The Ed Sullivan Show
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The Ed Sullivan Show

6.8/10 1948 24 Seasons 1068 Episodes Ended

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

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Season 24 Episodes

E1
The Georgie Awards: Barbra Streisand / Blood Sweat & Tears / Tom Jones
60 min 1970

The Georgie Award (Entertainer of the Year Award Show - from Caesars Palace) Performers: --Barbra Streisand - ""On…

E2
Bobby Vinton / Rare Earth / Holiday on Ice
60 min 1970

Guests (live from the Baltimore Civic Center): --Bobby Vinton - medley: ""London Bridge,"" ""Knees Up Mother Brown,"" "…

E3
Melanie / Engelbert Humperdinck / Tiny Tim
60 min 1970

Guests: --Melanie - ""Peace Will Come"" --Englebert Humperdinck - ""The Good Life,"" ""Sweetheart"" and ""My Way"" …

E4
scheduled: Arthur Godfrey; Loretta Lynn
60 min 1970

Scheduled guests: --Arthur Godfrey --Sonny James --Loretta Lynn - ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" --Archie Campbell …

E5
Carpenters / B.B. King / Tony Bennett
60 min 1970

Guests: --The Carpenters - ""Close to You"" & ""We've Only Just Begun"" --B.B. King - ""Just A Little Bit of Love""…

E6
U.N. 25th Anniversary: The New Seekers / Ravi Shankar
60 min 1970

25th Anniversary of United Nations celebration (with performers from all around the world). Guests: --Ravi Shankar…

E7
Bobbie Gentry / Melba Moore / Roy Clark
60 min 1970

Guests: --Bobbie Gentry - ""I Want You Back"" & ""Benjamin"" --Richard Pryor (comedian) - talks about life in the g…

E8
Four Tops / Carpenters / Freda Payne
60 min 1970

Ed & guests entertain wounded GI's at Walter Reed Army Hospital --Four Tops - ""Put A Little Love In Your Heart"" & ""…

E9
Tommy Roe / Billy Joe Royal / Joe South
60 min 1970

Guests: --Tommy Roe - ""Dizzy"" & ""Oh Heather Honey"" --Billy Joe Royal - ""Cherry Hill Park"" & ""I Knew You When…

E10
Richard Rogers Tribute: Shirley Jones; Cass Elliott
60 min 1970

A Salute to Richard Rodgers (broadcast from the Hollywood Bowl): --Johnny Mathis - ""My Funny Valentine"" --Johnny M…

E11
scheduled: Buck Owens; Joan Rivers; Norm Crosby
60 min 1970

Scheduled guests: --Buck Owens - ""Bridge Over Troubled Water"" & ""Heartbreak Mountain"" --Joan Rivers --Norm C…

E12
Grass Roots / Joey Heatherton / Pat Cooper
60 min 1970

--The Veterans (comedy group) --The Three Degrees (female vocal trio) - do imitations of other female singering group…

E13
scheduled: Bobby Sherman; New Seekers; Robert Merrill
60 min 1970

Scheduled guests: --Bobby Sherman - ""Going Home"" & ""Song of Joy"" --The New Seekers - ""Your Song"" --Robert …

E14
The Great Santa Claus Switch with Art Carney and the Muppets
60 min 1970

Christmas special with Art Carney and the Muppets Art Carney plays two roles: Santa Claus and Cosmo, the King of Evil…

E15
scheduled: Bobbie Gentry; Friends of Distinction; Peter Nero
60 min 1970

Scheduled guests: --Bobbie Gentry --Friends of Distinction - possible song: ""Grazing In The Grass"" --Peter Nero…

E16
scheduled: Rodney Dangerfield; Lana Cantrell; O.C. Smith
60 min 1971

Guests: --O.C. Smith - ""Friend,Lover, Woman, Wife,"" ""Can't Take My Eyes Off You"" & ""Little Green Apples"" --J…

E17
Tony Bennett, The Muppets
60 min 1971
E18
B.J. Thomas / Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Nancy Ames
60 min 1971

Guests: --B.J. Thomas - ""No Love At All"" & medley of songs (""Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head,"" ""Most of All"" …

E19
Temptations / Connie Stevens / Albert Brooks
60 min 1971

Temptations (""Get Ready,"" ""Just My Imagination"" & medley of hits: ""Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours,"" ""Ain't N…

E20
Gladys Knight & the Pips / Sid Caesar & Carol Channing
60 min 1971

Guests: --Gladys Knight & the Pips - ""If I Were Your Woman"" & ""Bridge Over Troubled Water"" --Sid Caesar & Carol C…

E21
Fifth Dimension / Tiny Tim & Miss Vickie / Connie Stevens
60 min 1971

Guests: --The Fifth Dimension - ""Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes"" & medley: ""Up Up and Away,"" ""One Less Bell to …

E22
Everly Brothers / George Carlin / Shirley Bassey
60 min 1971

Guests: --Everly Brothers - ""Bowling Green,"" ""Mama Tried,"" ""All I Have to Do Is Dream"" and ""Bye Bye Love"" -…

E23
Armed Forces Music Festival: Jeannie C. Riley; Teresa Graves
60 min 1971

Armed Forces Music Festival: --Jeannie C. Riley - ""Oh, Singer"" & ""Harper Valley PTA"" (2nd song on film) --Teresa …

E24
Bernadette Peters / George Hamilton / Oliver
60 min 1971

Guests: --Oliver - ""Early Morning Rain"" & ""Walking Down the Line"" --Bernadette Peters - ""Look for the Silver L…

E25
Final Sullivan Show: Melanie; David Frye; Sandler & Young
60 min 1971

Scheduled guests: --Melanie - ""Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma,"" ""Ruby Tuesday"" and ""Alexander Beetle"" …

E26
Special Memorial Day Edition
60 min 1971

Cast

Ed Sullivan
Ed Sullivan
Self - Host

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