The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine is a Saturday morning variety show featuring players from the basketball team the Harlem Globetrotters singing, dancing, and performing comedy sketches. Broadcast in 1974, it was produced by Funhouse Productions and Yongestreet Productions for CBS Productions.
Make Your Own Kind of Music was an American summer replacement television series starring The Carpenters that aired on NBC from July 20, 1971 to September 7, 1971. Some guest stars were Don Knotts, Herb Alpert, Al Hirt, Mark Lindsay, Patchett & Tarses, Helen Reddy, and the Doodletown Pipers. The key concept of the series was that each show starts off with the letter "A". The first show started off with "A is for Alpert", as Herb Alpert stood next to a big letter "A", and introduced the show. The cast would then go down the alphabet list, and when they got to "Z", the show would end.
An Icelandic comedy and variety show hosted by Auðunn Blöndal, Sverrir Þór Sverrisson and Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon. The series features studio comedy, challenges, hidden-camera pranks, interviews and other segments. It aired on Stöð 2 four nights a week and followed a format similar to 70 mínútur.
Micallef Tonight was a short-lived Aria Award–winning Australian variety show that aired on the Nine Network in 2003. It was hosted by comedian Shaun Micallef and also featured the talents of Francis Greenslade, Jason Geary, Livinia Nixon and Pete Smith.
Magandang Tanghali Bayan was a Philippine noon-time variety show broadcast by ABS-CBN. The show was aired on weekdays and Saturdays and was also broadcast worldwide through ABS-CBN's The Filipino Channel. The show was known for its many formats and host changes over the years that it was broadcast.
Five artists show their wild side by performing zany challenges. There are no points, no stakes, and no keeping score between guests, just a fun and unique combination of crazy games and improvisation.
GMMTV artists take a bonding trip where they compete to escape punishments.
Yu Jae-seok, Lee Kwang-soo and Kim Yeon-koung travel all over Korea to learn from the best traditional masters in a bid to become the No. 1 Apprentice.
Great Escape: IP Encounter is a puzzle-type real-life decryption interactive variety show derived from Great Escape Season 5. The program invites three major IP players to experience multiple confrontations and decryptions from a new perspective, and ultimately overcome difficulties, showing the fighting spirit of unity, collaboration, and mutual help.
CBS gave the group a television variety show (entitled Tony Orlando and Dawn) from the summer of 1974, after The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour ended its run, until December 1976. The show was in the same vein as its predecessor (with sketches featuring sarcastic back-and-forth banter between Orlando, Hopkins and Vincent, similar to the sarcastic dialogue between Sonny and Cher) and became a Top 20 hit. They are most famous for "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" & "Knock Three Times"!
A Philippine gag show with a cast completely made up of child actors. The program presents the talented kids playing adult roles, doing gags, sketches and segments.
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Harry Hill's Clubnite will see Harry Hill acting as both host and curator of his very own authored late night comedy show. Featuring a host of Harry's favourite comedians and acts, each episode will be recorded during the week of transmission, in front of an audience.
Pilipinas Win Na Win was a noon-time variety show broadcast by ABS-CBN in the Philippines. The show was presented by its main hosts Rico J. Puno, Rey Valera, Marco Sison, and Nonoy Zuñiga with their co-hosts Pokwang, Valerie Concepcion, and K Brosas. The show premiered on July 31, 2010, and aired live weekdays and Saturdays replacing its top-rated predecessor, Wowowee. The show also broadcast worldwide through ABS-CBN's The Filipino Channel. After many rumors and speculations of cancellation, the show ended on December 31, 2010 after five months on air.
These days, as variety shows are gradually disappearing, this is one of Korea’s representative variety shows that has been responsible for Sunday evenings for over 10 years. This program features numerous stars and members going around various places, playing games, and completing missions. In particular, among the many fun elements of variety shows, this one focuses solely on laughter. Open your eyes! Big fun is coming in! Open your mouth! Big laughter is coming in! Open your heart! Useful lessons are coming in!
The Richard Pryor Show is an American comedy variety series starring Richard Pryor. It premiered on NBC on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 8 p.m. opposite ABC's popular television shows Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days. The show was produced by Rocco Urbisci for Burt Sugarman Productions. It was conceived out of a special that Pryor did for NBC in May 1977. Because the special was a major hit, both critically and commercially, Pryor was given a chance to host and star in his own television show. TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".
Where the Girls Are was a music and comedy special that aired on NBC in 1968. Noel Harrison, fresh from his role in the NBC series Girl From U.N.C.L.E., hosted the hour-long special. Comic skits were performed by Professor Irwin Corey and Don Adams, who was starring in the NBC series Get Smart. Musical numbers were performed by The Association, Barbara McNair, Cher and The Byrds. The "Close-Up" for the program in the April 20–26, 1968 TV Guide also notes: "The goings-on include antic camerawork and a bevy of mini-clad beauties." Celanese Arnel was a major sponsor. The special was broadcast on Tuesday, April 23, 1968. It pre-empted the Jerry Lewis Show on NBC's network schedule.
Three artists, actor and singer Barcode and idol trainees Min and Winnie, come together for a series of trips throughout Krabi, Chiang Mai and Bangkok where they'll be faced with missions and mini games. By the end of each trip, the artists will have to plan and perform road shows.
Time for Living was a Canadian variety television series which aired on CBC Television in 1969.
Donny & Marie is an American variety show which aired on ABC from January 1976 to January 1979. The show stars brother and sister pop duo Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond. Donny had first become popular singing in a music group with his brothers, The Osmonds, and Marie was one of the youngest singers to reach #1 on the Billboard Country Music charts. The siblings were offered a weekly show by ABC-TV President Fred Silverman after he saw the duo co-host a week on The Mike Douglas Show which followed their series of popular remakes of oldies, such as "I'm Leaving It Up To You", "Morning Side Of The Mountain", "Deep Purple" and "Make The World Go Away". Donny and Marie were the youngest entertainers in TV history to host their own variety show. A year later, The Keane Brothers would break this record.