Cher and her first husband, Sonny Bono, struck gold when they joined forces for "The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour" back in 1971.

Cher stayed with Sonny Bono for so long because of the success of their TV show. The 78-year-old singer starred alongside her ex-husband on 'The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour' for four seasons ...

“They did sketches that really were character-driven and not dependent on a pie in the face,” says David Inman, author of Television Variety Shows: Histories and Episode Guides to 57 Programs.

At the time, Cher – born Cherilyn Sarkisian – was in the process of divorcing Bono and nearing the end of their star-making variety show, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, which was cancelled due ...

Sonny left, while Cher cried on Bill’s shoulder ... Getty Images The pair had a top-rated variety show on CBS, with big-name guests like Farrah Fawcett. CBS via Getty Images They had their ...

Cher and Sonny Bono costarred on "The Sonny & Cher ... Cher went on to host two seasons of "Cher," a solo variety show on CBS, in 1975 and 1976. She won an Oscar in 1988 for her lead performance ...

You’ve always known her. I’ve always known her, too. In the early 1970s, I was a faithful viewer of the "Sonny & Cher" variety show. To my seven-year-old mind, they had already achieved the ...

Cher was once tailed by private detectives hired by Sonny Bono. In her new autobiography ... Cher and he returned to CBS for their variety show together. They wound up divorcing in 1975.

One night Cher met up with him. "We walked back to this place where the guys used to get high before the show. And then he kissed me, and it was like, Oh, my God." Somehow word got back to Sonny.

By the early ‘70s, as their CBS smash variety spectacle, “The Sonny & Cher Show,” regaled viewers with a combination of snappy humor softened by appearances from high-profile musical guests ...