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The Big Show

★ 5.2 42 votes 1980–1980 1 seasons · 11 episodes Ended NBC
Starring
Denise McKennaTina RoarkDonna Lynn Adrian
Starring
Denise McKennaTina RoarkDonna Lynn Adrian
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About

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.

All Seasons

Season 11980
01111h
EpTitleRatingVotesRuntime
1Episode #1.160 min
2Episode #1.260 min
3Episode #1.360 min
4Episode #1.460 min
5Episode #1.560 min
6Episode #1.660 min
7Episode #1.760 min
8Episode #1.860 min
9Episode #1.960 min
10Episode #1.1060 min
11Episode #1.1160 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Dick Clark Self - Host
Denise McKenna Water Ballet Swimmer
John Aylesworth Self - Announcer
Tina Roark 1980 Opening montage Showgirl
Donna Lynn Adrian Synchronized Swimmer
Nell Carter Self
Steve Allen Self - Host
Sid Caesar Self
Mel Tillis Self
Peggy Fleming Self

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