Meaning of "variety show" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF VARIETY SHOW

variety show  [vəˈraɪətɪ ʃəʊ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VARIETY SHOW

Variety show is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VARIETY SHOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Variety show

A variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts, especially musical performances and sketch comedy, and is normally introduced by a compère or host. Other types of acts include magic, animal and circus acts, acrobatics, juggling and ventriloquism. The variety format made its way from Victorian era stage to radio to television. Variety shows were a staple of English language television from its early days into the 1980s. While still widespread in some parts of the world, the proliferation of multichannel television and evolving viewer tastes affected the popularity of variety shows in the United States. Despite this, their influence have still had a major effect on late night television—where late night talk shows and NBC's comedy series Saturday Night Live have remained popular fixtures of North American television.

Definition of variety show in the English dictionary

The definition of variety show in the dictionary is a theatrical show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances or acts, such as comedy turns, songs, dances, sketches, etc.

TRANSLATION OF VARIETY SHOW

Find out the translation of variety show to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of variety show from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «variety show» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 综艺节目
• Translator English - Spanish: espectáculo de variedades
• English: variety show
• Translator English - Hindi: विभिन्न प्रकार के शो
• Translator English - Arabic: عرض متنوعة
• Translator English - Russian: варьете
• Translator English - Portuguese: show de variedades
• Translator English - Bengali: রকমারী অনুষ্ঠান
• Translator English - French: spectacle de variétés
• Translator English - Malay: pelbagai persembahan
• Translator English - German: Unterhaltungssendung
• Translator English - Japanese: バラエティーショー
• Translator English - Korean: 버라이어티 쇼
• Translator English - Javanese: Macem-macem acara
• Translator English - Vietnamese: show
• Translator English - Tamil: பல்சுவை நிகழ்ச்சி
• Translator English - Marathi: विविधता दाखवा
• Translator English - Turkish: Çeşitli gösteri
• Translator English - Italian: spettacolo di varietà
• Translator English - Polish: różnorodność pokaż
• Translator English - Ukrainian: вар´єте
• Translator English - Romanian: spectacol de varietăți
• Translator English - Greek: show ποικιλία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: verskeidenheid show
• Translator English - Swedish: varieté
• Translator English - Norwegian: rekke show

3 QUOTES WITH «VARIETY SHOW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word variety show.

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Lily Allen

When a music teacher that I had at school was taken ill and we had a variety show and I had to fill in - that's when I realized I had a voice.

2

Carol Burnett

I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie. The networks just wouldn't spend the money today.

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Jim Henson

There was a little afternoon show that was called Afternoon. Back in those days in television, most local stations had a midday show for housewives that had a series of things. It was like a variety show for midday.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VARIETY SHOW»

Discover the use of variety show in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to variety show and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Show runner: producing variety and talk shows for television

Additionally, the book covers show running as a career, discussing the hard realities and many pleasures of the job, including selling oneself, finding work, negotiating for a percentage of a show's profits, and more.

Steve Clements, 2004

Roy Rogers: A Biography, Radio History, Television Career ...

variety show; Roy and Dale make guest appearance. The Andy Williams Show ( NBC), Monday or Tuesday, late P.M. (60 min.); variety show; Roy and Dale make guest appearance. 1965 The Telephone Hour (60 min.); "American Song" ...

Robert W. Phillips, 1995

Macs in the Ministry

Church Variety Show A few years ago, a family at our church began organizing an annual variety show where members of the congregation could sing, perform skits, dance, and generally act up. This was followed by an ice cream social ...

David Lang, Michael Lawson, 2010

Power and Television in Latin America: The Dominican Case

12:00 Lucha Libre (wrestling) El Sabado Grande (marathon one-man variety show) El Pueblo Cuestiona (talk show) 1:00 Con el Consumidor (information talk show) Trialogo (talk show) 1:30 TVTodo (variety show) Mi Mensaje (talk show) 2: 00 ...

Antonio V. Menéndez Alarcón, 1992

The Advocate

Before we talk about your new sitcom, please tell me a little bit about the TV variety show you created and filmed before deciding to do this sitcom instead. What happened? I think everybody thinks that the network changed their minds about ...

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REA's Testbuster for the GRE CAT

The five new shows that will go into the lineups are the following: a news show, a situation comedy, a detective drama, a musical /variety show, and a nighttime soap. Each show is an hour long, and the time slots are 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, and ...

Pauline Alexander-Travis, Research and Education Association, 2000

Camp Cooke and Vandenberg Air Force Base, 1941-1966: From ...

Heard,Jack W. 31, 99 Hearn, Lew 105 Hearn, Sam 130 Heifetz,Jascha 104 Heimann, Mary Belle 48 HelloJoe (variety show) 133 Hellzapoppin (variety show ) 108 Hensley, G.E. 180 Herardo, Peter M. 87, 89 Herbeck, Ray 145 Herbert, F. Hugh ...

Jeffrey E. Geiger, 2014

The Sitcom Reader: America Viewed and Skewed

What we would today call a “comedy-variety show” was, during the radio era, usually called either a “comedy show” (if hosted by a comedian) or a “variety show.” The term “comedy-variety” became useful or perhaps necessary during the ...

Mary M. Dalton, Laura R. Linder, 2012

Encyclopedia of Television 4 Vol Set

They did away with the variety show's conventional chorus lines, singers, and dancers, and allowed the star and his guests to carry the show. The creative gamble paid off as The Flip Wilson Show defeated all other programs airing in its time ...

Horace Newcomb, 2014

Television Across Asia: TV Industries, Programme Formats and ...

The first variety show in China was Guangdong Television's A Kaleidoscope of Colours (Wanzi qianhong). In 1984 CCTV introduced Weekend Arts (Zhoumo wenyi), followed by Variety Kaleidoscope (Zongyi daguan) and the Zhengda Variety ...

Michael Keane, Albert Moran, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VARIETY SHOW»

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'Wits' radio variety show canceled

American Public Media on Monday canceled "Wits," its live radio variety show hosted by John Moe. Moe and "Wits" producer Larissa Anderson will be ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Jul 15»

ABC to Revive 'To Tell the Truth' as Comedic Game/Variety Show

ABC, which has had ratings success with a celebrity version of “Family Feud” this summer, is also bringing back another gameshow classic: “To Tell the Truth.”. «Variety, Jul 15»

NBC orders Steve Harvey, Ellen DeGeneres variety show

NBC is teaming with Steve Harvey and Ellen DeGeneres for a variety show that will showcase young talent called Little Big Shots. «Entertainment Weekly, May 15»

'Sábado Gigante' parodies exposed variety show to broad audience

The over-the-top Spanish-language variety show -- which broadcaster Univision is shutting down after 53 years -- has been spoofed numerous times throughout ... «Los Angeles Times, Apr 15»

TV Review: 'The Comedians'

... thrown together to co-star in an FX variety show — the twist being that they almost instantly can't stand each other. Dotted with celebrity cameos, the customary ... «Variety, Apr 15»

Sorry Neil Patrick Harris, but the variety show is dead

Variety shows are like the soccer of American television. It is the most popular sport in the world but, no matter how hard anyone has tried in recent years, it just ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»

Neil Patrick Harris Planning NBC Variety Show

It seems Neil Patrick Harris can cross one more thing off his bucket list: The newly minted Oscar host has partnered with NBC to develop a variety show based ... «Variety, Oct 14»

Joan Rivers Paved the Way for Raunchy Female Comedians

At the start, with her frequent appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and “The ... Rivers landed her first appearance on the top-rated CBS variety show in May ... «Variety, Sep 14»

TCA: NBC Mulls Pickup Of Maya Rudolph Variety Show, No Return …

The variety show, starring the Saturday Night Live alumna and produced by SNL boss Lorne Michaels, started as a special that aired on May 20 behind The ... «Deadline.com, Jul 14»

Can Maya Rudolph Save the Variety Show?

'The Maya Rudolph Show' attempts to bring the variety format back to prime time. The show was expectedly hilarious. But is that enough to revive the dated ... «Daily Beast, May 14»