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    Variety show. Variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism. It is normally introduced by a compère (master of ceremonies) or host. The variety format made its way from the Victorian ...

  2. Category:Variety television series. Category. : Variety television series. A variety show is a show with a variety of acts, often including music and comedy skits. Variety shows arguably developed from the Vaudeville musical comedy which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s.

  3. Daily Variety Gotham, (started in 1998) was the name of the New York City–based edition which gave a priority focus to East Coast show-business news and was produced earlier in the evening than the Los Angeles edition so it could be delivered to New York the following morning. Variety.com (launched in 1998) is the Internet version of Variety ...

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  4. 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….

  5. In the 1970s, the variety show format began to fade from prime time. Audiences were more fractured than ever with the advent of the remote control and cable television.

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