The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour is an American variety show starring American pop-singer Cher and her husband, Sonny Bono. The show ran on CBS in the United States, when it premiered in August 1971. The show was canceled May 1974, due to the couple's divorce, though the duo would reunite in 1976 for the identically-formatted The Sonny & Cher Show, which ran until 1977.
The celebrated music-education series that featured Leonard Bernstein discussing themes or the works of a particular composer, and using the New York Philharmonic to illustrate his points. Subjects ranged from 'What Is a Concerto?' and 'Happy Birthday, Igor Stravinsky' to 'The Latin American Spirit' and (in the first program) 'What Does Music Mean?' All told, Bernstein led 53 of the concerts and won four Emmys. Pianist Andre Watts made his debut (at age 16) in a 1963 program.
The husband-and-wife singing duo landed their own summer variety show in 1977, the same year they scored a No. 1 pop hit with 'You Don't Have to Be a Star.'
Cher and Sonny Bono starred in this quintessentially '70's TV comedy/variety show. Sonny and Cher's hit songs featured prominently on the show, as they would often sing and perform them between short skits.
Wacko is an American half-hour children's television series that aired on CBS on Saturday mornings. The show was a live action variety show featuring skits and musical numbers. The show only had 10 episodes, from September 10, 1977 through November 12, 1977.
Claymation's dancing raisins---a pop-culture phenomenon in the '80s---took viewers on musical tours in this Saturday-morning series. 'Raisin' creator Will Vinton won an Academy Award for a 1974 Claymation short titled 'Closed Mondays.'