Showstoppers! Great Women of TV Variety is a special premiering on PBS stations throughout the United States in late November and December of 2024. The program features archival performances by Ann-Margret, Carol Burnett, Vikki Carr, Diahann Carroll, Cher, Petula Clark, Doris Day, Sandy Duncan, Ella Fitzgerald, Mitzi Gaynor, Florence Henderson, the King Sisters and the King Cousins, Peggy Lee, the Lennon Sisters, Barbara McNair, Della Reese, Dinah Shore, Toni Tennille and Leslie Uggams. Peggy is featured in a duet medley of “I’m a Woman” and “Wedding Bell Blues” with Petula Clark from the latter’s 1970 special. Co-produced by Jim Pierson, Rene Reyes and Shane Rosamonda, Showstoppers! is hosted by three-time Grammy Award winner Debby Boone.

“Showstoppers! Great Women of TV Variety… is a dazzling musical comedy salute to the history-making women of 1960s and ’70s TV variety,” writes American Public Television. “Collectively these trailblazing icons reinvented a TV genre, both in front of and behind the camera, with razzle-dazzle showmanship and a dynamic creative vision that entertained tens of millions.”

Showstoppers! Great Women of TV Variety begins airing November 28, 2024 and continues throughout December, with over 250 airings nationwide. Check your local PBS listings for broadcasts in your market. All the stations airing the show will also offer an extended version that will be streamed on the PBS Passport app.