How to Use variety show in a Sentence

variety show

noun
Definition of variety shownext
  • And yeah, the show is very much a variety show with stand-up, and singing, and the sketches.
    — Nick Maslow, PEOPLE.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • And there were things to enjoy, in a variety show sort of way.
    — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 16 Nov. 2019
  • And then there were street artists inside and a variety show with singers and dancers.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Where did the idea for a children’s variety show come from?
    — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Swanson has captured the feel of the 1970s variety show — the mix of guest stars, the song mashups, the silly banter.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 25 May 2021
  • All this on what’s supposed to be a glitzy variety show.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The sketch was first proposed and then tabled in 2018 when Jonah Hill hosted the variety show, the pair said.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024
  • In the sketch, the two were doing an analysis of the season premiere of the NBC variety show.
    — Frank Pallotta, CNN, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Two of them decided to make the best of it by putting on a variety show in their own living room.
    — NBC News, 8 Apr. 2020
  • So primetime starts at 9:45 p.m. and there is no longer space for variety shows with big stars like there once was.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 11 May 2023
  • Santa, Rudolph and their friends put on a variety show with the likes of beat-boxing, rapping and more.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 5 May 2021
  • The campy visual features the band performing the raucous track on a variety show straight out of the 1960s.
    — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 1 June 2022
  • Billy heads to the variety show to try to stop them, while the rest of the team stays back in an attempt to convince the Tooth Fairy not to go through with her plan.
    — Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Carrey played Biden for six episodes on the NBC variety show this season.
    — Frank Pallotta, CNN, 19 Dec. 2020
  • In the fifth year of her contract, Burnett pushed back at CBS and soon started her own variety show.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
  • By 1967, go-go dancers became a way for TV variety shows to lure male viewers.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The variety show was only the first piece of media content the national team will put out over the next few days.
    — New York Times, 10 June 2021
  • Most of her co-stars were real New York City teens who Leon worked with on a small downtown live variety show.
    — Marc Malkin, Variety, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The sketch variety show has won 81 Emmys over its 46-year run, the most of any program in history.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2021
  • The Duke of Winchester, who just so happens to be hosting a variety show at the little girl’s place of work.
    — Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 30 Mar. 2021
  • For our senior-year variety show in high school, my friends and I wrote and performed a skit that poked fun at our teachers.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The singer was born to host a full-on variety show, with production numbers and sketches.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 1 July 2021
  • The twosome was out to present the Emmy for outstanding live variety show.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Watch the full trailer for the upcoming variety show above.
    — Marcus Jones, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Valentine kept his dogs in the variety show, but Gideon became the main attraction.
    — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
  • That led to a best-selling landmark 1960 album, the first to receive the Grammy for Best Album, and then to guest stints on variety shows.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
  • Image Our guide to stand-up, improv and variety shows happening this weekend and in the week ahead.
    — Kasia Pilat, New York Times, 12 July 2018
  • On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays the channel will present a two-hour live variety show.
    — Mike Vorhaus, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Can someone get Alan Cumming a talk and/or variety show next please.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Each performance will include excerpts from three ballets — a ballet variety show of sorts.
    — Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2024

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