variety show

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“I used to have a variety show in Washington, and this whole trip has been very healing for me,” Jamie says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Kreutzberger, 85, who hosted the three-hourlong weekly variety show “Sábado Gigante” on the network for 29 years, will be hosting a new limited event series.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

This isn’t just a late-night comedy variety show, and it’s not enough to deem it a major cultural institution, either.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

To everyone’s surprise, its ratings frequently beat its competitor, Milton Berle’s No. 1 variety show, originally known as “Texaco Star Theater.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Thus an Italian opera, typically, was a series of well-defined ‘numbers’, a glorified variety show, with something for everyone and plenty of opportunity for lead singers to have their turn at impressing the audience.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall