November 18, 1980-June 26, 1982. Debut: Singer Barbara Mandrell, who is named 1980 Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association, launches this limited series showcasing her musical talents, and those of her sisters Louise and Irlene.             

1976-1981 (Syndicated). The Muppets, created by Jim Henson and company, starred in their own half-hour comedy-variety show. Each week a guest celebrity appeared. The most popular first-run syndicated series in TV history.

While singing "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me," guest Mac Davis takes to the water in a Muppet aquarium, backed by a "fishy" chorus and Miss Piggy, the magnificent mermaid.

November 18, 1980-June 26, 1982. Singer Barbara Mandrell, named 1980 Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association, launches this limited series showcasing her musical talents, and those of her sisters Louise and Irlene.             

1976-1981 (Syndicated). The Muppets, created by Jim Henson and company, starred in their own half-hour comedy-variety show. Each week a guest celebrity appeared. The most popular first-run syndicated series in TV history.

The crotchety team of Statler and Waldorf finally step down from their "bitter box" and get a chance to direct the show - a true calamity for the Muppets and guest Hal Linden.

Special: The Canadian Rockies provide the setting for a Christmas celebration with Minnie Pearl and guests Glen Campbell, Loretta Lynn, Lynn Anderson, the Oak Ridge Boys, Tanya Tucker, Debby Boone, Tom Wopat, friends, families and the Mount Royal Children's Choir. Scheduled Musical Highlights include: "Sleigh Bells" by Minnie, "White Christmas" by Debby, "Silent Night" by Loretta, "I'll Be Home for Christmas" by Tanya, and "We Three Kings of Orient Are" by Glen & Choir. 

Special: Johnny Cash is joined for his traditional Christmas show by Mac Davis, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers Band, June Carter Cash, Jeannie C. Riley, the Carter Family, and the Tom Tichenor Puppets. Johnny recites "The Christmas Guest" and "Little Grey Donkey." Taped at Nashville's Opryland. Musical Highlights include: "The Greatest Cowboy of Them All" by Johnny & Larry, and "Christmas is for Kids" by Mac.

Special: A tuneful yuletide in Nashville is celebrated by Lynn Anderson, Mickey Gilley, Dottie West, the Statler Brothers, George Jones, Grandpa Jones and Ramone, and host Robert Urich, who pays tribute to John Jacob Niles, an itinerant balladeer who helped preserve the South's folk-music heritage. Scheduled Highlights include: "Ding-a-Ling, the Christmas Bell" by Lynn, "How I Love Them Old Songs/Jingle Bell Rock" by Mickey, "Hollyridge Road" by Dottie, and "He Stopped Loving Her Today" by George.

November 18, 1980-June 26, 1982. Debut: Singer Barbara Mandrell named 1980 Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association launches this limited series showcasing her musical talents, and those of her sisters Louise and Irlene.             

1976-1981 (Syndicated). The Muppets, created by Jim Henson and company, starred in their own half-hour comedy-variety show. Each week a guest celebrity appeared. The most popular first-run syndicated series in TV history.

December 12, 1980-September 26, 1981. This hour series was intermittently scheduled in several different time slots during this nine-month run, making it difficult to receive a loyal audience knowing when a next broadcast would air.

Debut: Marie Osmond comes of age with her own comedy and variety show. Scheduled gust for the opener: Gavin MacLeod. Regulars include Howard Itzkowitz.

1976-1981 (Syndicated). The Muppets, created by Jim Henson and company, starred in their own half-hour comedy-variety show. Each week a guest celebrity appeared. The most popular first-run syndicated series in TV history.

Funny lady Carol Burnett isn't laughing when she's literally swept off her feet by frenzied drummer Animal in a never-ending dance marathon.

December 12, 1980-September 26, 1981. This hour series was intermittently scheduled in several different time slots during this nine-month run, making it difficult to receive a loyal audience knowing when a next broadcast would air.

Scheduled: Tony Orlando, the Pointer Sisters and Jay Johnson. In skits, Marie and Jay spoof "BJ and the Bear"; a homeowner goes overboard on security; and Marie plays a woman diagnosed as terminally silly. Regulars include Howard Itzkowitz.

Special: Linda Gray, Melissa Manchester and Mills Watson join Davis in a Yuletide special.

December 12, 1980-September 26, 1981. This hour series was intermittently scheduled in several different time slots during this nine-month run, making it difficult to receive a loyal audience knowing when a next broadcast would air.

Scheduled: Guest Andy Williams joins Marie in a musical tribute to John Lennon. In a sketch, Marie plays a lion tamer who practices her art on insurance salesmen.

November 18, 1980-June 26, 1982. Debut: Singer Barbara Mandrell named 1980 Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association launches this limited series showcasing her musical talents, and those of her sisters Louise and Irlene.             

Syndicated-1980. Patrick Wayne hosts this one hour syndicated variety show taped on location at the Sporting Club in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

An old-style variety show set in Monte Carlo. The main features of this show included songs, dance routines, comedy sketches and interviews with celebrities famous mainly for appearing in other, similar, variety shows.

Guests: Charo; and singers Jolis & Simone and Demis Roussos. Charo performs "One Guantanamo" and "Recuerdos de la Alhambra." Demis sings "Needing You."             

November 18, 1980-June 26, 1982. Debut: Singer Barbara Mandrell named 1980 Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association launches this limited series showcasing her musical talents, and those of her sisters Louise and Irlene.             

Syndicated-1980. Patrick Wayne hosts this one hour syndicated variety show taped on location at the Sporting Club in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

The guests include Neil Sedaka, the Hudson Brothers and Loretta Swit. Music includes "All You Need Is The Music" (Neil) and "How Long Has This Been Going On" (Loretta).

November 18, 1980-June 26, 1982. Debut: Singer Barbara Mandrell named 1980 Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association launches this limited series showcasing her musical talents, and those of her sisters Louise and Irlene.             

1976-1981 (Syndicated). The Muppets, created by Jim Henson and company, starred in their own half-hour comedy-variety show. Each week a guest celebrity appeared. The most popular first-run syndicated series in TV history.

Kermit's idea to broadcast the show on a country-music station for guest Johnny Cash turns sour when WHOG's Big Tiny Tallsaddle gets too big for his britches. 

             

November 18, 1980-June 26, 1982. Debut: Singer Barbara Mandrell named 1980 Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association launches this limited series showcasing her musical talents, and those of her sisters Louise and Irlene.             

Syndicated-1980. Patrick Wayne hosts this one hour syndicated variety show taped on location at the Sporting Club in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

1976-1981 (Syndicated). The Muppets, created by Jim Henson and company, starred in their own half-hour comedy-variety show. Each week a guest celebrity appeared. The most popular first-run syndicated series in TV history.

If the Muppets appreciate clever scripts they ought to be on their best behavior for guest Chris Langham - after all, he's a writer for their show! Music: "Friendship" (Kermit, Robin, Muppet whales).

Syndicated-1980. Patrick Wayne hosts this one hour syndicated variety show taped on location at the Sporting Club in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

The guests include Joel Grey, Phyllis Diller and Rod McKuen.                                                                              

1976-1981 (Syndicated). The Muppets, created by Jim Henson and company, starred in their own half-hour comedy-variety show. Each week a guest celebrity appeared. The most popular first-run syndicated series in TV history.

AFter the Vienna Downhill Choir takes a bad fall, only guest Melissa Manchester's smooth rendition of "Don't Cry Out Loud" can calm the Muppets.

Guests are singer Lynn Anderson, Rich Little, George Segal, comic Dick Shawn and Conrad Janis and the Unlisted Beverly Hills Jazz Band. Cameo appearances by Carol Burnett, Steve Lawrence, and Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy and Ted Lange from "The Love Boat." Music includes "The Rose," "Proud Mary."             

A variety show presented as monthly specials on NBC.

Guest: Brooke Shields. 

                                                                                                                                                                     

"Ladies and Gentlemen... Bob Newhart, Part II" - A variety of sketches, monologues, and blackouts on contemporary American life. Bob Newhart, Don Rickles, Dean Martin, Dick Martin, Marian Mercer, and Robert Ridgely.

A bevy of stars joins Bob Hope for his birthday from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. 




                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Special: Robert Klein headlines a program of sketches, songs and blackouts with guests Judd Hirsch and the Charlie Daniels Band. Robert plays the lead in a roller-disco version of "Julius Caesar," the host of a radio call-in show and a taxi driver forcing unwanted advice on his celebrity passenger (Judd). The Charlie Daniels Band performs "In America" and Robert sings "They're Playing Our Song" and "Since I Fell for You."

Special: Comedian Robert Klein's self-reflective monologues develop into sketches in which he plays a psychiatric patient who unwittingly reveals his Oedipal dream to a national TV-and-radio audience; and a corporate executive whose meeting with colleagues Jane Curtin and Rodney Dangerfield is sabotaged by swivel chairs. Also: a spoof of "trash sports."

December 12, 1980-September 26, 1981. This hour series was intermittently scheduled in several different time slots during this nine-month run, making it difficult to receive a loyal audience knowing when a neggxt broadcast would air.

Return: More music and variety with Marie and her guests Bob Hope, Nell Carter and Jimmy Osmond. In routines, Hope and Marie sing and dance about traveling; and Marie plays the operator of a hall faced with the mass defection of a ballet troupe. Regulars include Nancy Steen. 

Musical Highlights:
- "Celebration" ... Marie, dancers
- Medley of swing tunes ... Nell, Marie, Jimmy
- "Did You Have to Make Me Feel Uncertain" ... Jimmy

1976-1981 (Syndicated). The Muppets, created by Jim Henson and company, starred in their own half-hour comedy-variety show. Each week a guest celebrity appeared. The most popular first-run syndicated series in TV history.

November 18, 1980-June 26, 1982. Debut: Singer Barbara Mandrell named 1980 Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association launches this limited series showcasing her musical talents, and those of her sisters Louise and Irlene.             

1976-1981 (Syndicated). The Muppets, created by Jim Henson and company, starred in their own half-hour comedy-variety show. Each week a guest celebrity appeared. The most popular first-run syndicated series in TV history.

1976-1981 (Syndicated). The Muppets, created by Jim Henson and company, starred in their own half-hour comedy-variety show. Each week a guest celebrity appeared. The most popular first-run syndicated series in TV history.

1976-1981 (Syndicated). The Muppets, created by Jim Henson and company, starred in their own half-hour comedy-variety show. Each week a guest celebrity appeared. The most popular first-run syndicated series in TV history.

1976-1981 (Syndicated). The Muppets, created by Jim Henson and company, starred in their own half-hour comedy-variety show. Each week a guest celebrity appeared. The most popular first-run syndicated series in TV history.