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A Oscuras Pero Encendidos

Univision Con La Noche Encima("With The Night On Top") was a Spanish-language variety/talk show which was hosted by Horacio Villalobos and Javier “Poty” Castillo.

Allen Case

On December 3, 1959, Case appeared on NBC's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford, a variety program with a Country and Western theme.

Camp Midnite

Camp Midnite was a Friday late night, ninety-minute variety/talk show on the USA Network in 1989.

City West

Large cinemas like the Ufa-Palast am Zoo opened, then the main locations of German film, accompanied by a lively variety and Kabarett scene, while in 1928 Max Reinhardt took over the Kurfürstendamm theatres in the rooms of the former Berlin Secession.

Gail Parent

She also wrote episodes of The Smothers Brothers Show, The Carol Burnett Show, Rhoda, Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories, Babes (of which she also served as series creator) and Finder of Lost Loves, and the musical variety special Sills and Burnett at the Met.

Hunan Broadcasting System

Happy Camp remained as China's highest-rated TV show, until its ratings were overtaken in 2008 by Jiangsu TV's If You Are the One.

I'll Buy You a Star

Polly Bergen and her father, Bill Bergen, performed a duet of "I'll Buy You a Star" on her 1957-58 variety show, The Polly Bergen Show, which aired on NBC.

Joe Loss

Loss started band leading in the early 1930s, working at the Astoria Ballroom and soon breaking into variety at the Kit-Cat Club.

Just Like Us!

Just Like Us! was the band's first album to be released after they had started appearing regularly on the 1960s television variety show Where the Action Is.

Lory Del Santo

In the early 80's Del Santo became popular thanks to her participation in successful TV shows such as Antonio Ricci's Drive In and Renzo Arbore's Tagli, ritagli e frattaglie.

MYMP

In 2009, M.Y.M.P. were regularly seen every Sunday on ASAPs "Sessionistas" segment together with Soul Siren Nina, crooner Richard Poon, bossa artist Sitti Navarro, ex-Southborder vocalist Duncan Ramos and singer Aiza Seguerra.

New York Burlesque Festival

Featured performers have included Dirty Martini, Murray Hill, Julie Atlas Muz and more names in burlesque and boylesque—as well as live music, comedy and variety.

Richard Carlson

On July 14, 1951, Carlson and then U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey were the guests on the CBS live variety show, Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town, in which hostess Faye Emerson visited Minneapolis to accent the kinds of music popular in the city.

Siw Anita Andersen

Andersen has also done stand-up and variety shows, and in 2002 won the Leif Juster honorary award, named after legendary Norwegian comedian Leif Juster.

The Dennis Day Show

The Dennis Day Show is an American comedy/variety show that aired from 1953 to 1954 on NBC.

The Jimmy Durante Show

The Jimmy Durante Show is a 51-episode half-hour comedy/variety television program presented live on NBC from October 2, 1954 to June 23, 1956.

The Martha Wright Show

The Martha Wright Show is a 15-minute musical variety program starring singer and actress Martha Wright which aired at 9:15 pm EST on ABC television from April 18 to December 5, 1954.

The Sharon Cuneta Show

The Sharon Cuneta Show (also known as "TSCS") was a Sunday night musical variety show that starred the Philippines' megastar Sharon Cuneta.


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50-50 club

A weekday talk/variety show which ran in the 1950s, 60s and 70s and was originally hosted by Ruth Lyons and later by Bob Braun which became a Midwestern regional favourite for viewers and celebrities alike originated by WLWT-TV in Cincinnati

Alexey Goloborodko

During November and December 2011 he appeared in a variety show at the GoEasy Charisma Cabaret Lounge in Würenlingen, Switzerland.

Alyssa Alano

During an appearance on GMA's late night variety show Walang Tulugan with the Master Showman in June 2006, Alyssa performed a cover of the song "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer.

An Hour with Bob

An Hour with Bob is a variety show, in a studio setting, hosted by Bob Venturini.

Art Christmas

After Jack Payne turned impresario and launched a new variety show called "For The Fun Of It", he asked Art to join up with Donald Peers, Frankie Howerd and Max Bygraves along with many other entertainers.

Bell-bottoms

They were worn occasionally by go-go dancers on the British TV music variety show Ready Steady Go! in 1966.

Bob Einstein

In 1987, Einstein got his own variety show named Super Dave, which ran from 1987 to 1991 on the Global Television Network in Canada (where the show was produced at the network's Toronto studio) and Showtime in the U.S..

Bonkers

Bonkers!, a 1979 ATV variety show starring The Hudson Brothers

Chicago Live!

Chicago Live! is an hour-long stage and radio variety show hosted by Chicago newspaperman and radio personality Rick Kogan.

Don Cheto

He is the host of El Show de Don Cheto (The Don Cheto Show), an hour-long Spanish language variety show on Channel 62 in Los Angeles, and shown also on sister stations owned by Lieberman Broadcasting.

Don't U Ever Stop

On May 11, Taguchi and Ueda appeared and performed the song on their kōhai Hey! Say! JUMP's variety show, Hi! Hey! Say, while Tanaka was a guest performer on HSJ's other show, Show wa Hey! Say!, the day after.

Fashionably Late

Fashionably Late with Stacy London, a late-night talk and variety show hosted by Stacy London

Format Films

Format Productions also created title sequences for several TV series, including I Spy, Honey West, the animated characters on the television variety show Hee Haw, animated various TV commercials, and created film title designs for The Glory Guys and Clambake.

Gioele Dix

Intending to pursue a career as stand-up comedian, he appeared at the Derby Club and the Zelig, important historical Milan cabarets, reaching fame in 1988 in the TV variety show Cocco by RAI2 with the character of a permanently enraged car driver ("fucking raving mad!").

Grecian Echoes

Grecian Echoes is a variety show geared to the Greek American community of the Greater Boston area.

Hugh Stuckey

In 1962 Hugh moved on to write for The Delo & Daly Show a comedy variety show hosted by two Americans Ken Delo and Jonathan Daly shown on HSV7(now Channel 7, he stayed on to write 46 one hour episodes.

Hulog Ka Ng Langit

Velasquez's first promotional appearance where she sang the carrier single of the album is in the local weekly musical/variety show Sunday All Stars on September 8 2013.

Janus del Prado

His first career started as a child star when he is in the "gag-variety" show for kids in the Philippines, Ang TV in 1992 with John Prats, Patrick Garcia, Kaye Abad and many others.

Jay Lawrence

A well in demand television actor in Hollywood, Lawrence's acting career spanned from 1950 to 1979, and he would appear in both dramatic, variety show and sitcom projects such as The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950), the original TV Dragnet program in 2 appearances in 1995 and 1959, Get Smart (1968), and Mayberry R.F.D. (1968).

Jeanne Little

She was a guest on the Midday with Ray Martin and her appearance on the BBC's Michael Parkinson variety show so startled London critics she had the London Evening News saying: "What a woman! With her in the house you wouldn't want a TV."

Jeff Wang

His big break in hosting came when he replaced Kym Ng and Bryan Wong as host of City Beat and was nominated for the Best Variety Show Host award twice.

Jo In-sung

Jo appeared in two episodes of the MBC TV comedy variety show Infinite Challenge on March 15 and 22, 2008.

John Stromberg

Stromberg also wrote "Ma Blushin' Rosie" (also sometimes called "Rosie You Are My Posie") which was part of the repertoire of the legendary Al Jolson, the theme song of the Rosemary Clooney TV variety show in the 1950s, and even performed in an Abbot and Costello film, The Naughty Nineties.

Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room

In the 1940s, Olson hosted a popular radio show in Chicago also titled Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room, an evening variety show running 10:30 pm to 12 midnight (CT).

Jojo A. All The Way!

Starting January 6, 2014, the Medyo Late Night Show With Jojo A. All The Way will be premiering on its new home on GMA Network, marking the return of Jojo Alejar on Kapuso Network since he was an original Kapuso in 1980's like former Teen Oriented Variety Show That's Entertainment.

Juri Ueno

On September 11, 2010, Ueno guest starred in the Korean variety show MBC's We Got Married Season 2 while promoting Nodame Cantabile - The Movie and paid a visit to SNSD's Seohyun and CN Blue's Jung Yong Hwa.

Ken Matsudaira

The song gained national attention because his appearance in the likeness of a person in Edo period with glittery kimono and a hip-swiveling dance became the topic of some television programs, including parodying him on an idol group SMAP's variety show, SMAP×SMAP.

Kenji Fukui

Fukui is the host of the television variety show Tamori's Japonica Logos, starring Japanese TV personality Tamori.

Korea Communications Standards Commission

Fans of South Korea's popular variety show, Infinite Challenge criticized the KCSC for pointing out negative remarks towards the show.

Lee Jung-jin

From 2009 to 2011, Lee was a cast member of the popular variety show segment Qualifications of Men on KBS2's Happy Sunday.

Lee Kyung-kyu

He patented his instant noodle recipe Kkokoomyeon (꼬꼬면) based on an episode of an instant noodle cooking contest in the variety show, Qualifications of Men.

Licinia Lentini

Born in Rome, Lentini achieved a wide popularity in 1980 as a showgirl in the RAI variety show Studio '80.

Margaret Nisbett

During the 1960s, Margaret was a regular guest on the Melbourne variety show In Melbourne Tonight, hosted by Graham Kennedy.

Mur Lafferty

These essays also led to her becoming an early contributor to Michael and Evo's Wingin' It, a sci-fi variety show podcast hosted by Michael R. Mennenga and Evo Terra.

Paleface Adios

Harness racing was featured weekly on Saturday night TV as part of the popular live variety show The Penthouse Club.

Paula Taylor

She appears on the Philippine TV Sunday variety show SOP.

PhilSports Stadium stampede

About 30,000 people had been gathered outside the stadium waiting to participate in the first anniversary episode of the former television variety show Wowowee.

Rock It Down

The song was used for one of the opening themes of Asayan variety show.

Roy Kenner

Following his time with The James Gang, Kenner worked with a Toronto-based television musical variety show, Music Machine, for approximately two years, after which he worked with Garry Peterson (drummer for The Guess Who) in an unrecorded R&B band, Delphia.

Sakura no Hanabiratachi

The lead track was used as an ending theme song for the variety show Arabiki-dan, while the B-side "Saigo no Seifuku" was used as an image song for the 26th Yokohama International Women's Ekiden.

Saturday Night Palsy

When the song was released, TISM were invited to perform the song on popular Australian variety show Hey Hey It's Saturday.

Silent Library

Silent Library, a segment from Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!, a Japanese variety show hosted by the Japanese comedy duo, Downtown

The 10:30 Slot

The 10.30 Slot was a music and variety show that aired on ABC TV on Friday nights between 1999 and 2000, hosted by Dylan Lewis and Angus Sampson.

The Tim Conway Show

The Tim Conway Comedy Hour, a fall 1970 American comedy-variety show starring Tim Conway

Tsutaetai Koto/I Wanna See You

"Tsutaetai Koto" was used as the music variety show Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ's June/July ending theme song.

Ziggy Steinberg

He then went on to write "The Bob Newhart Show," "The David Steinberg Show," "The American Music Awards" (from 1976 through 1980), "It's Garry Shandling's Show," several Lily Tomlin specials for CBS, including "Lily: Sold Out" for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and which won an Emmy Award in the category of Best Musical or Variety Show.