Comedy • Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
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.
Season 8 Episodes
E1
The Darryl F. Zanuck Story
E2
A Salute to the U.S. Navy (with All-Navy talent)
E3
Salute to the Cleveland Indians; Los Chavales De Espagna; Happy Wanderers
E4
Salute to Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz
E5
Patti Page; Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane. Plus: "A Star Is Born" preview
E6
Bing Crosby (on film); Irving Berlin; Liberace; Orson Bean
E7
Pearl Bailey; Robert Merrill; Carol Haney; the Treniers
E8
Grantland Rice tribute / Nat King Cole / Bert Lahr & Art Carney / D. Fairbanks Jr.
E9
The Mills Brothers; Eddie Fisher; Kitty Kallen; Dane Clark
E10
Elaine Stritch / Julius LaRosa / Elizabeth Taylor & Van Johnson interview
E11
Roberta Peters; Jimmy Boyd / Gregory Peck (on film)
E12
Florence Henderson; Josh Logan; Teresa Brewer
E13
Kirk Douglas; Eartha Kitt; Ames Brothers; Jackie Miles; Carol Haney
E14
The Crew-Cuts ("Sh-Boom"); Virginia Mayo; Sophie Tucker
E15
The Chordettes / Patti Page / On film: Frank Sinatra, Robert Michum & other stars
E16
Cab Calloway / Carl Ballantine / Hermione Gingold / Billy DeWolfe
E17
Pearl Bailey; Ted Lewis; June Valli; Sam Levenson; Maria Neglia
E18
Grace Kelly; James Michener; Guy Mitchell; Forrest Tucker; Jose Greco
E19
Esther Williams; Alice Pearce; Hermione Gingold; Gloria Lane
E20
Robert Taylor; Roberta Peters; William Warfield; Viveca Lindfors
E21
A Cavalcade of Radio, 1920 - 1955 (with many stars from radio)
E22
The Columbia Pictures Story with Kim Novak; Eddie Fisher; Maureen O'Hara
E23
Les Paul & Mary Ford; Pearl Bailey & her brother Bill
E24
Tribute to Gertrude Lawrence with Sarah Churchill; Helen Hayes; Dorothy Sarnoff
E25
Eartha Kitt; the DeJohn Sisters; Shirl Conway; Nancy Andrews; etc.
E26
Lillian Roth; the Fontane Sisters; Roy Franklin; Mata & Hari; etc.
E27
Broadcast from Chicago: The Ice Capades; Victor Borge; Peg Leg Bates
E28
Sarah Vaughan / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Sam Levenson
E29
Tribute to Rodgers & Hammerstein w/Celeste Holm; John Raitt; Florence Henderson
E30
Fred Astaire / Dorothy Dandridge / Sammy Davis Jr. / Julius LaRosa
E31
Rosemary Clooney; James Cagney; Willie Mays; David Whitfield; etc
E32
James Stewart; Louis Armstrong; Joey Bishop; Robert Merrill; etc.
E33
Harry Belafonte; Marion Marlowe; Carol Haney; Jackie Miles
E34
Eartha Kitt; Georgia Gibbs; Lionel Hampton; Phil Foster
E35
Eddie Fisher; filmed interviews with Hollywood stars
E36
Louis Armstrong; Will Mastin Trio (Sammy Davis Jr.); Senor Wences
E37
Shown from the USS Wisconsin: Burl Ives; Jack E. Leonard; June Valli
E38
Andy Griffith / Pat Henning / Betty & Jane Kean / Lew Parker
E39
Ricardo Montalban; Julius LaRosa; Gloria DeHaven; Carol Haney
E40
U.S. Army Talent Contest Finalists
E41
Mister Roberts salute with Henry Fonda; James Cagney, Jack Lemmon
E42
7th Anniversary Show: Bob Hope; Pearl Bailey; Will Jordan
E43
From the USS Antietam: Chordettes /scheduled: Step Brothers; Priscilla Wright
E44
Marion Marlowe (guest host); Eartha Kitt; Joey Bishop; Joan Holloway
E45
Ethel Merman (guest host); Russell Nype; Jimmy Edmonson (Prof. Backwards)
E46
Guy Mitchell (guest host); Polly Bergen; Arthur Worsley
E47
"Tops in Blue" (U.S. Air Force acts)
E48
Bill Haley & His Comets / Jack Palance/ Christopher Plummer / Roddy McDowall
E49
The Mills Brothers / The Four Aces / Interviews with Sports Celebrities
E50
Rosalind Russell, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Albert, Tony Bennett
E51
Eartha Kitt; Jay Lawrence; The Mariners; The Chicago Festival Singers
E52
Georgia Gibbs / 1956 Ice Capades / Donna Atwood
E53
Jane Russell & Jeanne Crain / Phil Silvers & "Bilko" cast / Ames Brothers
E54
Julius LaRosa & the Winners of the Navy's World Wide Talent Contest
Cast
Ed Sullivan
Self - Host
