The venerable variety-show format gets good judges and talent for its opener, but Mike Myers' performance-art host, Tommy Maitland, adds nothing to 'The Gong Show.

Gong does manage to elicit laughs, depending on how much you buy into it. In the current summer reality-TV landscape, shows such as America’s Got Talent and the new World of Dance are sincere ...

“The Gong Show” creator and host Chuck Barris, who died Tuesday at age 87, received a heartfelt tribute on Wednesday from “Gong Show” alum Pee-wee Herman, who called Barris a “wonderful ...

THEN Several contestants went on to have post-“Gong Show” success. Cheryl Lynn, who sang “You Are So Beautiful” on a 1976 show, had the top 10 hit “Got to Be Real” two years later.