OFTA TV Hall of Fame |
| Television Programs |
Primetime Emmy |
| Best Art Direction or Scenic Design - For a Musical or Variety Single Program of a Series or a Special Program |
| Best Directing in Variety or Music |
| Best Writing in Variety or Music |
| Outstanding Achievement by a Performer in Music or Variety |
| Outstanding Achievement by a Supporting Performer in Music or Variety |
| Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - For a Musical or Variety Single Program of a Series or a Special Program |
| Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - For a Variety Single Program of a Series or a Special Program |
| Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - Single Episode of a Comedy-Variety or Music Series or a Comedy-Variety or Music Special |
| Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design: For a Variety Single Program |
| Outstanding Achievement in Choreography |
| Outstanding Achievement in Special Musical Material |
| Outstanding Achievement in Video Tape Editing for a Series |
| Outstanding Art Direction for a Comedy-Variety or Music Series |
| Outstanding Art Direction or Scenic Design for a Comedy-Variety or Music Series |
| Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series |
| Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music |
| Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music |
| Outstanding Directing in a Comedy - Variety or Music Series |
| Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series |
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music |
| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Musical Material |
| Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Visual Arts |
| Outstanding Music-Variety Series |
| Outstanding Musical or Variety Series |
| Outstanding Variety Musical Series |
| Outstanding Variety or Musical Series |
| Outstanding Variety Series - Musical |
| Outstanding Writing Achievement in Music or Variety |
| Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety or Music |
| Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series |
| Special Classification Achievements - Individuals (Variety Performances) |
| Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement |
| Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement - Individuals |
Legend Award |
| Favorite Second Banana |
| Favorite Variety Show |
If my siblings and I were good, my mother would allow us to stay up until 11pm to watch 'The Carol Burnett Show' each Saturday night in the 1970s.To say Carol, along with her co-stars Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, and Vicki Lawrence, were talented and funny would be an understatement.
On Amazon Prime! Before Saturday Night Live, there was Carol.
Thanks, Peacock, for showing free (a few ads-a 5th of the length of network television commercial breaks) full seasons of The Carol Burnett show. I know Amazon Prime has TCBS as well but not everyone wants to pay for (another) streaming service-if they have a service at all, it's probably Netflix.
As a kid I would watch The Carol Burnett Show with my sister as a child and loved the show. There was a song, over reactions, stupid reactions, Conway hurting himself etc.
Carol Burnett was a staple on CBS from 1967 until it left a significant mark upon all those fans who watched it. This show was always funny, very imaginative, and did some of the wildest things that could be done in the variety format but at a pace that was not as frantic as Rowan & Martins Laugh-In.
We never missed this when I was growing up! Carol Burnett is just so hilarious.
Lbliss314 - I just read a short interview with Carol Burnett in which she discussed the unbelievable amount of work that went into this legendary show, and the utter impossibility of doing something like this on a weekly basis today. The cast of 6-ish, the full orchestra (Nelson Riddle, if I'm not mistaken), the 50 fabulous costumes per week (by, of course, Bob Mackie), the 6 - 8 sketches/numbers per week that had to be written, rehearsed, set to music, and performed live - WITH guest stars .
Debuting on CBS in the fall of 1967 and lasting until March of 1978, this one hour variety show starring Carol Burnett became a mainstay on Saturday Night TV for CBS due to its family friendly humor, skits, and of course the music and songs. Currently MeTV has aired the syndicated version (known as "Carol Burnett and Friends") while CBS as of this writing is airing a taped 50th anniversary special featuring classic clips and interviews with the surviving cast members (Jim Nabors passed away days before tonight's airing).
This is a show that I remember as a 10, but when reviewed 30 years later is a 7 with occasional eights. If you erase the nostalgia and purely focus on the writing it is a 6, but the brilliance of the performers raises it to a 7 and sometimes an 8 - Tim Conway and Carol are always at a nine level.
