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The 29 pages that link to Variety show, each with the reason it gives.

• VaudevilleNarrower topic: Vaudeville was a commercial form of variety show, organized around rapidly changing acts.

• Music hallNarrower topic: Music hall was a British form of the broader variety-show format.

• American burlesqueNarrower topic: Burlesque’s changing acts followed the variety-show format.

• The Ed Sullivan ShowNarrower topic: This format supplied the show’s basic structure and allowed sharply different performers to share an episode.

• Television variety showNarrower topic: Television variety shows adapt this broader entertainment format to the screen.

• SitcomCompared with: A variety show changes performers or segments rather than centering on a recurring fictional situation.

• Television comedyBroader topic: Comedic variety programs mix jokes and sketches with other kinds of performance.

• Late-night talk showNarrower topic: Late-night talk inherited variety television’s mix of performances and comic interludes.

• Talk showCompared with: Variety shows may include talk but distribute attention across multiple kinds of performance.

• The Muppet ShowNarrower topic: The series adapts this format around Muppet characters and a fictional theater.

• Television specialRelated: One-off variety specials gather performers without requiring a continuing series.

• Late-night television in the United StatesCompared with: Late-night shows inherit variety’s mixed bill but typically organize it around a host and topical material.

• Royal Variety PerformanceNarrower topic: Its mixed bill is the show’s basic format.

• Talent showCompared with: Unlike a talent show, a variety show need not rank its performers.

• Idol groupRelated: Group appearances on variety shows display personalities beyond music performances.

• Television talk showCompared with: Variety shows range across performances, whereas talk shows organize content around conversation.

• The Mickey Mouse ClubNarrower topic: The series drew its structure from the variety-show format.

• American television sitcomCompared with: Its mixed acts contrast with a sitcom’s sustained characters and episode-long comic situations.

• Ed SullivanNarrower topic: Sullivan’s program used this format to place performers from different genres in one broadcast.

• Jim NaborsNarrower topic: Guest appearances on variety programs gave Nabors a setting for both songs and comedy.

• Philipp KirkorovRelated: His elaborate live productions draw on the spectacle and format of variety entertainment.

• Running ManNarrower topic: Running Man adapts the broader variety-show format around recurring competitive missions.

• Sylvie VartanRelated: Television variety appearances helped sustain Vartan’s visibility beyond her original yé-yé audience.

• Bruce ForsythNarrower topic: Forsyth's presenting style grew from the mixed-act format of British variety entertainment.

• Don FranciscoNarrower topic: Sábado Gigante used this flexible format to sustain a broad, family-oriented audience.

• Sábado GiganteNarrower topic: This broad format describes the program’s mixture of otherwise separate kinds of entertainment.

• Lotta CrabtreeNarrower topic: Crabtree’s stage appearances drew on the mixed-act format popular with nineteenth-century audiences.

• Number (performance)Related: Its structure makes each act a discrete performance item.

• Stiller and MearaNarrower topic: Variety programs were a natural setting for the team’s brief, self-contained performances.