- The Big Show (TV series)
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"The Big Show" was an American comedy-variety-musical television series produced and broadcast by
NBC for several months in 1980.The series aimed to revitalize the moribund variety television genre, which had been in a downward spiral since the cancellations of the "
Ed Sullivan Show " and "The Carol Burnett Show " several years earlier. "The Big Show" took its title seriously, using a huge stage set (complete with a live audience and a swimming pool) and filling a 90-minute time-slot (one of the only variety programs in American television history to run this length), with at least one two-hour instalment broadcast.Although the first broadcast received high ratings, poor reviews and low ratings of succeeding episodes resulted in the program being cancelled after only a few months. The series nonetheless was nominated for six
Emmy Awards , winning for Outstanding Costume Design.Regular performers included
Joe Baker ,Graham Chapman (ofMonty Python ),Mimi Kennedy andPamela Myers . Guest hosts included Steve Allen,Nell Carter , David Copperfield,Dorothy Hamill ,Geoffrey Holder ,Gary Coleman , andSid Caesar .External links
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