The Big Show(1980)
Comedy
First Air Date: 1980-03-04
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 9.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 11
The Big Show is 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 a few years earlier. The Big Show took its title seriously, using a huge stage set and filling a 90-minute time-slot, with at least one two-hour installment 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, Mimi Kennedy, Shabba-Doo and Pamela Myers. Guest hosts included Steve Allen, Nell Carter, David Copperfield, Geoffrey Holder, Gary Coleman, and Sid Caesar. Skaters who performed in the show included Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, John Curry, and Toller Cranston.
Keywords
variety show
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 11E01
Episode 1
Air Date: 1980-03-04
No episode overview available.
E02
Episode 2
Air Date: 1980-03-11
No episode overview available.
E03
Episode 3
Air Date: 1980-03-18
No episode overview available.
E04
Episode 4
Air Date: 1980-03-25
No episode overview available.
E05
Episode 5
Air Date: 1980-04-08
No episode overview available.
E06
Episode 6
Air Date: 1980-04-15
No episode overview available.
E07
Episode 7
Air Date: 1980-04-22
No episode overview available.
E08
Episode 8
Air Date: 1980-04-29
No episode overview available.
E09
Episode 9
Air Date: 1980-05-06
No episode overview available.
E10
Episode 10
Air Date: 1980-05-13
No episode overview available.
E11
Episode 11
Air Date: 1980-06-03
No episode overview available.
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