Little Big Shots

For the British adaptation, see Little Big Shots (British TV series). For the Filipino adaptation, see Little Big Shots (Philippine TV series). For the Australian adaptation, see Little Big Shots (Australian TV series).

Little Big Shots (also known as LBS) is an American variety television series co-created and produced by Steve Harvey and Ellen DeGeneres. The series features children demonstrating talents and engaging in conversation with the host.

Little Big Shots
LBS’ logo for the fourth season (2020)
Genre	Talent show
Created by	Steve Harvey Ellen DeGeneres
Creative director	Russell Norman
Presented by	Steve Harvey Melissa McCarthy
Music by	Joshua Atchley Bleeding Fingers Music
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	48 + 1 special
Production
Executive producers	Ellen DeGeneres Melissa McCarthy Ben Falcone Steve Harvey Jeff Kleeman Alison Holloway Ed Glavin Mary Connelly Andy Lassner
Production locations	Television City Hollywood, California (2016–2018) Warner Bros. Studios Burbank, California (2020)
Running time	44 minutes
Production companies	East 112th Street Productions (2016–2018) On the Day Productions (2020) A Very Good Production Warner Horizon Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	March 6, 2016 (2016-03-06) – May 24, 2020 (2020-05-24)
Related
Little Big Shots: Forever Young

The series was ordered by NBC in May 2015 for an eight-episode first season,^[1] which premiered on March 6, 2016, with Steve Harvey as host. On March 14, 2016, NBC renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on March 5, 2017.^[2][3] The series was renewed for a third season, which premiered on March 18, 2018.^[4] A special holiday episode aired on December 12, 2018. In May 2019, nearly a year after the third season finished airing, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a fourth season and that Melissa McCarthy would be replacing Harvey as the new host.^[5] The fourth season premiered on February 24, 2020.^[6]

Logo used from 2016 to 2018

Episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	9		March 6, 2016 (2016-03-06)	May 8, 2016 (2016-05-08)
2	13		March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05)	June 14, 2017 (2017-06-14)
3	12	7	March 18, 2018 (2018-03-18)	April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29)
		5	June 14, 2018 (2018-06-14)	July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12)
Christmas Special			December 12, 2018 (2018-12-12)
4	13		February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	May 24, 2020 (2020-05-24)

Season 1 (2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [7]	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Little Bruce Lee"	March 8, 2016 (2016-03-08)	101	12.81[8]
2	2	"Little Boy Blue"	March 13, 2016 (2016-03-13)	103	15.00[9]
3	3	"I'm Not a Princess"	March 20, 2016 (2016-03-20)	105	13.32[10]
4	4	"A One, Two Punch"	March 27, 2016 (2016-03-27)	104	10.57[11]
5	5	"Little Piece of Heavenly"	April 3, 2016 (2016-04-03)	102	11.33[12]
6	6	"The Karate Kid"	April 10, 2016 (2016-04-10)	106	12.27[13]
7	7	"Little Piano Man"	April 17, 2016 (2016-04-17)	107	10.66[14]
8	8	"The Idiom of Love"	May 1, 2016 (2016-05-01)	108	10.10[15]
9	9	"Top 10 Moments"	May 8, 2016 (2016-05-08)	109	7.57[16]

Season 2 (2017)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [7]	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
10	1	"We're Back"	March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05)	201	11.72[17]
11	2	"Little Barber Shop"	March 12, 2017 (2017-03-12)	202	10.12[18]
12	3	"New Sheriff in Town"	March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19)	203	9.58[19]
13	4	"The Princess and the Hot Dog"	March 26, 2017 (2017-03-26)	204	9.81[20]
14	5	"Tugging on the Harp Strings"	April 2, 2017 (2017-04-02)	205	8.65[21]
15	6	"Tiny Dancer"	April 9, 2017 (2017-04-09)	206	8.76[22]
16	7	"The Snail Whisperer"	April 23, 2017 (2017-04-23)	207	8.40[23]
17	8	"Bend It Like Bella"	April 30, 2017 (2017-04-30)	208	8.89[24]
18	9	"Little Big Steppers"	May 7, 2017 (2017-05-07)	209	7.97[25]
19	10	"Memory Lane"	May 14, 2017 (2017-05-14)	210	7.34[26]
20	11	"Little Big News"	May 31, 2017 (2017-05-31)	211	7.45[27]
21	12	"The Magic Johnsons"	June 7, 2017 (2017-06-07)	212	7.04[28]
22	13	"The Grande Finale"	June 14, 2017 (2017-06-14)	213	7.29[29]

Season 3 (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [7]	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
Part 1
23	1	"Third Time's a Charm"	March 18, 2018 (2018-03-18)	301	6.00[30]
24	2	"We're in La La Land"	March 18, 2018 (2018-03-18)	302	7.54[30]
25	3	"Eggcellent Eggsperiment"	March 25, 2018 (2018-03-25)	303	5.97[31]
26	4	"Little Miss Sunshine"	April 8, 2018 (2018-04-08)	304	6.67[32]
27	5	"Beauty and the Steve"	April 15, 2018 (2018-04-15)	305	5.66[33]
28	6	"Too Many Chefs"	April 22, 2018 (2018-04-22)	306	5.93[34]
29	7	"Tour De Harvey"	April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29)	307	6.04[35]
Part 2
30	8	"Little Ninja Warrior"	June 14, 2018 (2018-06-14)	308	5.68[36]
31	9	"Give Us S'mores"	June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)	309	5.62[37]
32	10	"Sreveosaurus Rex"	June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28)	310	5.96[38]
33	11	"Brotherly Love"	July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05)	311	6.51[39]
34	12	"Double the Fun"	July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12)	312	5.84[40]

Christmas Special (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [7]	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
35	1	"Little Big Holiday Special"	December 12, 2018 (2018-12-12)	313	5.20[41]

Season 4 (2020)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [7]	Original release date [7]	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
36	1	"You Don't Have to be Big, to be a Big Deal"	February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	401	4.72[42]
37	2	"You Be You"	March 1, 2020 (2020-03-01)	402	3.40[43]
38	3	"Icing on the Cake"	March 8, 2020 (2020-03-08)	403	3.15[44]
39	4	"Best Day of My Life"	March 15, 2020 (2020-03-15)	404	2.69[45]
40	5	"Great Big Little Music Show"	March 22, 2020 (2020-03-22)	405	3.36[46]
41	6	"On Top Of The World"	March 29, 2020 (2020-03-29)	406	2.92[47]
42	7	"I May Be Short But My Dreams Are Giant"	April 5, 2020 (2020-04-05)	407	2.63[48]
43	8	"Be Mighty"	April 19, 2020 (2020-04-19)	408	2.66[49]
44	9	"Strong Is The New Pretty"	April 26, 2020 (2020-04-26)	409	2.94[50]
45	10	"Together We'll See It Through"	May 3, 2020 (2020-05-03)	410	2.84[51]
46	11	"Endless Dreams That Are Reachable"	May 17, 2020 (2020-05-17)	411	2.08[52]
47	12	"Lean On Me"	May 24, 2020 (2020-05-24)	412	1.95[53]
48	13	"The World Just Touches My Heart"	May 24, 2020 (2020-05-24)	413	1.68[53]

Reception

Ratings

The series premiered as a "preview" after The Voice with more than 12 million viewers, it then premiered in its regular Sunday at 8:00 PM timeslot on March 13, 2016 and it proved to be a hit for NBC with more than 15 million viewers.^[8][9]

Season	Time slot (ET/PT)	Episodes	Season premiere		Season finale		TV season	Rank	Viewers (in millions)
			Date	Viewers (in millions)	Date	Viewers (in millions)
1	Tuesday 10:00 pm (Premiere) Sunday 8:00 pm	9	March 8, 2016	12.81[8]	May 8, 2016	7.57[16]	2015–16	#13	12.39[54]
2	Sunday 8:00 pm (1-10) Wednesday 8:00 pm (11-13)	13	March 5, 2017	11.72[17]	June 14, 2017	7.29[29]	2016–17	#25	10.32[55]
3	Sunday 7:00 pm (Premiere) Sunday 8:00 pm (1-7) Thursday 8:00 pm (8-12)	12	March 18, 2018	6.00[30]	July 12, 2018	5.84[56]	2017–18	#57	7.18[57]
4	Monday 10:00 pm (Premiere) Sunday 8:00 pm (2-4) Sunday 7:00 pm (5-12)	13	February 24, 2020	4.72[42]	May 24, 2020	1.68[53]	2019–20

Forever Young

In September 2016, NBC ordered a senior-focused spin-off, Little Big Shots: Forever Young, which premiered on June 21, 2017^[58][59] and aired for 6 episodes.

No.	Title	Original release date	Prod. code
1	"Forever Young"	June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)	101
2	"Age Ain't Nothing But a Number"	June 28, 2017 (2017-06-28)	102
3	"103 Years Young"	July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05)	103
4	"Jaws of Life"	July 12, 2017 (2017-07-12)	104
5	"Young at Heart"	July 19, 2017 (2017-07-19)	105
6	"Never Too Old to Dream Big"	July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26)	106

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Source
2016	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program	Steve Harvey	Nominated
	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series	Little Big Shots	Nominated	[60]

International versions

The international rights are distributed by Warner Bros. International Television Production. Format created by Twenty Twenty Production Limited.

Country/language	Local title	Host	Channel	Date aired/premiered
Arab World	Little Big Stars	Ahmed Helmy	MBC 1 MBC 3 MBC Iraq LBCI International	November 16, 2018[61][62]
Armenia	Մեծ փոքրիկներ	Hrant Tokhatyan	Shant TV	March 11, 2018
Australia	Little Big Shots	Shane Jacobson	Seven Network	August 27, 2017
Belgium	Little Big Shots	Nathalie Meskens	VTM	September 2, 2016
China	神奇的孩子	Xie Na	Hunan Television	February 3, 2017
Colombia	Grandes Chicos	Andrés López	RCN Televisión	March 8, 2016
France	Little Big Stars	Cyril Hanouna	C8	January 22, 2018[63]
Georgia	პატარების დიდი შოუ	Duta Skhirtladze	Imedi TV	December 14, 2020
Germany	Little Big Stars	Thomas Gottschalk	Sat.1	April 23, 2017[64]
Indonesia	Little Big Shots	Tora Sudiro (season 1) Irfan Hakim (season 2)	GTV	October 6, 2017[65]
Iran	اعوجبه ها	Mehran Ghafourian (season 1) Nader Soleimani (season 2)	IRIB TV3	2019
Israel	הם גדולים	Eli Yatzpan	Keshet 12	December 14, 2017
Italy	Little Big Show	Gerry Scotti	Canale 5	December 13, 2016[66]
Netherlands	Little Big Stars	Najib Amhali	RTL 4	September 8, 2017[67]
Philippines	Little Big Shots	Billy Crawford	ABS-CBN	August 12, 2017
Russia	Лучше всех!	Maksim Galkin (2016–2022) Zhanna Badoeva (2023)	Channel One	November 6, 2016
Spain	Little Big Show	Carlos Sobera	Telecinco	December 29, 2017[68]
Saudi Arabia	Little Big Stars Little Big News	Yasser Al-Qahtani	MBC Group MBC 1 MBC Iraq MBC 3	March 8, 2021[69][70]
Thailand	Little Big Shots ตัวเล็ก...โชว์ใหญ่	Note Chernyim	Channel 3	2018
Ukraine	Круче всех	Andrey Domansky Andrey Danilevich	Inter	September 10, 2017
United Kingdom	Little Big Shots	Dawn French	ITV	March 1, 2017
Vietnam	Mặt Trời Bé Con	Lại Văn Sâm	VTV3	September 9, 2017

See also

• Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge