Carol Burnett: CBS Didn’t Want To Do My Show – ‘Variety Is a Man

Noel Sheppard
October 3rd, 2012 9:35 AM
The Carol Burnett Show is considered to be one of the greatest television programs of all time, yet according to its host, CBS didn’t want to do it for sexist reasons. Burnett told NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno Tuesday that CBS executives in the '60s informed her, “Variety is a man’s game” (video follows with transcript and commentary).