variety show

type of radio and television program

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contribution by Caesar
- In Sid Caesar
  …comedian who pioneered the television variety show format with the programs Your Show of Shows (1950–54) and Caesar’s Hour (1954–57).
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use of tap dance
- In tap dance: Television and Las Vegas
  Variety shows, which included tap dancers along with their other acts, were among the most popular programs in the early decades of television, including The Colgate Comedy Hour, Your Show of Shows, The Milton Berle Show, and The Ed Sullivan Show, to name but a…
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radio broadcasting
- In radio: Variety shows
  The variety program, a combination of comedy and music that almost always included a singing host and a guest star for the week, also dominated the period. Frequently, a comedy sketch would be included among the proceedings. The earliest examples of the form…
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television in the U.S.
- In Television in the United States: Variety shows
  After a period of experimentation, the immediacy of live television led programmers to turn to the theatre, especially vaudeville. Before the advent of radio and sound movies, vaudeville had been the most popular of the performing arts in the United States. Traveling shows…
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