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- Hosted by President and Mrs. Reagan, this concert in the PBS series "In Performance at the White House" featured performances by five great ladies of the theater. It included a tribute to Mary Martin's 50th anniversary in show business. Haerd here are "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", "And I Am Telling You", "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina", and "Memory" and other selections.
- Dick Van Dyke hosted this splashy, "one-shot wonder" special - from the producers of "The Carol Burnett Show" - celebrating the then-upcoming 1977-78 TV season on CBS, featuring musical production numbers, comedy sketches, clips from new and returning CBS shows, and cameo appearances by many CBS stars (including Carol Burnett herself). Van Dyke also took viewers on a guided tour of the CBS Television City facility in Hollywood, where many CBS series and specials were videotaped.
- Live broadcast spoofing televised award shows.
- A positive mix of stand-up and sketch comedy by some of today's funniest gay and lesbian comedians. Filmed before a live audience at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall on October 11, 1993, National Coming Out Day.
- Highlights: Judy Holliday appears with George Irving in "The Museum Sketch" and with Bea Arthur in "The Hat Sketch". Dick Shawn appears in "The Dario Sketch" and sings "Not Since Nineveh" from the musical "Kismet". Bambi Linn and Rod Alexander dance to "Whatever Lola Wants" from the musical "Damn Yankees". Dancers and singers perform "You're Devastating". The New York finale features the entire cast in "Razz-a-ma-tazz". From Hollywood, Frank Sinatra appears in a comedy sketch and sings "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die", "One for the Road" and "Learnin' the Blues".
- Beatrice Arthur stars in her first variety special showcasing her singing, acting and comedic talents with guests Rock Hudson, Melba Moore and Wayland Flowers.
- This gala star-studded musical tribute to Jerry Herman, the legendary Tony and GRAMMY Award-winning composer/lyricist of the Broadway hits Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage aux Folles, was filmed live at the Hollywood Bowl!
- Screen Actors Guild Award - American award, awarded by Guild of movie actors of the USA from 1995 for movies and television serials.
- TV's favorite catchphrases are counted down in a two-hour special and includes favorite phrases from drama, game shows and reality shows.
- Over 15 Broadway and Hollywood veterans, many who made history in Greenwich Village, tell of their early memories in the West Village and how it affected their lives and their careers in Rick McKay's brand new, first part of a Greenwich Village short film trilogy - the subsequent installments covering the East Village, Joseph Papp's Public Theatre, Joe Cino's Caffe Cino, the Folk scene, the birth of American Punk, avant garde cinema and much more. McKay, known for "Broadway: The Golden Age Film Trilogy", is a master at commingling long lost archival footage, rare photos and intimate, first person interviews to create a first-person historical perspective of our past. In this first installment of a trilogy, McKay explores the magical city within New York City, Greenwich Village, telling the stories of the creation of ThreePenny Opera with footage of Lotte Lenya, as well as the struggles of young artists living in tiny apartments, waiting tables and starving for their art. There are stories of seeing Bob Dylan make his first appearance, playing small clubs and cabarets and of living in "a world apart," having no idea that they were literally making history in those early years of their career. The film won Best Film in its first ever showing at the inaugural Greenwich Village Film Festival in 2015.
- Ray Bolger is a Greenwich Village based Talent Agent (who also happens to dance pretty well). Elaine Stritch serves as hostess.
- A two hour prime time television spectacular, commemorating the golden jubilee of the CBS TV Network.
- "People' s Choice Awards" - American award, that is awarded to the figures of pop culture on results the spectator voting. Handed annually, since 1975. 2005 to of winner in each of nominations found out by means of the sociological questioning, and then voting was organized in the Internet.
- "TV Guide: 40th Anniversary Special" is a television special that reminisces over television during the previous decades (1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s) in honor of TV Guides 40th anniversary. The special is co-hosted by Heather Locklear and Robert Wagner, aired December 20, 1993 on the Fox broadcasting network.
- The 6th annual American Comedy Awards honors top comedic performers in all fields of American entertainment.
- A one-hour musical variety program intended as a pilot for a series. Comedy by Art Carney, guest vocalizing by Tab Hunter. Connie promoted her new Sing-a-long album.
- Variety Clubs International hosted this tribute to Lucille ball. It brought Lucy and her husband, Gary Morton together on their anniversary, to present her with a humanitarian award. Lucy was also honored by being dedicated the Lucille Ball Diabetes Research Library at the Barbara Davis Juvenile Diabetes Hospital in Denver, Colorado in honor of her lifelong work to find a cure for juvenile diabetes.
- A music and comedy special from Carlton Television, the new franchise holder for weekday television in London, to welcome in the New Year 1993.
- Because I Said So is a frank - not necessarily polite - half hour of television that takes the piss out of the entertainment industry. Hosted by lawyer, turned comic, turned TV diva Maggie Cassella, Because I Said So invites celebrity guests to rant about some of their favorite and not so favorite realities of the industry. From Hollywood's invention of size zero to its exploitation of Ground Zero, to whatever happened to Zero Mastel, Maggie brazenly refuses to kneel at the alter of celebrity.
- Boulevard Bio was a talk show hosted by Alfred Biolek on public television, where guests were invited to specific topics.
- Golden Globe Award - American award awarded by the Hollywood association of the foreign press from 1944 for works in movies and television's pictures.
- Untold stories of your favorite TV shows as told by the people who were there.
- After a 20-year absence, a con artist moves in with his estranged wife and two grown sons.
- This documentary examines television censorship in five different areas: language, politics & big business, violence, race & religion, and sex. Interviews with actors, producers, writers, directors, and censors give insight into the way television censorship once occurred and how it continues today.
- An ABC prime-time special clip show, celebrating 50 years of top comediennes from film and television.
- The life, career and music of Irving Berlin is celebrated live on stage with musical performances.
- Primetime Emmy Award is the main American award in area of television, annually handed by the American television academy.
- Musical celebration hosted by Debbie Reynolds honoring the 10th Anniversary of Washington's Kennedy Center in their support of the performing arts.
- New interviews with stars of the long-running comedies Lear created, including Jimmie Walker and Mackenzie Phillips; an in-depth sit-down interview with Lear that Kevin Frazier conducted when Lear celebrated his 100th birthday.
- Television's biggest stars gather to honor TV's greatest sidekicks.
- "A friendly smile, a kind heart and a mean wit. With over 8 decades of work in the TV business, Betty White was the first lady of television, the grandmother of the nation and an icon. A pioneer of early television, White was noted for her vast work in the entertainment industry and for being one of the first women to work both in front of and behind the camera. She was the first woman to produce a sitcom in the United States. After making the transition to television from radio, White became a staple panelist of American game shows, including Password, Match Game and The Hollywood Squares. She became the first woman to receive the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host. But for many, it was her role as Rose Nylund in the mega-hit sitcom Golden Girls that cemented her place in their hearts. The sweet and naive character became almost indistinguishable from the real Betty White. Her sad passing, just two weeks before her 100th birthday on New Year's Eve 2021 made celebrations bittersweet but if anyone has a life worth celebrating it is the incredible... Betty White. "
- All star variety special, the third "Night of 100 Stars" benefit for the Actors Fund.
- Former sitcom actors take on jobs their characters performed on TV.
- Bob Hope takes a look back at the beautiful and funny women he has worked with over the years. More than 60 of Bob's co-stars are here in television and film excerpts.
- Bruce Forsyth takes center stage in a series of entertainment shows featuring international musical and comedy performers.
- Primetime Emmy Award is the main American award in area of television, annually handed by the American television academy.
- Golden Globe Award - American award awarded by the Hollywood association of the foreign press from 1944 for works in movies and television's pictures.
- In a one-time revival of the classic series, host Ralph Edwards surprises two guests with friends and memories from their past.