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Dollywood:
You’d think Nigeria got better, but life in the 80’s was far better whatever we have now.

free2ryhme:
You forgot to add Sunday rendezvous

free2ryhme:
Let me also add that you duplicated this thread.

Below is link to similar thread from 2018

https://www.nairaland.com/117034/tv-80s-nta

BewareOf419:
Where is Things fall apart, Doctor Who, Mr Spencer

TOPCRUISE:
Gbórómiro, Ere oritage. New masquerade, tales by moonlight.

stasius:
Include the Benue/Tiv Kwaghir puppet/masquerade show that holds every Saturday evening.

That thing scared shit out of me as a child.

Emeka71:
Kiddie-vision 101.

Runnazzy:
Exactly!
Sesame street, Steptoe and sons, Sanford and sons, Different strokes, Good times, Get Smart, Tomorrow people, famous 5, Sweeny, Joe 90, Knight Rider, Big foot, The incredible hulk, Then later in the 90s the cosby show, Family matters, MacGyver all i can remember now.
These are the ones i can relate with. All those in his post are just kinda left-handed except for "contact" and Frank Olise's News Line, at 9pm don't think i remember anyone because NTA has always been a very boring channel

naptu2:
Note: This thread is about variety shows. It's a specific type of show that features live music, interview with artistes, live comedy, etc.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_show

naptu2:
I debated whether I should include Sunny Side of Life, but it's more of a comedy talk show than a variety show.

Justiceleague1:
Oh,yeah,it's actually Sunny Side of Life,I remember now.

naptu2:
The Bobby Benson Show


Benson also had musical collaborations with the internationally acclaimed and musical legend Eddy Grant, who stayed in Lagos and performed at the Hotel Bobby for many years

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Benson

aswani:
Good work getting this info here naptu2 but if this is the Jamaican Eddy Grant, then this isn't true completely.

Eddy Grant did come to Nigeria in the late 70's, I can't remember the label that invited him, and he stayed for between 1 and 3 months.

He cut and album or two and played in a lot of Lagos clubs during that period. He even did a track in Yoruba sef which was incredibly brave of him.

The "many years" part of the stuff in Wikipedia I am definitely sure didn't happen. I guess Eddy Grant might have returned to Nigeria once in a while but still an exaggeration to say many years.

Dollywood:
You’d think Nigeria got better, but life in the 80’s was far better whatever we have now.

naptu2:
End.

Beuberry:
Nice thread sir

eepeepook:
A brain stuck in the 80s. No different from Nigeria.

naptu2:
The NTA showed a lot of variety shows in the 1970s and 1980s and many highlife artistes performed on these shows. Some of these shows were hosted by the highlife artistes, while others, like Bandstand, featured a different artiste every week. I am now going to post videos of these artistes performing on those shows.

On this thread there will be videos and details of:

The Bala Miller Show (8pm NTA Network)

The Art Alade Show (Sunday mornings, NTA Channel 10).

The Bobby Benson Show (NTA Channel 10 and later NTA2 Channel 5, Saturday afternoons)

Princess Afi Usuah Show (NTA Network, 8pm, I can't remember what day)

The Stephen Osita Osadebe Show (NTA Channel 10, can't remember what day or time)

The YomYem Show (Sunday mornings, NTA Channel 10).


Contact (6pm on NTA2 Channel 5 and later on the Network Service).

naptu2:
The YomYem Show (Ogunyemi Ogunsanya).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8-c9IWaDtM?si=8SdWf7w0qOZmK9VS

naptu2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLAmhxyRU-E?si=2su26PTNgaUoPdOY

naptu2:
The Bala Miller Show

The Bala Miller Show ran from c1982 till c1987 (reruns were shown till the early 1990s). Many of the big stars of the 1980s were guests on the show.

Adewale1603:
Good old days. When life was still beautiful, peaceful and not corrupted.

free2ryhme:
Let me also add that you duplicated this thread.

Below is link to similar thread from 2018

https://www.nairaland.com/117034/tv-80s-nta

BewareOf419:
Where is Things fall apart, Doctor Who, Mr Spencer