Within comedy circles, Maya Rudolph and Martin Short are considered two of the best sketch performers in the business. This series will feature sketches that spoof current events, celebrities and topical trends, as well as musical performances.
This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and competitions.
Fernwood 2 Night was a comedic television program that ran from July 1977 – September 1977. It was created by Norman Lear and produced by Alan Thicke as a spin-off/summer replacement from Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. It was a parody talk show, hosted by Barth Gimble and sidekick/announcer Jerry Hubbard, complete with a stage band, Happy Kyne and His Mirthmakers. Barth was the twin brother of Garth Gimble from Mary Hartman.
Like Mary Hartman, Fernwood 2 Night was set in the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio. The show satirized real talk shows as well as the sort of fare one might expect from locally-produced, small-town, midwestern American television programming. Well-known actors usually appeared playing characters or a contrivance had to be written for the celebrity to appear as themselves.
After one season of Fernwood, the producers revamped the show the following year as America 2-Night. In this second version, Barth and Jerry's show moved to California and was broadcast nationally on the fictional UBS ne
Drive In is an Italian television variety show, broadcast by Italia 1 between 1983 and 1989. It was referred as the most innovative and popular Italian television show of the 80s.
Presented in the form of a large live set, the hosts enlightening interviews with personalities from all walks of life who have made their mark in the news.
Alain Chabat hosts a brand-new late show for TF1: games, fake ads, stand up, live music and interviews with all the personalities of the entertainment world!
“In the Shade of Jasmine” is a cultural and artistic Ramadan program broadcast by Al Araby 2 from Damascus. It brings together a group of intellectuals and artists to discuss social and cultural issues, with a focus on the role of creativity in rebuilding cultural identity. The program hosts prominent figures and allows young people to express their aspirations.
Presents a filmed, intercontinental conversation that links moderator Edward R. Murrow in New York with three internationally known figures located in different parts of the world. What set this apart from other televised interview/discussion programs was the fact that its participants could not see each other but could hear one another via telephone lines and radio.