John Mayer At Work on CBS Variety Show

Media industry website Broadcasting & Cable.com has revealed that musician John Mayer is currently at work shooting a variety show pilot for the CBS Network.

CBS Network entertainment president Nina Tassler discussed the project at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Los Angeles. Tassler expressed the potential that the pilot could end up becoming a series of specials or a full series.

Mayer hosted the short lived 'John Mayer Has a TV Show' which aired for a single episode on VH1 in 2004.

Rosie O'Donnell LIVE! was a recent entry in the variety show arena, did poorly in the ratings andno future installments were ordered. Fox is preparing to launch a variety show hosted by Osbourne family later this year.

As the finale to the New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend a number of years ago, Mayer was interviewed by Jon Pareles, chief pop music critic for the New York Times. He also performed a special 'Benefit for Broadway' during that seasn which supported the Actor's Fund.

Matched with ace producer John Alagia, (Dave Matthews Band, Ben Folds Five) Mayer completed work on his breakthrough second album, Room for Squares in 2000. The release of the album, an electrified, full-band affair, was followed by a cross-country tour. Mayer was so well received on this, his first national tour, that by the time the tour ended the following year, Columbia Records had re-released his sleeper hit album on its own Columbia imprint.

Mayer's star continued to rise, and in 2003 he was awarded a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance for his hit song "Your Body Is A Wonderland." Later in the same year, Mayer released his third album, Heavier Things to critical acclaim. Two Grammies would follow for this album. One repeat award, for Best Pop Vocal Performance, and another for his hit from Heavier Things, the single "Daughters."

After touring the world, John was invited to perform at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Festival in 2004. It was there that Mayer took the same stage with guitar legends B.B. King, J.J. Cale, Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Guy, Carlos Santana, and Clapton himself. Mayer not only showed he had been paying attention to his guitar-playing predecessors, but that he had plenty new to show as well.

 

 

 

 

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