variety show
noun
: a theatrical entertainment of successive separate performances (as of songs, dances, skits, and acrobatic feats)
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Talk eventually turned to Carpenter’s entertaining new Netflix holiday special, A Nonsense Christmas, with Lord of the Rings obsessive Colbert mentioning that none other than Samwise Gamgee — actor Sean Astin — plays Santa in the singer’s holiday variety show.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
Very Murray Christmas In this holiday variety show, Bill Murray gets a little help from his A-list friends, including Miley Cyrus and George Clooney.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Sábado Gigante ended in 2015, but SNL brought the long-running variety show back to TV, at least via short-form comedy, this season.
—Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 22 Dec. 2024
In a Saturday Night Live promo video released Wednesday, Chris Rock, this week’s host, interrupts a group tour to spill some false facts about the comedy variety show, starting with the show’s premiere date: 1942.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
Very Murray Christmas In this holiday variety show, Bill Murray gets a little help from his A-list friends, including Miley Cyrus and George Clooney.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Sábado Gigante ended in 2015, but SNL brought the long-running variety show back to TV, at least via short-form comedy, this season.
—Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 22 Dec. 2024
In a Saturday Night Live promo video released Wednesday, Chris Rock, this week’s host, interrupts a group tour to spill some false facts about the comedy variety show, starting with the show’s premiere date: 1942.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Variety show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/variety%20show. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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