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 7)
Carmen Miranda (Episode 1)
Air date: 1953-09-13
Runtime: 60 min
Gene Autry / John Raitt & Dolores Gray (Episode 2)
Air date: 1953-09-20
Runtime: 60 min
Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy; Walter Dare Wahl (Episode 3)
Air date: 1953-09-27
Runtime: 60 min
Guy Mitchell; Teresa Brewer; Joe Louis (Episode 4)
Air date: 1953-10-04
Runtime: 60 min
Harry Belafonte; Gwen Verdon (Episode 5)
Air date: 1953-10-11
Runtime: 60 min
Grace Kelly & Ralph Meeker; John Forsythe; David Wayne (Episode 6)
Air date: 1953-10-18
Runtime: 60 min
Patti Page / Julius Larosa / The Step Brothers (Episode 7)
Air date: 1953-10-25
Runtime: 60 min
Ann Miller / Bert Lahr / Art Carney / Julius LaRosa (Episode 8)
Air date: 1953-11-01
Runtime: 60 min
Toast to the Met with Rise Stevens; Robert Merrill; Roberta Peters; Victor Borge (Episode 9)
Air date: 1953-11-08
Runtime: 60 min
Gordon MacRae; Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy (Episode 10)
Air date: 1953-11-15
Runtime: 60 min
Rex Harrison & Lilli Palmer; Charles Boyer (Episode 11)
Air date: 1953-11-22
Runtime: 60 min
Sophie Tucker; Joe E. Lewis; The Harmonicats; Julius LaRosa (Episode 12)
Air date: 1953-11-29
Runtime: 60 min
Charles Boyer; Julius LaRosa; Roberta Peters (Episode 13)
Air date: 1953-12-06
Runtime: 60 min
The Nicholas Brothers / Frankie Laine / Jimmy Boyd (Episode 14)
Air date: 1953-12-13
Runtime: 60 min
Christmas show with the Salzburg Marionettes (Episode 15)
Air date: 1953-12-20
Runtime: 60 min
Rosemary Clooney; Julius LaRosa; Sam Levenson (Episode 16)
Air date: 1953-12-27
Runtime: 60 min
Ice Capades of '54; Jose Greco; Richard Haydn; Robert Lamaret (Episode 17)
Air date: 1954-01-03
Runtime: 60 min
Johnnie Ray; John Forsythe; David Wayne; Ed Hodges (Episode 18)
Air date: 1954-01-10
Runtime: 60 min
Roberta Peters, Senor Wences, Ching the Magician (Episode 19)
Air date: 1954-01-17
Runtime: 60 min
The Ames Brothers; Margot Fonteyn; Michael Somes (Episode 20)
Air date: 1954-01-24
Runtime: 60 min
Patti Page / Richard Tucker / Judith Anderson / Rudy Horn (Episode 21)
Air date: 1954-01-31
Runtime: 60 min
Dorothy Lamour; Orson Bean; Ruth Draper; Yehudi Menuhin (Episode 22)
Air date: 1954-02-07
Runtime: 60 min
The M-G-M Story with Fred Astaire & Jane Powell (Episode 23)
Air date: 1954-02-14
Runtime: 60 min
Tony Martin; Senior Wences; Myron Cohen (Episode 24)
Air date: 1954-02-21
Runtime: 60 min
Betty and Jane Kean; Hilde Gueden; Eileen O'Dare; Colette Marchand (Episode 25)
Air date: 1954-02-28
Runtime: 60 min
Nat "King" Cole / Janet Blair / Hurd Hatfield / Frank Fontaine (Episode 26)
Air date: 1954-03-07
Runtime: 60 min
1954 Saint Patrick's Day Show (Episode 27)
Air date: 1954-03-14
Runtime: 60 min
Eddie Fisher; Betty and Jane Kean; the Harmonicats (Episode 28)
Air date: 1954-03-21
Runtime: 60 min
Eartha Kitt; Teresa Brewer; Roberta Peters; Sophie Tucker (Episode 29)
Air date: 1954-04-04
Runtime: 60 min
Gary Cooper & Burt Lancaster (on film); Leonard Warren (Episode 30)
Air date: 1954-04-11
Runtime: 60 min
Eddie & Margo Albert / Notre Dame Glee Club / Sam Snead (Episode 31)
Air date: 1954-04-18
Runtime: 60 min
Chester Gould; Victoria de Los Angeles; Korean Children's Choir (Episode 32)
Air date: 1954-04-25
Runtime: 60 min
The ASCAP Story, Part 1 with W.C. Handy; Bert Lahr; Julius LaRosa; Lilian Roth (Episode 33)
Air date: 1954-05-02
Runtime: 60 min
The ASCAP Story, Part 2 with Julius LaRosa; Barbara & Margaret Whiting; music composers (Episode 34)
Air date: 1954-05-09
Runtime: 60 min
Nat "King" Cole; Ted Lewis; David Wayne; Dick Contino (Episode 35)
Air date: 1954-05-16
Runtime: 60 min
David O. Selznick (on film); Betty and Jane Kean; Mindy Carson (Episode 36)
Air date: 1954-05-23
Runtime: 60 min
Patti Page; Red Buttons; Liberace; Hermione Gingold (Episode 37)
Air date: 1954-05-30
Runtime: 60 min
Victor Borge; The Army Talent Championship winners (Episode 38)
Air date: 1954-06-06
Runtime: 60 min
Janis Paige & John Raitt / Victor Borge / the Goofers / the Wichita Orphans (Episode 39)
Air date: 1954-06-13
Runtime: 60 min
6th Anniversary Show with Jackie Gleason; Harold Arlen; Rise Stevens (Episode 40)
Air date: 1954-06-20
Runtime: 60 min
Bert Lahr; Joni James; Pat Henning; Patachou (Episode 41)
Air date: 1954-06-27
Runtime: 60 min
Bill Kenny / Dolores Gray / Eileen O'Dare / The Step Brothers (Episode 42)
Air date: 1954-07-04
Runtime: 60 min
Rosemary Clooney; Four Lads; Joan Holloway; Miss Universe finalists (Episode 43)
Air date: 1954-07-11
Runtime: 60 min
Vaughn Monroe; Carol Haney; Doretta Morrow; Rafael Mendez (Episode 44)
Air date: 1954-07-18
Runtime: 60 min
"Tops in Blues" Air Force talent show (Episode 45)
Air date: 1954-07-25
Runtime: 60 min
Polly Bergen; Ames Brothers; Smith and Dale; Lee Allen (Episode 46)
Air date: 1954-08-01
Runtime: 60 min
Victor Borge; The Four Lads / scheduled: Audrey Meadows; Jack Whiting (Episode 47)
Air date: 1954-08-08
Runtime: 60 min
Victor Borge (guest host); Janis Paige; Mata & Hari (Episode 48)
Air date: 1954-08-15
Runtime: 60 min
Eartha Kitt / Celeste Holm/ John Raitt / Janis Paige (Episode 49)
Air date: 1954-08-22
Runtime: 60 min
Eddie Fisher (guest host); Zouaves drill team; Joyce's Camel (Episode 50)
Air date: 1954-08-29
Runtime: 60 min
Roberta Peters; Sonny Howard; Ice Capades of 1955 (Episode 51)
Air date: 1954-09-05
Runtime: 60 min
