Variety and Sketch Shows

This group collects the Television Programming Landmarks subcategory's members built around musical or comedy performance segments, a live variety format, or children's educational entertainment, spanning sketch comedy (Monty Python's Flying Circus, Saturday Night Live, The Two Ronnies), classic variety programs (The Ed Sullivan Show, Texaco Star Theatre, The Muppet Show), music-performance shows (American Bandstand, Top of the Pops), and children's programming (Sesame Street, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Kukla, Fran and Ollie), the closest fit for children's television among this subcategory's proposed genre groups.