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@midnight
@midnight was a Comedy Central late-night panel game show (2013-2017) hosted by Chris Hardwick and produced by Funny Or Die, where three comedians competed for points riffing on internet content; it won two Creative Arts Emmys and was revived as CBS's After Midnight.
106 & Park
106 & Park, BET's weekday hip-hop and R&B music video countdown show, aired 2000-2014 from New York with hosts Free and A.J., later Terrence J and Rocsi, ending December 19, 2014.
After Midnight (TV series)
After Midnight was a CBS late-night comedy panel game show hosted by Taylor Tomlinson, a 2024 reboot of Comedy Central's @midnight, airing after Colbert; 199 episodes, canceled 2025.
AlDub
AlDub, from Alden Richards and Yaya Dub (Maine Mendoza), was a Philippine love team born 2015 on Eat Bulaga!'s Kalyeserye, ending December 17, 2016; it set Twitter records and drew ratings up to 50 percent.
American Bandstand
American Bandstand: American music and dance TV show, 1952–1989, begun as Bandstand on WFIL-TV Philadelphia, hosted by Bob Horn then Dick Clark, national on ABC from August 5, 1957; first national daily teen program, later criticized for racially segregated studio audiences.
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway: British ITV light-entertainment series (also Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway) hosted by Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, airing 2002-2009 and 2013-2024 over 20 series; known for the End of the Show Show, Win the Ads, and Ring My Bell.
Around the Horn
Around the Horn is an American sports debate show produced for ESPN. It ran for 22 years, accumulating 4,953 episodes and helping define the modern sports debate format.
Celebrity Family Feud
Celebrity Family Feud is the celebrity edition of the survey game show Family Feud, first hosted by Al Roker on NBC in 2008 and revived on ABC in 2015 with Steve Harvey, where celebrity teams play for $25,000 charity prizes.
Celebrity Juice
Celebrity Juice, also known as Keith Lemon's Celebrity Juice, was a British ITV2 comedy panel show (2008-2022) hosted by Leigh Francis as Keith Lemon, with team captains including Holly Willoughby and Fearne Cotton, running 26 series and ending with two farewell specials.
Child-interview comedy format
Child-interview comedy format: adults ask children open-ended questions on adult topics for humor, from Art Linkletter's House Party and CTV's Just Kidding to Recess Therapy and viral clips like the Apparently Kid.
Colpo Grosso
Colpo Grosso ("big hit") was an Italian casino-themed erotic game show, 1987-1992 on Italia 7, hosted by Umberto Smaila, with the ragazze Cin Cin and contestants stripping; exported as Tutti Frutti.
Crackerjack! (TV programme)
Crackerjack! was a BBC children's variety show, 1955–1984 and revived 2020–21 on CBBC, known for Double or Drop, cabbages, pencils, and the catchphrase 'It's Friday, it's five to five'.
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve (NYRE) is ABC's annual New Year's Eve music special, debuting on NBC in 1972, hosted by Dick Clark until 2012 and Ryan Seacrest since, culminating in the Times Square ball drop.
Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! (ダウンタウンのガキの使いやあらへんで!!)
Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! (ダウンタウンのガキの使いやあらへんで!!), also called Gaki no Tsukai, is a Japanese Nippon TV comedy variety show hosted by Downtown since October 3, 1989, known for Batsu punishment games and the New Year's Eve No Laughing series (2003–2020).
Eat Bulaga!
Eat Bulaga! is the Philippines' longest-running noontime variety show, premiered July 30, 1979 on RPN-9, hosted by Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon (the Dabarkads), famous for Pinoy Henyo and AlDub, now on TV5 under TVJ Productions after the 2023 TAPE dispute.
Good Day (TV program)
Good Day (굿데이) is a South Korean music variety show broadcast by MBC in 2025, in which G-Dragon works with guests to create a song of the year.
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You (HIGNFY) is a British satirical topical panel quiz on the BBC since 1990, produced by Hat Trick, with captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton, Angus Deayton host until 2002, weekly guest hosts since, and a CNN US version from 2024 hosted by Roy Wood Jr.
Hee Haw
Hee Haw, an American country music and comedy variety show created by John Aylesworth and Frank Peppiatt, premiered on CBS June 15, 1969, hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark, canceled in the 1971 rural purge, then ran in syndication until 1992 with 585 Nashville-taped episodes.
Hey Hey It's Saturday
Hey Hey It's Saturday: long-running Australian Nine Network variety show, 1971-1999, hosted by Daryl Somers with Ossie Ostrich and announcer John Blackman; revived 2009-2010, marred by the Jackson Jive blackface controversy.
Hi-5 (Australian TV series)
Hi-5 is an Australian preschool educational TV series created by Helena Harris and Posie Graeme-Evans, premiering on the Nine Network in April 1999. Five presenters teach through song, dance, and themed segments; it spawned US, Latin American, Philippine, and Indonesian versions and Hi-5 House.
Jim'll Fix It
Jim'll Fix It (1975–1994) was a BBC One wish-fulfilment series presented by Jimmy Savile and produced by Roger Ordish, in which viewer requests were 'fixed'; later central to the Savile abuse scandal.
Knowing Bros (아는 형님)
Knowing Bros (아는 형님, Men on a Mission, originally Ask Us Anything) is a JTBC Korean variety talk show airing Saturdays since December 5, 2015, where a fixed cast runs a fictional classroom, 'Brother School,' and guests appear as transfer students speaking informal banmal.
Kukla, Fran and Ollie
Kukla, Fran and Ollie (KFO), originally Junior Jamboree, was Burr Tillstrom's ad-libbed American TV puppet show with Fran Allison, running 1947–1957 on NBC and ABC and later on PBS and CBS.
Lamb Chop (puppet)
Lamb Chop, the sock puppet sheep created by ventriloquist Shari Lewis, debuted on Captain Kangaroo, starred in The Shari Lewis Show and Lamb Chop's Play-Along, is now performed by Mallory Lewis, and became a viral Multipet dog toy.
Mock the Week
Mock the Week (MTW) is a British topical satirical panel show created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson, hosted by Dara Ó Briain with regular Hugh Dennis; it ran 21 series on BBC Two 2005–2022, was axed, and revived on TLC in 2026 with hour-long episodes and further series to 2027.
Muppets Tonight
Muppets Tonight (Muppets Tonight!) was an American ABC puppet variety series, 1996–1998, set at the Muppets' TV station KMUP and hosted by Clifford instead of Kermit, executive produced by Brian Henson, later moving to Disney Channel in 1997.
Ozark Jubilee
Ozark Jubilee (aka Country Music Jubilee, Jubilee USA) was ABC-TV's weekly live country music variety show, broadcast from the Jewell Theatre, Springfield, Missouri, January 22, 1955 to September 24, 1960, hosted by Red Foley, produced by Si Siman, with 297 episodes.
Problematic Men (문제적 남자)
Problematic Men (문제적 남자, Brain Sexy Era – Problematic Men) was a tvN Korean quiz talk show (2015–2020, 224 episodes) where six high-credential male celebrities and guests solved logic and math puzzles, reaching 4.006% ratings.
Quiz
Quiz: a game or competition in which players answer questions. Covers radio and TV quiz shows, the 1950s rigging scandal, pub quizzes, quizbowl, and the World Quizzing Championships (since 2003, 240 questions, first Saturday of June).
Raw Time
Raw Time (rAw TiMe) was Dave Prewitt's Austin, Texas public-access cable music-video and call-in show, airing Saturday midnight–4am from the early 1990s to 2007 alongside CapZeyeZ, featuring underplayed national acts and unpaid rotating co-hosts.