The Big Show

The Big Show

1980
The Big Show
The Big Show

The Big Show

5.5 | en | Comedy

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

1
EP11  Episode 11
Jun. 03,1980
Episode 11

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EP10  Episode 10
May. 13,1980
Episode 10

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EP9  Episode 9
May. 06,1980
Episode 9

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EP8  Episode 8
Apr. 29,1980
Episode 8

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EP7  Episode 7
Apr. 22,1980
Episode 7

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EP6  Episode 6
Apr. 15,1980
Episode 6

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EP5  Episode 5
Apr. 08,1980
Episode 5

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EP4  Episode 4
Mar. 25,1980
Episode 4

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EP3  Episode 3
Mar. 18,1980
Episode 3

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EP2  Episode 2
Mar. 11,1980
Episode 2

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EP1  Episode 1
Mar. 04,1980
Episode 1

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5.5 | en | Comedy
Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Adolfo Quinones , Edie McClurg , Mimi Kennedy

Director

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Dick Clark Productions ,