variety show
noun
: a theatrical entertainment of successive separate performances (as of songs, dances, skits, and acrobatic feats)
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Testifying for the defense, variety show hosts Ed Sullivan, Garry Moore, and Perry Como vigorously stuck up for the medium that made them.
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Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Burnett got her own variety show thanks in large part to a contractual anomaly.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
For five years, the live variety show and podcast hosted authors, musicians and comedians from across the country with the simple goal of making its audience laugh.
—Sophia Arndt, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
Earlier this year, Mulaney wrapped his variety show Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney.
—Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
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Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Burnett got her own variety show thanks in large part to a contractual anomaly.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
For five years, the live variety show and podcast hosted authors, musicians and comedians from across the country with the simple goal of making its audience laugh.
—Sophia Arndt, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
Earlier this year, Mulaney wrapped his variety show Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney.
—Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Variety show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/variety%20show. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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