The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show has it. Burns was once asked this question and said it would have been a funny line. Asked why he did not do it, Burns replied, "Incredibly enough, no one ever thought of it." In March 1953, "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" joined "I Love Lucy" as part of the CBS Monday-night primetime lineup. As a result, the show entered the top 30 television programs in the Nielsen ratings ranking at number 20. For the 1954–1955 season, it ranked number 26, and for both the 1955–56 and 1956–57 seasons it was number 28. With "I Love Lucy" ending
Variety show elements, particularly musical performances and comedy sketches. The most obvious difference between shows such as "Saturday Night Live" and traditional variety shows is the lack of a single lead host (or hosts) and a large ensemble cast. "SNL" has used different guest hosts ever since its inception. Televised talent shows have a variety show element, in that they feature a variety of different acts. Examples of talent shows that feature entertainers from a broad variety of disciplines include "Star Search", which had a run in the 1980s in syndication and a run on CBS in the early 2000s during the