The world’s best comedic acts perform in one competition, including stand-ups, sketch troupes, and comedic variety acts. Anyone who can make audiences laugh will have the chance to receive a career-changing $250,000 prize package and see their name in lights in the “Bring the Funny” showcase.
Winnetka Road is an American television drama which premiered on NBC on March 12, 1994, and concluded on April 16, 1994. The series was created by John Byrum, and follows the lives and loves of an oddly interconnected group of people in a suburban Chicago town.
Detective Coyle is trying to solve several bizarre murders and is having no luck finding a suspect. But when his girlfriend turns into a werewolf and gets kidnapped by a vampire, things start to fall into place...
The Round Table is an American television series that aired on NBC on Friday nights from September 18, 1992 to October 16, 1992.
The series is set in Washington D.C. and focuses on the lives of a group young professionals in their mid-twenties who frequently meet at the bar The Round Table. After seven episodes, the show was canceled and many of the show's stars surfaced in other projects.
Guys Next Door is an American television series aired on NBC in the 1990-1991 season as part of its Saturday lineup.
The show starred Patrick J. Dancy, Eddie Garcia, Bobby Leslie, Damon Sharpe and Christopher Wolf.
Most of the show centered on comedy sketches and spoofs of popular issues at the time, ala Saturday Night Live. They were also a boyband signed to SBK/EMI records with a Billboard Hot 100 single "I've Been Waiting For You" and released the self-titled debut album as well.
The Guys still have a dedicated fanbase with several web fan sites and most of the group's music videos from the show posted on YouTube. You can also find some of the various collectible items that were made such as the GND lunchbox, buttons, watches, posters, pajamas, board game and even dolls on eBay from time to time.
While Chris Wolf and Bobby Leslie dropped out of the public eye after the show ended, Patrick and Eddie are still active as actors. Damon Sharpe is currently a Grammy award winning music producer and songwriter who
Kukla, Fran and Ollie is an early American television show using puppets, originally created for children but soon watched by more adults than children. It did not have a script and was entirely ad-libbed. It aired from 1947 to 1957.
Encore! Encore! is an American sitcom starring Nathan Lane as an opera singer. On the verge of becoming "The Fourth Tenor", Lane's character injures his vocal cords and must move in with his family, who run a vineyard in Northern California. The series premiered on NBC on September 22, 1998.
Encore! Encore! struggled in the ratings from the start. After its fourth episode aired on October 27, 1998, NBC put the series on hiatus for two months. Thirteen episodes were ordered but the series was cancelled at midseason with two episodes left unaired. The final network episode aired on January 20, 1999. All 13 episodes later ran on Bravo.
Happy is an American sitcom that aired on NBC. The series stars Ronnie Burns, the adopted son of George Burns and Gracie Allen, which aired from June 8 to September 28, 1960.
Knight & Daye is an NBC television sitcom that ran for only seven episodes in the summer of 1989. The show was about Hank and Everett, two former friends that hadn't spoken to each other in years after Everett married the woman they were both interested in, but are reunited for a radio talk show. Their bickering proves to be a ratings bonanza.
Who Wants To Marry My Dad was a NBC-produced reality show that aired in the summer of 2003 and 2004. The point of the show was to have the children pick out a new bride for their father to propose to and marry. The show was a modest hit in ratings and returned for season two in 2004. The show was cancelled soon after ratings decreased compared to season one.
Heidi Mueller, one of the daughters in season one, joined Passions after Who Wants to Marry My Dad?'s first season ended.
Doug Henning's World of Magic was the first of seven annual prime-time television specials starring magician Doug Henning, which aired live on NBC Friday, December 26, 1975. Bill Cosby was the show's special guest, along with Gene Kelly (who introduced the special) and musical guest Lori Lieberman.
Superstars of Dance was an American reality television show that debuted on January 4, 2009 on NBC. The show featured dance routines from eight different countries from six continents. It was hosted by Michael Flatley, co-creator of Riverdance and creator of Lord of the Dance, and was co-hosted by former Miss USA title holder Susie Castillo. It was created by executive producers Nigel Lythgoe and Simon Fuller, co-producers of So You Think You Can Dance and American Idol.
On May 19, 2009, it was announced that NBC would not be ordering a second season of the show.
The George Burns Show is a short-lived comedy television spin-off of "The Burns and Allen Show" that aired on NBC for one season in 1958. After Gracie Allen retired from show business, George Burns continued to play himself, although he now cast himself as a television producer.