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 8)
The Darryl F. Zanuck Story (Episode 1)
Air date: 1954-09-12
Runtime: 60 min
A Salute to the U.S. Navy (with All-Navy talent) (Episode 2)
Air date: 1954-09-19
Runtime: 60 min
Salute to the Cleveland Indians; Los Chavales De Espagna; Happy Wanderers (Episode 3)
Air date: 1954-09-26
Runtime: 60 min
Salute to Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz (Episode 4)
Air date: 1954-10-03
Runtime: 60 min
Patti Page; Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane. Plus: "A Star Is Born" preview (Episode 5)
Air date: 1954-10-10
Runtime: 60 min
Bing Crosby (on film); Irving Berlin; Liberace; Orson Bean (Episode 6)
Air date: 1954-10-17
Runtime: 60 min
Pearl Bailey; Robert Merrill; Carol Haney; the Treniers (Episode 7)
Air date: 1954-10-24
Runtime: 60 min
Grantland Rice tribute / Nat King Cole / Bert Lahr & Art Carney / D. Fairbanks Jr. (Episode 8)
Air date: 1954-10-31
Runtime: 60 min
The Mills Brothers; Eddie Fisher; Kitty Kallen; Dane Clark (Episode 9)
Air date: 1954-11-07
Runtime: 60 min
Elaine Stritch / Julius LaRosa / Elizabeth Taylor & Van Johnson interview (Episode 10)
Air date: 1954-11-14
Runtime: 60 min
Roberta Peters; Jimmy Boyd / Gregory Peck (on film) (Episode 11)
Air date: 1954-11-21
Runtime: 60 min
Florence Henderson; Josh Logan; Teresa Brewer (Episode 12)
Air date: 1954-11-28
Runtime: 60 min
Kirk Douglas; Eartha Kitt; Ames Brothers; Jackie Miles; Carol Haney (Episode 13)
Air date: 1954-12-05
Runtime: 60 min
The Crew-Cuts ("Sh-Boom"); Virginia Mayo; Sophie Tucker (Episode 14)
Air date: 1954-12-12
Runtime: 60 min
The Chordettes / Patti Page / On film: Frank Sinatra, Robert Michum & other stars (Episode 15)
Air date: 1954-12-19
Runtime: 60 min
Cab Calloway / Carl Ballantine / Hermione Gingold / Billy DeWolfe (Episode 16)
Air date: 1954-12-26
Runtime: 60 min
Pearl Bailey; Ted Lewis; June Valli; Sam Levenson; Maria Neglia (Episode 17)
Air date: 1955-01-02
Runtime: 60 min
Grace Kelly; James Michener; Guy Mitchell; Forrest Tucker; Jose Greco (Episode 18)
Air date: 1955-01-09
Runtime: 60 min
Esther Williams; Alice Pearce; Hermione Gingold; Gloria Lane (Episode 19)
Air date: 1955-01-16
Runtime: 60 min
Robert Taylor; Roberta Peters; William Warfield; Viveca Lindfors (Episode 20)
Air date: 1955-01-23
Runtime: 60 min
A Cavalcade of Radio, 1920 - 1955 (with many stars from radio) (Episode 21)
Air date: 1955-01-30
Runtime: 60 min
The Columbia Pictures Story with Kim Novak; Eddie Fisher; Maureen O'Hara (Episode 22)
Air date: 1955-02-06
Runtime: 60 min
Les Paul & Mary Ford; Pearl Bailey & her brother Bill (Episode 23)
Air date: 1955-02-13
Runtime: 60 min
Tribute to Gertrude Lawrence with Sarah Churchill; Helen Hayes; Dorothy Sarnoff (Episode 24)
Air date: 1955-02-20
Runtime: 60 min
Eartha Kitt; the DeJohn Sisters; Shirl Conway; Nancy Andrews; etc. (Episode 25)
Air date: 1955-02-27
Runtime: 60 min
Lillian Roth; the Fontane Sisters; Roy Franklin; Mata & Hari; etc. (Episode 26)
Air date: 1955-03-06
Runtime: 60 min
Broadcast from Chicago: The Ice Capades; Victor Borge; Peg Leg Bates (Episode 27)
Air date: 1955-03-13
Runtime: 60 min
Sarah Vaughan / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Sam Levenson (Episode 28)
Air date: 1955-03-20
Runtime: 60 min
Tribute to Rodgers & Hammerstein w/Celeste Holm; John Raitt; Florence Henderson (Episode 29)
Air date: 1955-03-27
Runtime: 60 min
Fred Astaire / Dorothy Dandridge / Sammy Davis Jr. / Julius LaRosa (Episode 30)
Air date: 1955-04-03
Runtime: 60 min
Rosemary Clooney; James Cagney; Willie Mays; David Whitfield; etc (Episode 31)
Air date: 1955-04-10
Runtime: 60 min
James Stewart; Louis Armstrong; Joey Bishop; Robert Merrill; etc. (Episode 32)
Air date: 1955-04-17
Runtime: 60 min
Harry Belafonte; Marion Marlowe; Carol Haney; Jackie Miles (Episode 33)
Air date: 1955-04-24
Runtime: 60 min
Eartha Kitt; Georgia Gibbs; Lionel Hampton; Phil Foster (Episode 34)
Air date: 1955-05-01
Runtime: 60 min
Eddie Fisher; filmed interviews with Hollywood stars (Episode 35)
Air date: 1955-05-08
Runtime: 60 min
Louis Armstrong; Will Mastin Trio (Sammy Davis Jr.); Senor Wences (Episode 36)
Air date: 1955-05-15
Runtime: 60 min
Shown from the USS Wisconsin: Burl Ives; Jack E. Leonard; June Valli (Episode 37)
Air date: 1955-05-22
Runtime: 60 min
Andy Griffith / Pat Henning / Betty & Jane Kean / Lew Parker (Episode 38)
Air date: 1955-05-29
Runtime: 60 min
Ricardo Montalban; Julius LaRosa; Gloria DeHaven; Carol Haney (Episode 39)
Air date: 1955-06-05
Runtime: 60 min
U.S. Army Talent Contest Finalists (Episode 40)
Air date: 1955-06-12
Runtime: 60 min
Mister Roberts salute with Henry Fonda; James Cagney, Jack Lemmon (Episode 41)
Air date: 1955-06-19
Runtime: 60 min
7th Anniversary Show: Bob Hope; Pearl Bailey; Will Jordan (Episode 42)
Air date: 1955-06-26
Runtime: 60 min
From the USS Antietam: Chordettes /scheduled: Step Brothers; Priscilla Wright (Episode 43)
Air date: 1955-07-03
Runtime: 60 min
Marion Marlowe (guest host); Eartha Kitt; Joey Bishop; Joan Holloway (Episode 44)
Air date: 1955-07-10
Runtime: 60 min
Ethel Merman (guest host); Russell Nype; Jimmy Edmonson (Prof. Backwards) (Episode 45)
Air date: 1955-07-17
Runtime: 60 min
Guy Mitchell (guest host); Polly Bergen; Arthur Worsley (Episode 46)
Air date: 1955-07-24
Runtime: 60 min
"Tops in Blue" (U.S. Air Force acts) (Episode 47)
Air date: 1955-07-31
Runtime: 60 min
Bill Haley & His Comets / Jack Palance/ Christopher Plummer / Roddy McDowall (Episode 48)
Air date: 1955-08-07
Runtime: 60 min
The Mills Brothers / The Four Aces / Interviews with Sports Celebrities (Episode 49)
Air date: 1955-08-14
Runtime: 60 min
Rosalind Russell, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Albert, Tony Bennett (Episode 50)
Air date: 1955-08-21
Runtime: 60 min
Eartha Kitt; Jay Lawrence; The Mariners; The Chicago Festival Singers (Episode 51)
Air date: 1955-08-28
Runtime: 60 min
Georgia Gibbs / 1956 Ice Capades / Donna Atwood (Episode 52)
Air date: 1955-09-04
Runtime: 60 min
Jane Russell & Jeanne Crain / Phil Silvers & "Bilko" cast / Ames Brothers (Episode 53)
Air date: 1955-09-11
Runtime: 60 min
Julius LaRosa & the Winners of the Navy's World Wide Talent Contest (Episode 54)
Air date: 1955-09-18
Runtime: 60 min
