variety show

noun

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

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Yun is also the CEO of Studio Slam and a veteran producer known for creating popular Korean variety shows like Sing Again and Two Yoo Project Sugar Man. Regina Kim, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 In the fifth year of her contract, Burnett pushed back at CBS and soon started her own variety show. Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024 Susan Olsen played Cindy Brady on the iconic family sitcom from 1969-1974, and reprised the role in the variety show The Brady Bunch Hour and various follow-up TV specials (though not in 1995's satirical Brady Bunch Movie). Christian Holub, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024 Phil Ford was a staple of late-night talk shows and variety shows of the 1960s before making a name for herself on Broadway as the replacement for Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl, died peacefully of natural causes on Monday, October 21, at her home in Las Vegas. Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024 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 5 Nov. 2024.

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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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