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.
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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
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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
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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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