6.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (1971)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.8
Overview
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour is an American variety show starring American pop-singer Cher and her husband, Sonny Bono. The show ran on CBS in the United States, when it premiered in August 1971. The show was canceled May 1974, due to the couple's divorce, though the duo would reunite in 1976 for the identically-formatted The Sonny & Cher Show, which ran until 1977.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Christianity: Positive
Overview
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour is an American variety show starring American pop-singer Cher and her husband, Sonny Bono. The show ran on CBS in the United States, when it premiered in August 1971. The show was canceled May 1974, due to the couple's divorce, though the duo would reunite in 1976 for the identically-formatted The Sonny & Cher Show, which ran until 1977.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour is rated neutral due to its primary focus on light entertainment, music, and comedy, which are inherently apolitical themes. The show consciously avoided overt political messaging to appeal to a broad audience.
The variety show featured visible diversity among its guest stars and supporting cast, typical of its era, but did not engage in explicit DEI-driven casting or race/gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative and comedic sketches maintained a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, without explicit critique or central DEI themes.
Secondary
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour featured coded LGBTQ+ elements through guest stars like Charles Nelson Reilly and its use of camp aesthetics and gender-bending humor. While offering some visibility, these depictions primarily served as comedic relief, relying on stereotypes without explicitly affirming or denigrating queer identities, resulting in a neutral net impact.
As a mainstream 1970s American variety show, 'The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour' would likely feature Christianity primarily through holiday specials (e.g., Christmas). These portrayals typically emphasize themes of family, goodwill, and celebration, aligning with the positive cultural aspects and virtues associated with the faith without significant critique or negative framing.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This variety show features original comedy sketches and musical performances. It does not adapt pre-existing narratives or characters with established genders that are then altered. While cross-dressing occurred in sketches, these were new characters or parodies, not gender-swapped versions of established figures.
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour was a variety show where Sonny Bono and Cher played themselves. It did not adapt pre-existing fictional characters with established races, nor was it a biopic of other historical figures. The sketch characters were generally original or parodies, not legacy characters subject to race-swapping.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.1
6.5
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
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