variety show

noun

: a theatrical entertainment of successive separate performances (as of songs, dances, skits, and acrobatic feats)

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The Jim Henson Company created a menagerie of felt friends for host Christine McConnell to interact with on her variety show, including undead-and-loving-it raccoon Rose and a grumpy cat mummy named Rankle. Katie Rife, EW.com, 11 May 2025 Comedian Dave Chappelle allegedly mocked a nonbinary Saturday Night Live writer during a dress rehearsal for a 2022 episode of the long-running variety show, according to a new report from Vulture that was based on multiple, largely anonymous interviews with associates of creator Lorne Michaels. James Factora, Them, 12 Feb. 2025 Opera, ballet and classical music were designated as high art; variety shows featuring comedians, popular songs and acrobatics were designated as low art. Joanna Dee Das, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025 His solution was to embed a variety show within a sitcom about the Bradys and Alice (Ann B. Davis) moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in TV. Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for variety show

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of variety show was in 1882

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“Variety show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/variety%20show. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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variety show

noun
: entertainment made up of separate performances (as dances and songs) that follow one another

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