variety show
noun
: a theatrical entertainment of successive separate performances (as of songs, dances, skits, and acrobatic feats)
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This comes after Huang met with heavyweights of South Korea's tech industry during his visit, which also included a traditional Korean barbeque dinner with leaders of SK Group, LG Group and Naver, a ceremonial baseball pitch and even an appearance on one of South Korea's most popular variety shows.
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 8 June 2026
For two years the singer-actor also hosted his own variety show, The Jim Nabors Hour, which landed him Daytime Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 June 2026
Ernest Chambers, a prolific TV writer-producer whose 60-year career working on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, My Three Sons, The Dick Van Dyke Show and dozens of specials and variety shows that landed him 11 Emmy nominations, has died.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 2 June 2026
They were joined by a range of other actors, comedians, musicians and more for the variety show and auction on Saturday.
—Dominick Williams
may 31, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2026
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 8 June 2026
For two years the singer-actor also hosted his own variety show, The Jim Nabors Hour, which landed him Daytime Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 June 2026
Ernest Chambers, a prolific TV writer-producer whose 60-year career working on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, My Three Sons, The Dick Van Dyke Show and dozens of specials and variety shows that landed him 11 Emmy nominations, has died.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 2 June 2026
They were joined by a range of other actors, comedians, musicians and more for the variety show and auction on Saturday.
—Dominick Williams
may 31, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for variety show
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“Variety show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/variety%20show. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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