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.
The Ed Sullivan Show (Season 4)
Gloria Swanson, Pat O'Brien, Hedy Lamarr, Mimi Benzell, Gordon Jenkins, Jean Carroll (Episode 1)
Air date: 1950-09-17
Runtime: 60 min
Gloria Swanson, Rudy Vallee, Anna Maria Alberghetti (Episode 2)
Air date: 1950-09-24
Runtime: 60 min
Jackie Robinson (cameo), Bert Lahr, Betty Kean (Episode 3)
Air date: 1950-10-01
Runtime: 60 min
Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, Brandon DeWilde, Reginald Gardiner (Episode 4)
Air date: 1950-10-08
Runtime: 60 min
Sarah Churchill, John O'Hare, Myron Cohen (Episode 5)
Air date: 1950-10-15
Runtime: 60 min
Peggy Lee, Dave Barbour, Jerome Hines, Flora Robson (Episode 6)
Air date: 1950-10-22
Runtime: 60 min
Margaret Truman, Victor Borge, Smith & Dale, Cornelia Otis Skinner (Episode 7)
Air date: 1950-10-29
Runtime: 60 min
King Cole Trio, Nanette Fabray, Buster Keaton, Milton Berle (Episode 8)
Air date: 1950-11-05
Runtime: 60 min
Buster Keaton, Arthur Lake, Jimmy Nelson, Mayor VIncent Impellitteri (Episode 9)
Air date: 1950-11-12
Runtime: 60 min
Victor Borge, Jerome Hines, Victor Moore (Episode 10)
Air date: 1950-11-19
Runtime: 60 min
Teresa Brewer, Nancy Walker, Eddie Mayehoff, Leonard Warren (Episode 11)
Air date: 1950-11-26
Runtime: 60 min
Roberta Peters, Jean Carroll, Ana Ricardo, Ben Wrigley (Episode 12)
Air date: 1950-12-03
Runtime: 60 min
Buster Keaton, Mimi Benzell, Jack E. Leonard (Episode 13)
Air date: 1950-12-10
Runtime: 60 min
Victor Borge, Phil Rizzuto, Nancy Walker, Eleanor Steber (Episode 14)
Air date: 1950-12-17
Runtime: 60 min
David Niven, Ted Mack, Lauritz Melchior (Episode 15)
Air date: 1950-12-24
Runtime: 60 min
Mimi Benzell, Ben Wrigley, George Johnstone (Episode 16)
Air date: 1950-12-31
Runtime: 60 min
James Melton, Ruth Casey (Episode 17)
Air date: 1951-01-07
Runtime: 60 min
Anna Maria Alberghetti, James Melton, Sam Snead (Episode 18)
Air date: 1951-01-14
Runtime: 60 min
Margaret Truman, Jan Murray, Roland Young, Jimmy Wakeley (Episode 19)
Air date: 1951-01-21
Runtime: 60 min
Gloria Swanson, Roberta Peters, Vaughn Monroe (Episode 20)
Air date: 1951-01-28
Runtime: 60 min
Nancy Walker, Margot Fonteyn, Russell Nype (Episode 21)
Air date: 1951-02-04
Runtime: 60 min
Dick Haymes, Judith Anderson, Smith & Dale, The Maxwells (Episode 22)
Air date: 1951-02-11
Runtime: 60 min
Sugar Ray Robinson, Ray McKinley, Molly Picon (Episode 23)
Air date: 1951-02-18
Runtime: 60 min
Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, Alan Young, Bobby Van (Episode 24)
Air date: 1951-02-25
Runtime: 60 min
Helen Forrest, James Melton, Byron Nelson, Trini Reyes (Episode 25)
Air date: 1951-03-04
Runtime: 60 min
Rise Stevens, Victor Borge, Byron Nelson, Eva Le Gallienne (Episode 26)
Air date: 1951-03-11
Runtime: 60 min
Nancy Walker, Roberta Peters, Lucienne Boyer (Episode 27)
Air date: 1951-03-18
Runtime: 60 min
Terry Thomas, Byron Nelson, Phil Spitalny Orchestra, Paul and Grace Hartman (Episode 28)
Air date: 1951-03-25
Runtime: 60 min
Les Paul & Mary Ford, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Phil Spitalny (Episode 29)
Air date: 1951-04-01
Runtime: 60 min
1950-51 Drama Critics Circle Awards, Claude Rains (Episode 30)
Air date: 1951-04-08
Runtime: 60 min
Jane Froman, Harvey Stone, Bill Tabbert, Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy (Episode 31)
Air date: 1951-04-15
Runtime: 60 min
Jane Froman, Jan Peerce, Jean Babilee, Nathalie Philippart (Episode 32)
Air date: 1951-04-22
Runtime: 60 min
Ralph Bellamy, Vaughn Monroe, Marc Connelly (Episode 33)
Air date: 1951-04-29
Runtime: 60 min
Billy De Wolfe, Pinky Lee, Marcia Van Dyke, Johnny Johnston, Eddie Arcaro (Episode 34)
Air date: 1951-05-06
Runtime: 60 min
Robert Alda, Robert Shaw Chorale, Isabel Bigley, Menasha Skulnik (Episode 35)
Air date: 1951-05-13
Runtime: 60 min
Johnny Desmond, Mimi Benzell, Ken Murray, Billy De Wolfe (Episode 36)
Air date: 1951-05-20
Runtime: 60 min
Bunny Briggs, Anita Arros, Gino Bechi (Episode 37)
Air date: 1951-05-27
Runtime: 60 min
Frankie Laine, Roberta Peters, Pinky Lee, Tucson Boys Chorus (Episode 38)
Air date: 1951-06-03
Runtime: 60 min
Jan Peerce, Walter Abel, Bil Baird, Joyce Bryant (Episode 39)
Air date: 1951-06-10
Runtime: 60 min
Arthur Godfrey, Pinky Lee, Pat Flick, Blanche Thebom (Episode 40)
Air date: 1951-06-17
Runtime: 60 min
Pinky Lee, William Crawford, Smith & Dale (Episode 41)
Air date: 1951-06-24
Runtime: 60 min
Robert Merrill, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Pat Rooney Sr. (Episode 42)
Air date: 1951-07-01
Runtime: 60 min
Joan Halloway, Monica Moore, Georgie Kaye, Cass Franklin (Episode 43)
Air date: 1951-07-08
Runtime: 60 min
Louis Prima, Lauritz Melchior, Bobby Sargent, The Dunhills (Episode 44)
Air date: 1951-07-15
Runtime: 60 min
Robert Merrill, Jane Morgan, Jersey Joe Walcott (Episode 45)
Air date: 1951-07-22
Runtime: 60 min
Yul Brynner, Cab Calloway, Rose Marie, Pinky Lee, Tony Fontane (Episode 46)
Air date: 1951-07-29
Runtime: 60 min
Jeannette MacDonald, Gene Raymond, Peg Leg Bates (Episode 47)
Air date: 1951-08-05
Runtime: 60 min
Johnny Johnston, Marcia Van Dyke, Will Masters Trio (Episode 48)
Air date: 1951-08-12
Runtime: 60 min
Victor Borge, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Francis X. Bushman (Episode 49)
Air date: 1951-08-19
Runtime: 60 min
Robert Alda, Isabel Bigley, Bobby Sargent, Eddie Mayehoff (Episode 50)
Air date: 1951-08-26
Runtime: 60 min
Dolores Gray, Buster Keaton, Arlene Dahl, Henny Youngman (Episode 51)
Air date: 1951-09-02
Runtime: 60 min
