Nina Tassler, CBS president, has confirmed that John Mayer’s variety show has been given the green light, “It’ll be a music variety sketch show, and it’s being developed now—it was his idea, we didn’t reach out to him,” Tassler told reporters.

Although the show will start off as a special planned for later this season, there’s a possibility for the show to be picked up as a full series.

“I love him, he is so multitalented, he has a great personality, really smart, loves television, and is very funny and has a great sense of humor about himself,” Tassler said of Mayer to E! Online.

The musician told E! at the Grammy Nominations Ceremony the reason why he wants his very own variety show, “I want to return talent to television…I want a show that rewards true talent.”






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