variety show
noun
: a theatrical entertainment of successive separate performances (as of songs, dances, skits, and acrobatic feats)
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Born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926, Mel Brooks began his lengthy career as a comic and a writer for the groundbreaking Sid Caeser variety show Your Show of Shows, which ran from 1950 to 1954.
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Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Two other bandmates, Jin and J-Hope, were discharged from the military earlier and have been performing solo and appearing on variety shows.
—Jack Kim, USA Today, 10 June 2025
Last year’s variety show ran for over three and a half hours, and tales from past guests warned others that the show sometimes goes on for 4-5 hours.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2025
Jeff Margolis, a prolific TV producer and director whose roster of credits stretching back to the 1970s includes nearly every major awards show and dozens of live events, specials and variety shows, died today in Nashville, Tennessee.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 May 2025
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Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Two other bandmates, Jin and J-Hope, were discharged from the military earlier and have been performing solo and appearing on variety shows.
—Jack Kim, USA Today, 10 June 2025
Last year’s variety show ran for over three and a half hours, and tales from past guests warned others that the show sometimes goes on for 4-5 hours.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2025
Jeff Margolis, a prolific TV producer and director whose roster of credits stretching back to the 1970s includes nearly every major awards show and dozens of live events, specials and variety shows, died today in Nashville, Tennessee.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 May 2025
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“Variety show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/variety%20show. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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