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  2. Variety show - Wikipedia

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    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 era stage in ...

  3. Vaudeville - Wikipedia

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    Vaudeville. A promotional poster for the Sandow Trocadero Vaudevilles (1894), showing dancers, clowns, trapeze artists, costumed dogs, singers and costumed actors. Vaudeville (/ ˈvɔːd (ə) vɪl, ˈvoʊ -/; [1] French: [vodvil]) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France at the end of the 19th century.

  4. List of television formats and genres - Wikipedia

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    It can include church services, talk/variety shows, and dramatic movies. Within the last two decades, most religious programming is found on religious television networks. Science fiction: Serial: A television show which is one continuous story. Each episode picks up from where the last one left off. The story may shift with a new season.

  5. Category:Variety television series - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Sketch comedy - Wikipedia

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    Sketch comedy. Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and is used widely in variety shows, comedy talk shows, and some sitcoms and children's ...

  7. Korean variety show - Wikipedia

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    The variety show format was exported to Asia from Europe and the United States, and became popular in South Korea. Variety shows are currently a major part of television entertainment in South Korea. They are usually composed of various stunts, performances, skits, quizzes, comedy acts, etc. Popular celebrities and K-pop idols are also featured ...

  8. Cabaret - Wikipedia

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    For other uses, see Kabarett and Cabaret (disambiguation). Cabaret (French pronunciation: [kabaʁɛ] ⓘ) is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, a casino, a hotel, a restaurant, or a nightclub [ 1 ] with a stage for performances.

  9. Category:Variety shows - Wikipedia

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    Whoop Dee Doo (variety show) Withrow Minstrels. Woody Allen Looks at 1967. The Woody Allen Special. Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series. Categories: Entertainment. Performing arts. Theatrical genres.