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The Big Show

5.5 / 10 | United States
1980 | Comedy | Music
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 List (28)

Steve Binder
Steve Binder
Director
Walter C. Miller
Walter C. Miller
Director
Tony Charmoli
Tony Charmoli
Director
Dick Clark
Dick Clark
Self - Host
Nell Carter
Nell Carter
Self
Steve Allen
Steve Allen
Self - Host
Sid Caesar
Sid Caesar
Self
Sarah Purcell
Sarah Purcell
Self - Hostess
Mel Tillis
Mel Tillis
Self
Gallagher
Gallagher
Self
David Copperfield
David Copperfield
Self - Magician
Mariette Hartley
Mariette Hartley
Self - Hostess
Steve Martin
Steve Martin
Self
Tina Roark
Tina Roark
1980 Opening montage Showgirl
Denise McKenna
Denise McKenna
Water Ballet Swimmer
John Aylesworth
John Aylesworth
Self - Announcer
Dorothy Hamill
Dorothy Hamill
Self
Toller Cranston
Toller Cranston
Self
Donna Lynn Adrian
Donna Lynn Adrian
Synchronized Swimmer
Debby Boone
Debby Boone
Self
Peggy Fleming
Peggy Fleming
Self
David Axlerod
David Axlerod
Writer
George Arthur Bloom
George Arthur Bloom
Writer
Stan Burns
Stan Burns
Writer
Ted Lang
Ted Lang
Writer
Bob Arnott
Bob Arnott
Writer
Jeannine Burnier
Jeannine Burnier
Writer
Gary Jacobs
Gary Jacobs
Writer

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