Evening at Pops is one of the longest running programs on PBS[1]. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the The program is kind of a public television version of a variety show, hosted by a world-class orchestra, the Boston Pops. A variety show or variety entertainment is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts especially Musical performances and Comedy Skits and An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well The Boston Pops Orchestra was founded in 1885 as a subsection of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO founded four years earlier It is taped before live audiences in Boston's Symphony Hall.