">Stage and radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Stage and radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:London_2745.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/London_2745.JPG/220px-London_2745.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/London_2745.JPG/330px-London_2745.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/London_2745.JPG/440px-London_2745.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption>Begun 1912, the <i><a href="/wiki/Royal_Variety_Performance" title="Royal Variety Performance">Royal Variety Performance</a></i> was first held at the <a href="/wiki/London_Palladium" title="London Palladium">London Palladium</a> (<i>pictured</i>) in 1941. Performed in front of members of the Royal Family, many <a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Variety_Performances" title="List of Royal Variety Performances">famous acts have performed</a> over the century.</figcaption></figure> <p>The live entertainment style known as <a href="/wiki/Music_hall" title="Music hall">music hall</a> in the United Kingdom and <a href="/wiki/Vaudeville" title="Vaudeville">vaudeville</a> in the United States can be considered a direct predecessor of the "variety show" format.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Variety in the UK evolved in theatres and music halls, and later in <a href="/wiki/Working_men%27s_club" title="Working men's club">working men's clubs</a>. British performers who honed their skills in music hall sketches include <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin" title="Charlie Chaplin">Charlie Chaplin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stan_Laurel" title="Stan Laurel">Stan Laurel</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Formby" title="George Formby">George Formby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gracie_Fields" title="Gracie Fields">Gracie Fields</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Leno" title="Dan Leno">Dan Leno</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gertrude_Lawrence" title="Gertrude Lawrence">Gertrude Lawrence</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Marie_Lloyd" title="Marie Lloyd">Marie Lloyd</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McCabe_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCabe-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the early top performers on <a href="/wiki/British_television" class="mw-redirect" title="British television">British television</a> and radio did an apprenticeship either in stage variety, or during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> in <a href="/wiki/Entertainments_National_Service_Association" title="Entertainments National Service Association">Entertainments National Service Association</a> (ENSA). In the UK, the ultimate accolade for a variety artist for decades was to be asked to do the annual <a href="/wiki/Royal_Command_Performance" title="Royal Command Performance">Royal Command Performance</a> at the <a href="/wiki/London_Palladium" title="London Palladium">London Palladium</a> theatre, in front of the monarch. Later known as the <i><a href="/wiki/Royal_Variety_Performance" title="Royal Variety Performance">Royal Variety Performance</a></i> (from 1919), it continues today. In the 1940s, Stan Laurel revisited his music hall days when he performed at the <i>Royal Variety</i> show.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the United States former vaudeville performers such as the <a href="/wiki/Marx_Brothers" title="Marx Brothers">Marx Brothers</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Burns" title="George Burns">George Burns</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gracie_Allen" title="Gracie Allen">Gracie Allen</a>, <a href="/wiki/W._C._Fields" title="W. C. Fields">W. C. Fields</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Benny" title="Jack Benny">Jack Benny</a> honed their skills in the <a href="/wiki/Borscht_Belt" title="Borscht Belt">Borscht Belt</a> before moving to <a href="/wiki/Talkies" class="mw-redirect" title="Talkies">talkies</a>, to radio shows, and then to television shows, including variety shows. Radio variety shows were the predominant form of light entertainment during the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Radio" title="Golden Age of Radio">Golden Age of Radio</a> from the late 1920s through the 1940s; such radio shows typically included a house vocalist, music from the <a href="/wiki/House_band" title="House band">house band</a>, a stand-up monologue and a short <a href="/wiki/Sketch_comedy" title="Sketch comedy">comedy sketch</a>. Variety shows centered on running comedy sketches with recurring characters eventually evolved into sitcoms (situation comedies). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1931–1960"><span id="1931.E2.80.931960"></span>1931–1960</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1931–1960"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Variety shows were among the first programs to be featured on television during the experimental <a href="/wiki/Mechanical_television" title="Mechanical television">mechanical television</a> era. Variety shows hosted by <a href="/wiki/Helen_Haynes" title="Helen Haynes">Helen Haynes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Lee_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Harriet Lee (TV series)">Harriet Lee</a> are recorded in contemporary newspapers in 1931 and 1932; because of technical limits of the era, no recordings of either show have been preserved. After <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the genre again was an early favorite of the burgeoning electronic television industry; <i><a href="/wiki/Hour_Glass_(TV_series)" title="Hour Glass (TV series)">Hour Glass</a></i>, dating to 1946, is the earliest surviving variety show, preserved in the form of audio recordings and still photographs. The genre proliferated during the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Television" title="Golden Age of Television">Golden Age of Television</a>, generally considered to be roughly 1948 to 1960. Many of these Golden Age variety shows were spin-offs or adaptations of previous radio variety shows. </p><p>From 1948 to 1971 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" title="The Ed Sullivan Show">The Ed Sullivan Show</a></i> was one of <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>'s most popular television series. Using his no-nonsense approach, host <a href="/wiki/Ed_Sullivan" title="Ed Sullivan">Ed Sullivan</a> was instrumental in bringing many acts to prominence in the United States, including <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a>. One year after Sullivan's premiere, <i><a href="/wiki/Music_%26_the_Spoken_Word" title="Music & the Spoken Word">Music & the Spoken Word</a></i> first aired on television. Having carried over from an already 20-year run on radio, the series airs a program of religious music, messages, and occasional interviews, and remains the longest-running variety show in U.S. television history. "<a href="/wiki/The_Arthur_Murray_Party" title="The Arthur Murray Party">The Arthur Murray Party</a>" (1950–1960) was wildly popular and one of only 5 shows in the history of television to appear on all four major networks at the same time. The premise was a large dance party hosted by <a href="/wiki/Kathryn_Murray" class="mw-redirect" title="Kathryn Murray">Kathryn Murray</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Murray" title="Arthur Murray">Arthur Murray</a> that showcased a new dance and a celebrity guest along with dozens of professional dancers. The show also hosted the only television appearance of <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Holly" title="Buddy Holly">Buddy Holly</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Crickets" title="The Crickets">The Crickets</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lawrence_Welk_Show" title="The Lawrence Welk Show">The Lawrence Welk Show</a></i> (1955–1982) would go on to become one of U.S. television's longest-running variety shows; based on the concept of the <a href="/wiki/Big_band_remote" title="Big band remote">big band remote</a> from the old-time radio era, it was already one of the last shows of its kind when it debuted and far outlasted all other big-band centered broadcast series by the end of its run. </p><p>Other long-running American variety shows that premiered during this time include <i><a href="/wiki/Texaco_Star_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Texaco Star Theatre">Texaco Star Theatre</a></i> (1948–1956), <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lester" title="Jerry Lester">Jerry Lester</a>'s <i>Cavalcade of Stars</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Broadway_Open_House" title="Broadway Open House">Broadway Open House</a></i> and <i>Chesterfield Sound-Off Time</i> (1949–1952); <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jackie_Gleason_Show" title="The Jackie Gleason Show">The Jackie Gleason Show</a></i> (1950–1955), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Garry_Moore_Show" title="The Garry Moore Show">The Garry Moore Show</a></i> (1950–1967, in various incarnations), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Morey_Amsterdam_Show" title="The Morey Amsterdam Show">The Morey Amsterdam Show</a></i> (1950–1954 in various incarnations), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Colgate_Comedy_Hour" title="The Colgate Comedy Hour">The Colgate Comedy Hour</a></i> (1950–1955), <i><a href="/wiki/Your_Show_of_Shows" title="Your Show of Shows">Your Show of Shows</a></i> (1950–1954), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Red_Skelton_Show" title="The Red Skelton Show">The Red Skelton Show</a></i> (1951–1971), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dinah_Shore_Show" title="The Dinah Shore Show">The Dinah Shore Show</a></i> (1951–1957), <i><a href="/wiki/The_George_Gobel_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="The George Gobel Show">The George Gobel Show</a></i> (1954–1960) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dinah_Shore_Chevy_Show" title="The Dinah Shore Chevy Show">The Dinah Shore Chevy Show</a></i> (1956–1963). <a href="/wiki/Perry_Como" title="Perry Como">Perry Como</a> also hosted a series of variety shows that collectively ran from 1948 to 1969, followed by variety specials that ran until 1994. </p><p>Shorter-lived variety shows during this period include <i><a href="/wiki/The_Frank_Sinatra_Show_(1950_TV_series)" title="The Frank Sinatra Show (1950 TV series)">The Frank Sinatra Show</a></i> (1950–1952), <i>The Jimmy Durante Show</i> (1954–1956) and a different <i><a href="/wiki/The_Frank_Sinatra_Show_(1957_TV_series)" title="The Frank Sinatra Show (1957 TV series)">The Frank Sinatra Show</a></i> (1957–1958). </p><p>In the UK <i><a href="/wiki/The_Good_Old_Days_(UK_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Good Old Days (UK TV series)">The Good Old Days</a></i>—which ran from 1953 to 1983—featured modern artists performing dressed in late <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian</a>/Early <a href="/wiki/Edwardian_era" title="Edwardian era">Edwardian</a> costume, either doing their own act or performing as a music hall artist of that period. The audience was also encouraged to dress in period costume in a similar fashion. Other long-running British variety shows that originated in the 1950s include <i><a href="/wiki/Tonight_at_the_London_Palladium" title="Tonight at the London Palladium">Tonight at the London Palladium</a></i> (1955–1969), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_and_White_Minstrel_Show" title="The Black and White Minstrel Show">The Black and White Minstrel Show</a></i> (1958–1978), <i><a href="/wiki/The_White_Heather_Club" title="The White Heather Club">The White Heather Club</a></i> (1958–1968) and <i><a href="/wiki/Royal_Variety_Performance" title="Royal Variety Performance">Royal Variety Performance</a></i> (an annual event televised since the 1950s). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1960s">1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Popular American variety shows that began in the 60s include a revival of <i>The Jackie Gleason Show</i> (1960–1970), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Andy_Williams_Show" title="The Andy Williams Show">The Andy Williams Show</a></i> (1962–1971), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Danny_Kaye_Show" title="The Danny Kaye Show">The Danny Kaye Show</a></i> (1963–1967), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Palace" title="The Hollywood Palace">The Hollywood Palace</a></i> (1964–1970), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dean_Martin_Show" title="The Dean Martin Show">The Dean Martin Show</a></i> (1965–1974), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Carol_Burnett_Show" title="The Carol Burnett Show">The Carol Burnett Show</a></i> (1967–1978), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Smothers_Brothers_Comedy_Hour" title="The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour">The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour</a></i> (1967–1969) and <i><a href="/wiki/Rowan_%26_Martin%27s_Laugh-In" title="Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In">Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In</a></i> (1968–73). 1969 saw a flurry of new variety shows with rural appeal: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Johnny_Cash_Show_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)">The Johnny Cash Show</a></i> (1969–1971), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jim_Nabors_Hour" title="The Jim Nabors Hour">The Jim Nabors Hour</a></i> (1969–1971), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Glen_Campbell_Goodtime_Hour" title="The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour">The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour</a></i> (1969–1972) and <i><a href="/wiki/Hee_Haw" title="Hee Haw">Hee Haw</a></i> (1969–1992). </p><p>Entertainers with less successful variety shows in the 1960s include <a href="/wiki/Judy_Garland" title="Judy Garland">Judy Garland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr." title="Sammy Davis Jr.">Sammy Davis Jr.</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s">1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:30em; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Some consider <a href="/wiki/Disco" title="Disco">disco</a> to be the boiled-down essence of Seventies <a href="/wiki/Popular_culture" title="Popular culture">pop culture</a>. But that doesn't quite cover it. Not everyone liked disco. In fact, a bunch of head-banging, beer-crushing rock jocks <a href="/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night" title="Disco Demolition Night">blew up a pile of disco records</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> <a href="/wiki/Comiskey_Park" title="Comiskey Park">outfield</a>. </p><p>If any art form truly encapsulates the entirety of '70s culture, it is the variety show. After all, the variety show was not an art form, it was all art forms. A variety show packed sketch comedy, dance choreography, guest celebrities and concert performances (okay, lip-synching) into one anything-goes show. A variety show is <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> meets <a href="/wiki/Solid_Gold_(TV_series)" title="Solid Gold (TV series)"><i>Solid Gold</i></a> meets <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> meets <a href="/wiki/Saturday-morning_cartoon" title="Saturday-morning cartoon">Saturday morning</a>. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="right-aligned" style=""><a href="/wiki/MeTV" title="MeTV">MeTV</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>In 1970 and 1971, the American TV networks, CBS especially, conducted the so-called "<a href="/wiki/Rural_purge" title="Rural purge">rural purge</a>", in which shows that appealed to more rural and older audiences were canceled as part of a greater focus on appealing to wealthier demographics. Many variety shows, including long-running ones, were canceled as part of this "purge," with a few shows (such as <i>Hee Haw</i> and <i>The Lawrence Welk Show</i>) surviving and moving into first-run <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_syndication" title="Broadcast syndication">syndication</a>. Variety shows continued to be produced in the 1970s, with most of them stripped down to only music and comedy. </p><p>Popular variety shows that ran in the 1970s include <i><a href="/wiki/The_Flip_Wilson_Show" title="The Flip Wilson Show">The Flip Wilson Show</a></i> (1970–1974), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sonny_%26_Cher_Comedy_Hour" title="The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour">The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour</a></i> (1971–1977, in various incarnations), <i>The <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Goldsboro" title="Bobby Goldsboro">Bobby Goldsboro</a> Show</i> (1973–1975), <i>The Hudson Brothers' Razzle Dazzle Show</i> (1974–1975), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Midnight_Special_(TV_series)" title="The Midnight Special (TV series)">The Midnight Special</a></i> (1973–1981), <i><a href="/wiki/Don_Kirshner%27s_Rock_Concert" title="Don Kirshner's Rock Concert">Don Kirshner's Rock Concert</a></i> (1973–1981), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mac_Davis_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="The Mac Davis Show">The Mac Davis Show</a></i> (1974–1976), <i><a href="/wiki/Tony_Orlando_and_Dawn_(TV_series)" title="Tony Orlando and Dawn (TV series)">Tony Orlando and Dawn</a></i> (1974–1976), <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> (1975–present), <i><a href="/wiki/Donny_%26_Marie_(1976_TV_series)" title="Donny & Marie (1976 TV series)">Donny & Marie</a></i> (1976–1979), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Muppet_Show" title="The Muppet Show">The Muppet Show</a></i> (1976–1981), and <i><a href="/wiki/Sha_Na_Na_(TV_series)" title="Sha Na Na (TV series)">Sha Na Na</a></i> (1977–1981). Of all of these, only <i>Saturday Night Live</i> remains on the air today, and has become the second-longest-running variety show in the history of American television. </p><p>Entertainers with weekly variety shows that ran for one season or less in the 1970s include <a href="/wiki/Captain_%26_Tennille" title="Captain & Tennille">Captain & Tennille</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Jacksons" class="mw-redirect" title="The Jacksons">The Jacksons</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Keane_Brothers" title="The Keane Brothers">The Keane Brothers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin" title="Bobby Darin">Bobby Darin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mary_Tyler_Moore" title="Mary Tyler Moore">Mary Tyler Moore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julie_Andrews" title="Julie Andrews">Julie Andrews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shields_and_Yarnell" title="Shields and Yarnell">Shields and Yarnell</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Manhattan_Transfer" title="The Manhattan Transfer">The Manhattan Transfer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Starland_Vocal_Band" title="Starland Vocal Band">Starland Vocal Band</a>, and the cast of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Brady_Bunch" title="The Brady Bunch">The Brady Bunch</a></i>. </p><p>Entertainers with variety-based TV specials in the 70s include <a href="/wiki/The_Carpenters" title="The Carpenters">Carpenters</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Denver" title="John Denver">John Denver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shirley_MacLaine" title="Shirley MacLaine">Shirley MacLaine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a>, Bob Hope, and Pat Boone. <a href="/wiki/Paul_Lynde" title="Paul Lynde">Paul Lynde</a> hosted a string of irregularly scheduled <i>Comedy Hours</i> through the late 1970s. </p><p>By the late 1970s nearly every TV variety show had ended production. Audiences were clearly tiring of the format;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the highest-rated variety show of 1975, <i><a href="/wiki/Cher_(TV_series)" title="Cher (TV series)">Cher</a></i>, was only the 22nd-most watched show of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s–present"><span id="1980s.E2.80.93present"></span>1980s–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1980s–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Variety_show" title="Special:EditPage/Variety show">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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Most of the few new variety programs being produced were of remarkably poor quality (for instance, the infamous <i><a href="/wiki/Pink_Lady_and_Jeff" class="mw-redirect" title="Pink Lady and Jeff">Pink Lady and Jeff</a></i>), hastening the format's demise, though a few moderately successful shows remained, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mandrell_%26_the_Mandrell_Sisters" title="Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters">Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters</a></i> (November 1980 to June 1982). A brief revival of the genre arose in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Variety shows from this era included <i><a href="/wiki/Dolly_(1987_TV_series)" title="Dolly (1987 TV series)">Dolly</a></i> (starring <a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a>), which ran for 23 episodes on ABC during the 1987–88 season; <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tracey_Ullman_Show" title="The Tracey Ullman Show">The Tracey Ullman Show</a></i> which aired on Fox from April 1987 through May 1990; a revival of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Smothers_Brothers_Comedy_Hour" title="The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour">The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour</a></i> from 1988 to 1989; a revival of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Carol_Burnett_Show" title="The Carol Burnett Show">The Carol Burnett Show</a></i>, which was broadcast by CBS for nine episodes in 1991 (following up on <i><a href="/wiki/Carol_%26_Company" title="Carol & Company">Carol & Company</a></i> on NBC the previous year); and <a href="/wiki/Showtime_(TV_network)" title="Showtime (TV network)">Showtime</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Super_Dave_Osborne_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="The Super Dave Osborne Show">The Super Dave Osborne Show</a></i> hosted by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Einstein" title="Bob Einstein">Bob Einstein</a> from 1987 to 1991 (itself a spinoff of <a href="/wiki/John_Byner" title="John Byner">John Byner</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Bizarre_(TV_series)" title="Bizarre (TV series)">Bizarre</a></i>, which ran from 1980 to 1986). By the 1990s, networks had given up on the format; after initially promising <a href="/wiki/Phil_Hartman" title="Phil Hartman">Phil Hartman</a> his own variety show, NBC backed out of the agreement believing a variety show could no longer succeed.<sup id="cite_ref-cad_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cad-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the 21st century the variety show format was practically extinct, due largely to changing tastes and the fracturing of media audiences (caused by the <a href="/wiki/Multi-channel_transition" title="Multi-channel transition">proliferation of cable and satellite television</a>) that makes a multiple-genre variety show impractical. Even reruns of variety shows have generally not been especially widespread; <a href="/wiki/TV_Land" title="TV Land">TV Land</a> briefly broadcast repeats of some variety shows (namely <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" title="The Ed Sullivan Show">The Ed Sullivan Show</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sonny_%26_Cher_Comedy_Hour" title="The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour">The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour</a></i>) upon its launch in 1996, but within a few years, reruns of most of those shows (except <i><a href="/wiki/The_Flip_Wilson_Show" title="The Flip Wilson Show">The Flip Wilson Show</a></i>) were discontinued. Similarly, <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a> held the rights to <i><a href="/wiki/Hee_Haw" title="Hee Haw">Hee Haw</a></i> but broadcast very few episodes, opting mainly to hold the rights to allow them to create performance videos from the episodes to be shown in its video blocks. The current rights holder of <i>Hee Haw</i>, <a href="/wiki/RFD-TV" title="RFD-TV">RFD-TV</a>, has been more consistent broadcasting complete episodes of the program; RFD-TV also airs numerous other <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a>-style variety shows from the 1960s and 1970s up through the present day, in a rarity for modern television. Another notable exception is <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lawrence_Welk_Show" title="The Lawrence Welk Show">The Lawrence Welk Show</a></i>, which has been frequently broadcast in reruns on the <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">Public Broadcasting Service</a> (PBS) since 1986. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Danny_Kaye_Show" title="The Danny Kaye Show">The Danny Kaye Show</a></i> returned to television in 2017 with reruns on <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Life_Television" title="Jewish Life Television">Jewish Life Television</a> (and, in the case of a one-off Christmas special, the Christian-leaning network <a href="/wiki/INSP_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="INSP (TV channel)">INSP</a>); JLTV dropped Kaye from its schedule at the end of 2018. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Carol_Burnett_Show" title="The Carol Burnett Show">The Carol Burnett Show</a></i>, which had aired in severely edited form sporadically in syndication since it ended in 1977, returned intact in 2019 on numerous platforms.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Digital multicast network <a href="/wiki/GetTV" class="mw-redirect" title="GetTV">getTV</a> shows variety shows on an irregular basis. The Spanish language variety show <i><a href="/wiki/Sabado_Gigante" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabado Gigante">Sabado Gigante</a></i>, which began in 1962, and then moved from Chile to the United States in 1986, continued to produce and broadcast new episodes on <a href="/wiki/Univision" title="Univision">Univision</a> until its cancellation in September 2015. </p><p>At least one national variety show continued on national radio into the 21st century. <i><a href="/wiki/A_Prairie_Home_Companion" title="A Prairie Home Companion">A Prairie Home Companion</a></i> was founded and created by <a href="/wiki/Garrison_Keillor" title="Garrison Keillor">Garrison Keillor</a> in 1974 as an homage to rural radio variety shows, featuring sketch comedy based on <a href="/wiki/Radio_drama" title="Radio drama">radio dramas</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Old-time_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Old-time radio">old-time radio</a> era, complete with faux commercials. (For a brief time in the late 1980s, the show was replaced with <i>The American Radio Company of the Air</i>, also hosted and created by Keillor, was set in a more urban environment and likewise was based on old-time radio; its short run eventually morphed into a revival of <i>A Prairie Home Companion</i>). In 2016, following Keillor's retirement, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Thile" title="Chris Thile">Chris Thile</a> took over the program and, over the course of the next year, transformed it into <i><a href="/wiki/Live_from_Here" title="Live from Here">Live from Here</a></i>, a more streamlined musical variety series. <i>Live from Here</i>, which moved to New York City in 2019, was cancelled due to budget cuts in 2020. </p><p>Improvisational comic <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Brady" title="Wayne Brady">Wayne Brady</a>, coming off his successful appearances on the panel game <i><a href="/wiki/Whose_Line_Is_It_Anyway%3F_(American_TV_series)" title="Whose Line Is It Anyway? (American TV series)">Whose Line Is It Anyway?</a></i>, launched an eponymous variety show in 2001, which aired on ABC. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wayne_Brady_Show" title="The Wayne Brady Show">The Wayne Brady Show</a></i> lasted only one summer season in its variety format; when the show returned the next year in syndication, it had been reformatted as a talk show, under which format it ran until 2004. </p><p>Fox's <i><a href="/wiki/Osbournes_Reloaded" title="Osbournes Reloaded">Osbournes Reloaded</a></i>, a variety show featuring the family of rocker <a href="/wiki/Ozzy_Osbourne" title="Ozzy Osbourne">Ozzy Osbourne</a>, was canceled after only one episode had been telecast in 2009. More than two dozen affiliates refused to telecast the first episode of the show. This series had been slated for a six-episode run. </p><p>NBC has made repeated attempts at reviving the variety format since the late 2000s (the network's last successful variety series, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Nesmith" title="Michael Nesmith">Michael Nesmith</a>'s short-lived but influential <i><a href="/wiki/Television_Parts" title="Television Parts">Television Parts</a></i>, was broadcast in the summer of 1985) . A pilot episode for <i><a href="/wiki/Rosie_Live" title="Rosie Live">Rosie Live</a></i> was telecast the day before <a href="/wiki/Thanksgiving_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Thanksgiving Day">Thanksgiving Day</a> in 2008 and, after receiving middling ratings and extremely poor reviews, was not picked up for its originally planned run in January 2009. In May 2014, NBC aired <i>The Maya Rudolph Show</i>, a variety show starring <i>SNL</i> performer <a href="/wiki/Maya_Rudolph" title="Maya Rudolph">Maya Rudolph</a>. Like <i>Rosie Live</i>, the broadcast was intended to be a one-off special, but with the possibility of additional episodes depending on its performance.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian-rudolph_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-rudolph-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The special won its time slot, due mainly to a strong lead-in,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and spawned the May 2016 premiere of <i><a href="/wiki/Maya_%26_Marty" title="Maya & Marty">Maya & Marty</a></i>, adding fellow <i>SNL</i> cast member <a href="/wiki/Martin_Short" title="Martin Short">Martin Short</a>; under that format, <i>Maya & Marty</i> lasted six episodes. Earlier that season, NBC aired <i><a href="/wiki/Best_Time_Ever_with_Neil_Patrick_Harris" title="Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris">Best Time Ever</a></i>, an adaptation of the British variety game show <i><a href="/wiki/Ant_%26_Dec%27s_Saturday_Night_Takeaway" title="Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway">Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway</a></i> starring actor <a href="/wiki/Neil_Patrick_Harris" title="Neil Patrick Harris">Neil Patrick Harris</a> which was ultimately unsuccessful.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_formats">Related formats</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Related formats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Christmas_and_other_variety_specials">Christmas and other variety specials</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Christmas and other variety specials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Christmas_television_specials#Celebrity-hosted_and_variety_shows" title="List of United States Christmas television specials">List of United States Christmas television specials § Celebrity-hosted and variety shows</a></div> <p>Starting in the 1950s, some entertainers became associated with variety television specials that would recur on a regular basis, in some cases for decades, on American network TV. Such entertainers included <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hope" title="Bob Hope">Bob Hope</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bing_Crosby" title="Bing Crosby">Bing Crosby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perry_Como" title="Perry Como">Perry Como</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andy_Williams" title="Andy Williams">Andy Williams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mitzi_Gaynor" title="Mitzi Gaynor">Mitzi Gaynor</a>. Many of these were Christmas variety specials, which often showed the star in a set meant to look like their home, welcoming singers and other guests to perform duets of <a href="/wiki/Christmas_song" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas song">Christmas songs</a>. The popularity of these Christmas shows outlasted that of weekly variety shows. In 1973, for example, even as variety shows were starting to fade in popularity, variety Christmas specials hosted by Williams and Como both attracted an enormous 40% of the American television audience.<sup id="cite_ref-out_of_season_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-out_of_season-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Williams's and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a>'s annual Christmas specials outlasted the regularly scheduled variety shows that spawned them by several years. Also, <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mandrell" title="Barbara Mandrell">Barbara Mandrell</a> Christmas special. Christmas variety specials' popularity continued into the 1990s, before starting to wane in the 2000s.<sup id="cite_ref-out_of_season_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-out_of_season-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, the tradition has continued. Entertainers who have hosted Christmas variety specials in the 21st century include <a href="/wiki/Kid_Rock" title="Kid Rock">Kid Rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Lachey" title="Nick Lachey">Nick Lachey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Simpson" title="Jessica Simpson">Jessica Simpson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carrie_Underwood" title="Carrie Underwood">Carrie Underwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Buble" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Buble">Michael Buble</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Murray" title="Bill Murray">Bill Murray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gwen_Stefani" title="Gwen Stefani">Gwen Stefani</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Darci_Lynne" title="Darci Lynne">Darci Lynne</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Talk_shows">Talk shows</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Talk shows"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Though the format faded in popularity in prime time, it thrived in American late-night TV. Night-time variety shows eventually evolved into <a href="/wiki/Late-night_talk_show" title="Late-night talk show">late-night talk shows</a>, which combine variety entertainment (primarily comedy and live music) with the aspects of a talk show (such as interviews with celebrities). The <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Awards" title="Emmy Awards">Emmy Awards</a> academy considers the two genres to be related closely enough that, until 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Variety,_Music_or_Comedy_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series</a> was open to any of these types of show; in 2015, the academy separated late-night talk shows and sketch comedy series into separate categories. </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Carson" title="Johnny Carson">Johnny Carson</a>'s tenure on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tonight_Show" title="The Tonight Show">The Tonight Show</a></i> on NBC from 1962 to 1992, the show dominated late night ratings, and the other networks attempted late-night talk shows only sporadically. This changed with Carson's retirement, and other networks began to air their own talk show competitors, starting with <i><a href="/wiki/Late_Show_with_David_Letterman" title="Late Show with David Letterman">Late Show with David Letterman</a></i> on CBS in 1993. As of the current generation of U.S. hosts, late-night talk shows vary widely on their resemblance to the original variety format, with <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Fallon" title="Jimmy Fallon">Jimmy Fallon</a>'s incarnation of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Jimmy_Fallon" title="The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon">The Tonight Show</a></i> putting heavy emphasis on sketch and game segments incorporating celebrity guests (especially involving music), while <i><a href="/wiki/The_Late_Show_with_Stephen_Colbert" title="The Late Show with Stephen Colbert">The Late Show with Stephen Colbert</a></i> has placed a larger emphasis on <a href="/wiki/News_satire" title="News satire">news satire</a> similar to its <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Colbert" title="Stephen Colbert">host</a>'s previous <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a> late-night program <i><a href="/wiki/The_Colbert_Report" title="The Colbert Report">The Colbert Report</a></i> (where Colbert portrayed himself as a parody of <a href="/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States" title="Conservatism in the United States">rightwing</a> pundits). </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Richard_Bey_Show" title="The Richard Bey Show">The Richard Bey Show</a></i> combined the variety show with the <a href="/wiki/Tabloid_talk_show" title="Tabloid talk show">tabloid talk show</a>, not only having its guests talk about their problems but also having them participate in absurdist games, and <i><a href="/wiki/Sally_(1983_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sally (1983 TV series)">Sally Jesse Raphael</a></i> was known for occasionally having music and fashion in the show, especially <a href="/wiki/Drag_queen" title="Drag queen">drag</a> and gender-bending performances. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sketch_comedy_shows">Sketch comedy shows</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sketch comedy shows"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>American sketch comedy series such as <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/In_Living_Color" title="In Living Color">In Living Color</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Almost_Live!" title="Almost Live!">Almost Live!</a></i> (and its successor <i><a href="/wiki/Up_Late_NW" title="Up Late NW">Up Late NW</a></i>), <i><a href="/wiki/MADtv" class="mw-redirect" title="MADtv">MADtv</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Second_City_Television" title="Second City Television">SCTV</a></i> also contain variety show elements, particularly musical performances and comedy sketches. The most obvious difference between shows such as <i>Saturday Night Live</i> and traditional variety shows is the lack of a single lead host (or hosts) and a large <a href="/wiki/Ensemble_cast" title="Ensemble cast">ensemble cast</a>. <i>SNL</i> has used different guest hosts ever since its inception. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Talent_shows">Talent shows</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Talent shows"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Televised talent shows have a variety show element, in that they feature a variety of different acts. Examples of US talent shows that feature entertainers from a broad variety of disciplines include <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Search" title="Star Search">Star Search</a></i>, which had a run in the 1980s in syndication and a run on <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> in the early 2000s during the reality television boom; <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gong_Show" title="The Gong Show">The Gong Show</a></i>, which reached its peak in the 1970s but has had occasional revivals since then; and the worldwide <i><a href="/wiki/Got_Talent" title="Got Talent">Got Talent</a></i> franchise. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Telethons">Telethons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Telethons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The variety show format also continued in America in the form of the <a href="/wiki/Telethon" title="Telethon">telethon</a>, which feature variety entertainment (often music) interspersed with appeals for viewers to make donations to support a charity or cause. The <i><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lewis_MDA_Telethon" class="mw-redirect" title="Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon">Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon</a></i> was one of the best known telethons in the US, but it too was eventually canceled after several years of shortening (originally over 21 hours, by the time of its last telecast in 2014, by which point Lewis had been gone from the telethon several years, it was down to two hours). Another popular telethon, for <a href="/wiki/United_Cerebral_Palsy" title="United Cerebral Palsy">United Cerebral Palsy</a>, ended its run in 1998 shortly after the death of its founder and figurehead, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_James" title="Dennis James">Dennis James</a>. Likewise only a handful of long-established local telethons remain. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_countries_or_regions">Other countries or regions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Other countries or regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Australia">Australia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The prime time variety show format was popular in the early decades of Australian television, spawning such series as <i><a href="/wiki/In_Melbourne_Tonight" title="In Melbourne Tonight">In Melbourne Tonight</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Graham_Kennedy_Show" title="The Graham Kennedy Show">The Graham Kennedy Show</a></i>, <i>The Don Lane Show</i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Hey_Hey_It%27s_Saturday" title="Hey Hey It's Saturday">Hey Hey It's Saturday</a></i>, which ran for 27 years. Recent prime time variety shows include the short lived <i><a href="/wiki/Micallef_Tonight" title="Micallef Tonight">Micallef Tonight</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sideshow_(TV_series)" title="The Sideshow (TV series)">The Sideshow</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brazil">Brazil</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Brazil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Brazil variety shows are referred to as a <i>show de auditório</i> (lit. "auditorium show").<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the longest-running variety shows on Brazilian television have been <a href="/wiki/Sistema_Brasileiro_de_Televis%C3%A3o" title="Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão">SBT</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Programa_Silvio_Santos" title="Programa Silvio Santos">Programa Silvio Santos</a></i> (1963–present), which was originally hosted by SBT's owner and founder <a href="/wiki/Silvio_Santos" title="Silvio Santos">Silvio Santos</a> (and is presently hosted by his daughter <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Abravanel" title="Patricia Abravanel">Patricia Abravanel</a>), and <a href="/wiki/TV_Globo" title="TV Globo">TV Globo</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Doming%C3%A3o_do_Faust%C3%A3o" title="Domingão do Faustão">Domingão do Faustão</a></i> (1989–2021), which was hosted by <a href="/wiki/Fausto_Silva" title="Fausto Silva">Fausto Silva</a> until he departed the network to host a <a href="/wiki/Faust%C3%A3o_na_Band" title="Faustão na Band">short-lived variety show</a> on <a href="/wiki/Rede_Bandeirantes" title="Rede Bandeirantes">Rede Bandeirantes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Taiwan">Taiwan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Taiwan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two notable Taiwanese variety shows are <i><a href="/wiki/Guess_(TV_program)" title="Guess (TV program)">Guess</a></i> (1996–2012) and <i><a href="/wiki/100%25_Entertainment" title="100% Entertainment">100% Entertainment</a></i> (1997–present). East Asian variety programs are known for their constant use of sound effects, on-screen visuals and comedic bantering. Many of the shows are presented in a live-like presentation in a fast-paced setting, with scenes repeating or fast forwarded. </p><p>Another popular variety show in Taiwan was <i><a href="/wiki/Kangsi_Coming" title="Kangsi Coming">Kangsi Coming</a></i> (2004–2016). It was famous for its bantering, which was scripted. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hong_Kong">Hong Kong</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Hong Kong"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first Cantonese variety show to become a major success was Hong Kong's <i><a href="/wiki/Enjoy_Yourself_Tonight" title="Enjoy Yourself Tonight">Enjoy Yourself Tonight</a></i>, which first aired in 1967 and ran for 27 years. In Hong Kong, variety shows are often combined with elements of a cooking show or a talent competition but end in various results. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iran">Iran</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Iran"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iran had a private television company that had broadcast Iran television network channel before national television, it aired variety shows.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japan">Japan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Japan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_variety_show" title="Japanese variety show">Japanese variety show</a></div> <p>Variety programming has remained one of the dominant genres of television programming.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Japanese variety shows are famous abroad for their wild stunts, they vary from talk shows to music shows, from tabloid news shows to skit comedy. The prominent use of <a href="/wiki/Telop" title="Telop">telop</a> on screen has created a style that has influenced variety programming across Asia. One of the most popular variety shows in Japan includes <i><a href="/wiki/Downtown_no_Gaki_no_Tsukai_ya_Arahende!!" title="Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!">Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Korea">South Korea</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: South Korea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Korean_variety_show" title="Korean variety show">Korean variety show</a></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>, the hugely popular show <i><a href="/wiki/Infinite_Challenge" title="Infinite Challenge">Infinite Challenge</a></i>, has been broadcast by <a href="/wiki/Munhwa_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation">MBC</a> from 2005 to 2018, was a new model of this, called "Real Variety Show". It combined comedy and variety scenes including unscripted stunts and special guest stars while taking place in various settings. Although many variety shows have existed in Korea long before the broadcast of <i>Infinite Challenge</i>, this program has given a rise to a new page in the history of Korean variety shows by introducing unscripted stunts. As a result, other broadcasting channels such as <a href="/wiki/Korean_Broadcasting_System" title="Korean Broadcasting System">KBS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seoul_Broadcasting_System" title="Seoul Broadcasting System">SBS</a> have followed its path and introduced programs such as <i><a href="/wiki/2_Days_%26_1_Night" title="2 Days & 1 Night">2 Days & 1 Night</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Running_Man_(South_Korean_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Running Man (South Korean TV series)">Running Man</a></i>. These types of Korean variety shows are grabbing foreign interest of countries such as Japan, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and even the United States bringing on a new type of the Korean wave globally. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philippines">Philippines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Philippines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Philippine_noontime_variety_television_shows" title="Philippine noontime variety television shows">Philippine noontime variety television shows</a></div> <p>Variety shows are a huge part of daily life in the Philippines, with all of the major networks running their own variety shows usually during lunchtime and can be on the air for between one and a half hours to three hours. The most notable Philippine variety show is the longest-running <i><a href="/wiki/Eat_Bulaga" class="mw-redirect" title="Eat Bulaga">Eat Bulaga</a></i>, which premiered in 1979 and has aired on <a href="/wiki/Radio_Philippines_Network" title="Radio Philippines Network">RPN</a>, <a href="/wiki/ABS-CBN" title="ABS-CBN">ABS-CBN</a>, <a href="/wiki/GMA_Network" title="GMA Network">GMA</a>, and <a href="/wiki/TV5_(Philippine_TV_network)" title="TV5 (Philippine TV network)">TV5</a> in the succeeding years. Recently many other TV networks are different formats of variety. ABS-CBN's <i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_Showtime_(Philippine_TV_program)" title="It's Showtime (Philippine TV program)">It's Showtime</a></i> has also shown great popularity and interest to Filipino viewers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mexico">Mexico</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Mexico"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Siempre_en_Domingo" title="Siempre en Domingo">Siempre en Domingo</a></i> premiered in 1969 with <a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Velasco" title="Raúl Velasco">Raúl Velasco</a> hosting. It became Mexico's longest-running variety series, remaining on <a href="/wiki/Televisa" title="Televisa">Televisa</a> until 1998. Other long-running variety shows, most of which have been Televisa productions, have included <i><a href="/wiki/La_Carabina_de_Ambrosio" title="La Carabina de Ambrosio">La Carabina de Ambrosio</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Anabel_Ferreira" title="Anabel Ferreira">Anabel</a></i>, <i>Al Fin de Semana</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Silvia_Pinal" title="Silvia Pinal">Silvia</a> y <a href="/wiki/Enrique_Guzm%C3%A1n" title="Enrique Guzmán">Enrique</a></i>, <i>La Parodia</i>, <i>Muevete</i>, <i>Desmadruga2</i>, and <i>Sabadazo.</i>. Most, if not all, of Televisa's variety shows have aired in other countries, including the Univision networks in the United States. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Venezuela">Venezuela</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Venezuela"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, the best known variety show is <i><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BAper_S%C3%A1bado_Sensacional" title="Súper Sábado Sensacional">Súper Sábado Sensacional</a></i>. Originally established in 1968 (as <i>Sábado Espectacular</i>) on <a href="/wiki/Radio_Caracas_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Caracas Television">Radio Caracas Television</a>, the show moved to <a href="/wiki/Venevision" class="mw-redirect" title="Venevision">Venevision</a> in 1970 and was renamed <i>Sábado Sensacional</i>. In 1990, "Súper" was added to the title, and is how the show is currently known today. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chile">Chile</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Chile"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish-language</a> variety show known as <i><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A1bado_Gigante" title="Sábado Gigante">Sábados Gigantes</a></i> (forerunner of the U.S. <i>Sábado Gigante</i>) began in 1962 with <a href="/wiki/Don_Francisco_(television_host)" title="Don Francisco (television host)">Don Francisco</a> and lasted into the 1990s. His daughter, Vivianne Kreutzberger, currently hosts the program under the title <i>Gigantes con Vivi</i>, while Don Francisco has hosted the U.S. version since 12 April 1986 until the end of the show's run on 19 September 2015. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="France">France</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Throughout the 1960s and the 1970s, the producers <a href="/wiki/Maritie_and_Gilbert_Carpentier" title="Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier">Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier</a> created the most popular variety shows on <a href="/wiki/French_television" class="mw-redirect" title="French television">French television</a>, including <i>Le Sacha Show</i> (1963–1971) hosted by <a href="/wiki/Sacha_Distel" title="Sacha Distel">Sacha Distel</a>, <i>Top à...</i> (1972–1974), <i>Numéro Un</i> (1975–1982) and a lot of television specials presented by various famous singers (<a href="/wiki/Johnny_Hallyday" title="Johnny Hallyday">Johnny Hallyday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sylvie_Vartan" title="Sylvie Vartan">Sylvie Vartan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Claude_Fran%C3%A7ois" title="Claude François">Claude François</a>, <a href="/wiki/Petula_Clark" title="Petula Clark">Petula Clark</a>). </p><p>From 1965 to 1970 was also aired <i><a href="/wiki/Dim_Dam_Dom" title="Dim Dam Dom">Dim Dam Dom</a></i>, a modern, playful and sophisticated show intended for a female audience and produced by <i><a href="/wiki/Elle_(magazine)" title="Elle (magazine)">Elle</a></i> chief editor Daisy de Galard. Each episode of <i>Dim Dam Dom</i> was hosted in an all-white studio set by a different <i>speakerine</i> (a female continuity announcer), usually a popular actress or singer like <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Hardy" title="Françoise Hardy">Françoise Hardy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marie_Lafor%C3%AAt" title="Marie Laforêt">Marie Laforêt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geraldine_Chaplin" title="Geraldine Chaplin">Geraldine Chaplin</a>, <a href="/wiki/France_Gall" title="France Gall">France Gall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jane_Birkin" title="Jane Birkin">Jane Birkin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Fabian" title="Françoise Fabian">Françoise Fabian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romy_Schneider" title="Romy Schneider">Romy Schneider</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Variety shows with an emphasis on comedy sketches were popular in the United Kingdom from the late 1960s until the 1980s. Two of the longest-running and most popular series were <a href="/wiki/Morecambe_and_Wise" title="Morecambe and Wise">Morecambe and Wise</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Two_Ronnies" title="The Two Ronnies">The Two Ronnies</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_music_hall_musicians" class="mw-redirect" title="List of British music hall musicians">List of British music hall musicians</a>, which features a list of Variety performers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Variety_Artists_Club_of_New_Zealand" title="Variety Artists Club of New Zealand">Variety Artists Club of New Zealand</a>, a club for variety performers and entertainers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Variety,_the_Children%27s_Charity" title="Variety, the Children's Charity">Variety, the Children's Charity</a>, widely known as the <b>Variety Club</b>, a charity operated by variety performers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_variety_show" title="Japanese variety show">Japanese variety show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_variety_show" title="Korean variety show">Korean variety show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cine-variety" title="Cine-variety">Cine-variety</a>, a mix of variety acts performing in between the showing of films</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Variety_show&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1513870/Television-in-the-United-States/283603/Variety-shows?anchor=ref1053883">"Television in the United States". <i>Encyclopædia Britannica Online</i>, 2011. 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