variety show
noun
: a theatrical entertainment of successive separate performances (as of songs, dances, skits, and acrobatic feats)
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Sha Na Na's appearance at Woodstock jump-started a career that included several albums and their own eponymous variety show in 1977, per NYT.
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Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
The trend started in December 2024, after a comedy sketch aired on a Chinese variety show.
—Lavender Au, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
Set to take place in early 2026, the Certified Five Bags of Popcorn Tour is billed as a combination variety show and movie review panel, with Heidecker and Turkington portraying their on-screen On Cinema personas.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025
Testifying for the defense, variety show hosts Ed Sullivan, Garry Moore, and Perry Como vigorously stuck up for the medium that made them.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
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Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
The trend started in December 2024, after a comedy sketch aired on a Chinese variety show.
—Lavender Au, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
Set to take place in early 2026, the Certified Five Bags of Popcorn Tour is billed as a combination variety show and movie review panel, with Heidecker and Turkington portraying their on-screen On Cinema personas.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025
Testifying for the defense, variety show hosts Ed Sullivan, Garry Moore, and Perry Como vigorously stuck up for the medium that made them.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Variety show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/variety%20show. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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