The Sonny and Cher Show

The Sonny and Cher Show

1976
★★★☆☆ 6.8/10
📺 2 Seasons
🎬 34 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 60 min/episode
Comedy
Cher and Sonny Bono starred in this quintessentially '70's TV comedy/variety show. Sonny and Cher's hit songs featured prominently on the show, as they would often sing and perform them between short skits.

Seasons

Season 1
1976 • 11 Episodes
1. Sonny and Cher open the show with banter about their getting back together and a duet of ""Love Will Keep Us Together."" 2. ""Teams"" -- Sonny and Cher appear in a series of comedy sketches about famous duos, including Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, and George and Martha Washington. 3. ""The Sonnytone News"" -- Numerous headlines in the news are satirized in a montage of blackouts and animated sequences. 4. Cher sings ""Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"" 5. ""The CIA Follies"" -- The members gather to discuss their organization's public image. 6. Sonny and Cher perform a medley of ""You've Got a Friend"" and ""Where You Lead"" 7. Sonny and Cher close the show with ""I Got You Babe""
Season 2
1976 • 23 Episodes
1. Sonny and Cher, with a few of their closest friends, get ready to watch the show in bed. 2. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""Silly Love Songs"" and banter about the birth of Cher's baby during their summer hiatus. In a comedy blackout, Alvin (Sonny) and Laverne (Cher) discuss the TV show at their local bar. 3. Sonny sings ""You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me"" as film clips of him and daughter Chastity are shown. 4. Mimes Shields and Yarnell portray Sonny and Cher dolls on the set. 5. ""Beauty and the Beast"" -- Cher appears as King Kong's jealous sweetheart. 6. Tommy and Dick Smothers try to convince a stuffy bank employee (Barbara Eden) that they are heirs to the estate of the late Howard Hughes. 7. Gossip columnist Rona Barrett shares a Washington exclusive about a bionic Senator and his wife (Shields and Yarnell) who are entertaining a foreign dignitary (regular Ted Zeigler). 8. Cher sings ""Desperado"" 9. ""Football"" -- Sonny and George Gobel appear as a pair of easygoing

Crew

Writer
Bob Arnott, John Aylesworth, Iris Rainer
Producer
Allan Blye

Network

CBS

Keywords

variety show