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Overview

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.

Series Cast

  1. Charlie Hill as Self

    Charlie Hill

    Self

    11 Episodes

  2. Adolfo Quinones as Self

    Adolfo Quinones

    Self

    11 Episodes

  3. Edie McClurg as Self

    Edie McClurg

    Self

    11 Episodes

  4. Mimi Kennedy as Self

    Mimi Kennedy

    Self

    11 Episodes

  5. Pamela Myers as Self

    Pamela Myers

    Self

    11 Episodes

  6. Peggy Fleming as Self

    Peggy Fleming

    Self

    3 Episodes

  7. Nell Carter as Self

    Nell Carter

    Self

    3 Episodes

  8. David Copperfield as Self

    David Copperfield

    Self

    2 Episodes

  9. Debby Boone as Self

    Debby Boone

    Self

    2 Episodes

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Last Season

Season 1

1980 • 11 Episodes

Season 1 of The Big Show premiered on March 4, 1980.

Episode 11

(1x11, June 3, 1980) Season Finale

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The Big Show

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Status Ended

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Type Scripted

Original Language English

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