TV ShowEnded

The Wayne Brady Show

5.0 / 10
2001
2 seasons
11 episodes
Comedy

The Wayne Brady Show is a variety show hosted by comedian Wayne Brady that aired in two separate forms. On August 8, 2001 ABC, for whom Brady had been working as a panelist on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, launched the first Wayne Brady Show as a primetime variety series that failed to catch on and was cancelled in March 2002. Later that fall, plans to bring the show back as a daily syndicated daytime series came to fruition and The Wayne Brady Show premiered on local stations nationwide on September 3, 2002. Although the show was a hit at the start, the ratings began sliding during the first season and continued into its second, and on May 21, 2004 The Wayne Brady Show aired its final episode.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Pilot

    08-08-200130m

    Wayne opens the show with a rendition of ""I Love Music."" James Brown answers a 911 call and sings CPR directions to the wife of a man with heart problems. Improvisation commenc...

  • Ep 2

    2.Episode 101

    08-08-200130m

    Skits include an improvisational bit with guest star Darrell Hammond, with Darrell being waited on by Wayne, with various impersonations added in.

  • Ep 3

    3.Episode 102

    15-08-200130m

    Wayne opens the show with a rendition of ""MA Ma Se Ma Ma Sa Ma Ma Coo Sa."" A giant boxing promoter terrorizes the city in ""Don King Kong."" Jonathan and Wayne perform magic (c...

  • Ep 4

    4.Episode 103

    22-08-200130m

    Wayne asks the audience through song: ""What Is Hip""? Advertised for ABC's new season: the King of Pop as a lawyer, in ""M.J. D.A."" ""When Drag Queens Attack."" The Rev. Jerry...

  • Ep 5

    5.Episode 104

    29-08-200130m

    -Wayne opens with a rendition of James Brown's ""Gonna Have a Funky Good Time."" -James Brown (midwife) helps deliver a baby. -""Wayne Brady's Grandma"" returns, this time to spe...

  • Ep 6

    6.Episode 105

    05-09-200130m

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