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Pages in category "Australian variety television shows" The following 134 pages are in this category, out of 134 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1996, the format was revived under the title IMT, hosted by Frankie J. Holden and screened as a Monday-night variety show. Featured on the show were the comedic stylings of Steven Jacobs , Denise Drysdale , Ann-Maree Biggar , and Julia Morris , who was best known for presenting "The Morris Report", a comedic take on the news events of the ...
Popular American variety shows that began in the 60s include a revival of The Jackie Gleason Show (1960–1970), The Andy Williams Show (1962–1971), The Danny Kaye Show (1963–1967), The Hollywood Palace (1964–1970), The Dean Martin Show (1965–1974), The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978), The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967–1969 ...
This is a list of Australian produced music television shows.. Early days of music television pre-dated video clips, and included variety style series, miming series, and pop series, and with the advent of music videos, shows gave way to slickly prepackaged film clips with a host compère mixing live local acts (e.g. Countdown).
This timeline of Australian television lists important station launches, programs, major television events, and technological advancements that have significantly changed the forms of broadcasting available to viewers of television in Australia. The history of television in Australia can be traced back to an announcement from the Menzies ...
George Wallace Jnr was the show's main host and star attraction. [2] The show reproduced the stage of the defunct Theatre Royal in Brisbane, complete with curtains, footlights, stage props, dancing girls, and camera shots replicating the ambience of a bygone era. [2] In 1962 Gladys Moncrieff made guest appearances on the show. [3]
Although Australian TV was still in black-and-white at the time, Skippy was filmed in colour with a view to overseas sales and it was the first Australian-made series to achieve significant international success, with sales to more than 80 countries worldwide, [47] and it became the first Australian TV show to be widely screened in the USA. [46]
In February 1985, The Mike Walsh Show moved from its popular daytime timeslot to an evening timeslot, two nights a week. The program in the prime time format was not successful, although The Mike Walsh Show ' s successor in the daytime slot, Midday with a very similar format to The Mike Walsh Show, ran for fourteen years, garnering numerous awards.