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- Mama's Family originated with Thelma "Mama" Harper, and her younger sister Fran living together in Mama's house.
- Television show featuring skits by Carol Burnett and her comedy troupe.
- A comedy-themed variety show, hosted by the popular comedian Red Skelton. It run with no interruption from 1951 to 1971. From 1956 to 1962, the show's head writer was Sherwood Schwartz, who had previous experience as a comedy writer for Bob Hope's radio show. During the 1960s, the show had its own regular cast of singers and dancers. Guests of the show included then-popular bands, such as the Beach Boys (in their network television debut), The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, and The Supremes. By the early 1970s, the program was thought to appeal primarily to older audiences and to residents of rural regions. It was canceled, as the network wanted something that would attract an urban audience.
- Contestants guess the correctness of celebrities' answers in order to win spaces in a tic-tac-toe game.
- Beloved sitcom star Mary Tyler Moore hosts an American variety show that aired on CBS during the spring of 1979.
- A group of celebrities would be given a sentence with a missing word, which they would then have to fill in. The contestants would then give their own answer, and scored points according to how many celebrities gave the same answer.
- Based on characters from "The Carol Burnett Show," this was the film which led to the series "Mama's Family."
- Travelers stumble across a village that they can't find on any map. They discover that this tiny hamlet is called Brigadoon, a special village in Scotland that is never found on a map. Once every 100 years this wonderful village appears, and anyone who happens upon it will have a wonderful, fun-filled, unforgettable day filled with dancing, food, and fellowship. As the day closes, so does the village, to appear somewhere else in 100 years.
- Tim Conway hosted a variety show so closely modeled on the successful Carol Burnett Show, even using some of the same sketches. Interpersed were dance routines where all the performers were youngsters and musical numbers.
- Tim Conway's sketch comedy show from the 70s!
- After Mary Tyler Moore's long-running sitcom ended, she ventured into comedy-variety. This was one of her attempts. It follows the same formula used in such shows as Carol Burnett. There are comedy sketches, musical numbers, and behind-the-scenes sketches; also, Mary performs a comedy routine or a musical number.
- Syndicated show which debuted in the USA in September 1987, and ran until 1989. Two teams of three men and three women competed, one person from a team was given the name of a famous person and had to communicate the name to the rest of the team by drawing pictures.
- For Gobel's half-hour series, he used a successful comedy format of a monologue segment, followed by a story set up segment, then a musical interlude with the show's girl singer, then the main skit with the guest performers.
- Television's first treatment of "Charades" as played by Hollywood celebrities. The giveaway was the use of gestures that defined "film", "TV show", "book" or "song" as well as "small word (a, an, the)" and gestures for syllables, number of words, and expand or stretch.
- Two contestants attempt to correctly guess words based on definitions given by children ages five to nine.
- Vin Scully, the Dodger sportscaster hosts a daily conversation and entertainment show with the H.B. Barnum Orchestra. Produced by "Laugh In" producer Paul Keyes, the CBS series was an attempt to take on the highly successful "The Mike Douglas Show".
- CBS Daytime game show where a contestant has a chance to win the $25,000 grand prize. Two teams (each with one Celebrity Guest and one Contestant) play 2 games where though 6 categories, the winner of each game goes to the winners circle for a chance to win the grand prize.
- Daily daytime show featuring music by Bob Crosby's band and different singers.
- Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Carol Burnett's classic, award-winning comedy series with a new two-hour star-studded event featuring Burnett, original cast members and special guests.
- The cast of "Your Show Of Shows" is reunited in several skits that keep true to the style of the show's best material. First, an encounter at a market that leaves Sid battered amid the debris, then Sid and Imogene as tourists in Paris, then Sid, Carl and Howie as incompatible shipmates in a submarine experiment. Next, an hilarious take-off on "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolf", then an updated visit from "The Haircuts", and lastly, all engage in a classic Caesar version of an Italian opera.
- Lily Tomlin plays familiar characters like young Edith Ann, housewife Judy Beasley, and phone operator Ernestine, while debuting a new character, Wanda V. Wilford.
- Groucho Marx engages in humorous conversation with studio guests followed by a photo recognition game.
- The Lily Tomlin special showcases Tomlin's most iconic characters, Ma Belle's Ernestine, the prim tasteful Lady, the grimy little kid Edith Ann, and a new creation, Bobbi Jeanine, a hammy cocktail lounge organist talking in song titles.
- George Burns fakes a cough as a ruse to get other celebrities to perform at his one-man-show.
- Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra host a program that's wall-to-wall music.
- The Revival of "NOW YOU SEE IT" in 1989 as follows... 2 Contestants played for "Round 1" as The Board is computerized than the regular flashy board in 1974-1975 played for 100 Points and deduct 15 seconds for every point to 25 points and as time runs out... The Points doubled into 200 Points all through 50 points and the 1st contestant scores 1000 Points wins and became the challenger. As the Challenger to play the Championship Round to face the Champion and the toss-up question is used for $200-The 1st Board, $300-The 2nd Board, $400-The 3rd Board, $500-The 4th Board & $600-The 5th & Last Board and the contestant will find 6 words on each & every board in 20 seconds. As time runs out for the Challenger or the Champion will find 1 word on the board and the Challenger or the Champion collects $1000 wins and plays the "Solo Round." The "Solo Round" for the Champion to find 10 words in 60 Seconds (1 Minute). The Champion find the solution to the clue and passing it can return the favor of the previous clue. Each word found is worth $100. 10 Words found on the board wins $5000 otherwise $5000 will be added when its lost the game. Champions must compete before defeated.
- A fabulous collection of sketches and songs. Zero Mostel performs If I Were a Rich Man from Fiddler on the Roof. The program was written by Nat Hiken (Sgt. Bilko, Car 54 Where Are You)
- Shirley MacClaine sings and dances in a one woman show featuring much of her acclaimed nightclub act. Carol Burnett joins her in a 6 minute spot to celebrate movies in a comic duet.
- George Burns hosts and performs in a variety TV special. Appearances by the Osmond Brothers, Walter Matthau, Madeline Khan, Chita Rivera, and Johnny Carson.
- Very well structured and fun Benny show.
- In the margins of the United States, there lives a revolutionary Christianity. One with a quiet disposition that seeks to do "small things with great love," and in so doing is breaking 21st Century stereotypes surrounding this 2000 year old faith. "The Ordinary Radicals" is set against the modern American political and social backdrop of the next Great Awakening. Traveling across the United States on a tour to promote the book "Jesus for President", Shane Claiborne and a rag-tag group of "ordinary radicals" interpret Biblical history and its correlation with the current state of American politics. Sharing a relevant outlook for people with all faith perspectives, director Jamie Moffett examines this growing movement. As Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw write in the book, "This is not a set of political suggestions for the world; this is about invoking and embodying the alternative. All of this is an invitation to join a peculiar people- those with no king but God, who practice jubilee economics and make the world new. This is not the old-time religion of going to heaven; this is about bringing heaven to the world."
- Reality show highlighting the unusual lines of work held by regular people.