The Ed Sullivan Show
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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.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
1948E1Premiere Show with Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis20 Jun 19480E2Irving Berlin, The Ink Spots, Peter Lind Hayes, Nan Wynn, Paul Winchell & Jerry Mahoney27 Jun 19480E3Joe DiMaggio, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson4 Jul 19480E4Lena Horne, Joey Adams, Joe Howard, Jr., Tony Canzoneri11 Jul 19480E5Guests unknown18 Jul 19480
Season 2
1948Season 3
1949E1Louis Prima, Buddy Lester, Ruby Hill, Sonny Howard, Prince Mendez, Loretta & Klemis, The Wong Sisters18 Sept 19490E2Victor Borge, Billy Vine, George Kirby, Dickinson Eastham25 Sept 19490E3Ethel Waters, Frank Parker, John Golden, Fletcher Henderson, Harold Lang2 Oct 19490E4Pearl Bailey, Oran Page, Joey Bishop, Victor Borge, Gracie Barrie, Ed Durlacher9 Oct 19490E5Jack E. Leonard, Carol Lynne, Mary McCarty16 Oct 19490
Season 4
1950E1Gloria Swanson, Pat O'Brien, Hedy Lamarr, Mimi Benzell, Gordon Jenkins, Jean Carroll17 Sept 19500E2Gloria Swanson, Rudy Vallee, Anna Maria Alberghetti24 Sept 19500E3Jackie Robinson (cameo), Bert Lahr, Betty Kean1 Oct 19500E4Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, Brandon DeWilde, Reginald Gardiner8 Oct 19500E5Sarah Churchill, John O'Hare, Myron Cohen15 Oct 19500
Season 5
1951E1The Oscar Hammerstein Story featuring Lena Horne, Wally Cox, Mimi Benzell, Robert Merrill, Charles Winninger9 Sept 19510E2Oscar Hammerstein Story Part 2 (Rodgers & Hammerstein tribute)16 Sept 19510E3Elsa Lanchester; Evelyn Knight; Susan Meyer; Gil Hodges23 Sept 19510E4The Helen Hayes Story with Mary Scott; Raymond Boyle; Bethel Leslie30 Sept 19510E5Dick Haymes; Allie Reynolds; Sal Maglie; Bobby Thomson; Eddie Stanky7 Oct 19510
Season 6
1952Season 7
1953Season 8
1954E1The Darryl F. Zanuck Story12 Sept 19540E2A Salute to the U.S. Navy (with All-Navy talent)19 Sept 19540E3Salute to the Cleveland Indians; Los Chavales De Espagna; Happy Wanderers26 Sept 19540E4Salute to Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz3 Oct 19540E5Patti Page; Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane. Plus: "A Star Is Born" preview10 Oct 19540
Season 9
1955E1Robert Mitchum / Lillian Gish / Rocky Marciano25 Sept 19550E2Nat King Cole / Fanny cast / Josh Logan2 Oct 19550E3Johnny Carson / June Valli / on film: Frank Sinatra; Marlon Brando9 Oct 19550E4scheduled: Edward R. Murrow; Dave Brubeck; Ed Begley; Tony Randall16 Oct 19550E5scheduled: Nat King Cole & wife Maria; Jack Palance; Rod Steiger23 Oct 19550
Season 10
1956E1scheduled: Edward G. Robinson; Edith Piaf; Helen Traubel; Jean Carroll23 Sept 19560E2Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz / Yogi Berra / Gisele MacKenzie / Joyce Grenfell30 Sept 19560E3scheduled: Eartha Kitt; Kate Smith; Joe E. Lewis; Ricky Layne;Richardi7 Oct 19560E4Dedication of the Henry & Edsel Ford Auditorium / Johnny Carson14 Oct 19560E5scheduled: Jack Paar / On film: Robert Mitchum; Rita Hayworth; Jack Lemmon21 Oct 19560
Season 11
1957E1Betty Grable / Carol Channing / Harry James / Bobby Helms / George Raft22 Sept 19570E2scheduled: George Burns & Gracie Allen; Johnnie Ray; Ida Lupino & Howard Duff29 Sept 19570E3scheduled: Eva Marie Saint; Everly Brothers; Danny Thomas; Bob & Ray6 Oct 19570E4The Sparkletones / Mills Brothers / Georgia Gibbs / Sammy Kaye20 Oct 19570E5The Platters / Frances Farmer / Jane Morgan27 Oct 19570
Season 12
1958E1Tommy Edwards / West Side Story Broadway cast / Mickey Rooney14 Sept 19580E2scheduled: The stars of the upcoming TV season21 Sept 19580E3Shecky Green / Mickey Mantle / Yogi Berra / Sacha Distel28 Sept 19580E4scheduled: Danny Thomas; Frankie Laine; Milwaukee Braves players5 Oct 19580E5scheduled: Carol Channing; Genevieve; Line Renaud12 Oct 19580
Season 13
1959E1Louis Armstrong / Rosemary Clooney / Jose Ferrer / Alan King20 Sept 19590E2Invitation to Moscow27 Sept 19590E3Danny Thomas / Eartha Kitt / Julius LaRosa4 Oct 19590E4Mario Lanza (on film) / Ethel Merman / Larry Blyden11 Oct 19590E5Harry Belafonte (on film) / Ames Brothers / Wilt Chamberlain18 Oct 19590
Season 14
1960E1David Seville & the Chipmunks (puppets) / Red Buttons / Patachou25 Sept 19600E2Bob Newhart / Mickey Rooney / Danny Thomas / McGuire Sisters2 Oct 19600E3scheduled: Johnny Mathis; Peggy Lee; the Dave Brubeck Quartet; Mort Sahl16 Oct 19600E4scheduled: Jack Carter; Gordon & Sheila MacRae; Crosby Bros.; Erroll Garner23 Oct 19600E5From Chicago: Charlton Heston; Benny Goodman; Mahalia Jackson; Bob Newhart6 Nov 19600
Season 15
1961E1First show of the 15th Season17 Sept 19610E2From Las Vegas: Danny Thomas; Della Reese; Crosby Brothers24 Sept 19610E3Phil Silvers / Brigitte Bardot (filmed interview) / Peter Nero / McGuire Sisters1 Oct 19610E4Taped in West Berlin: Louis Armstrong; Connie Francis; Van Cliburn8 Oct 19610E52nd Berlin show: Louis Armstrong; Sid Caesar; Shari Lewis15 Oct 19610
Season 16
1962E1Eddie Fisher / Al Hirt / Mickey Mantle & Whitney Ford30 Sept 19620E2scheduled: Paul Anka; Vaughn Meader; Yolanda White7 Oct 19620E3scheduled: Connie Francis; Louis Prima; Jerry Van Dyke14 Oct 19620E4scheduled: Cliff Richard, Kate Smith; Wayne & Schuster; Rip Taylor21 Oct 19620E5Louis Prima / Jackie Mason / Steve Allen28 Oct 19620
Season 17
1963Season 18
1964Season 19
1965Season 20
1966Season 21
1967Season 22
1968E1Jefferson Airplane / Diana Ross & the Supremes / Red Skelton29 Sept 19680E2scheduled: Dionne Warwick; Tiny Tim; Tony Bennett6 Oct 19680E3The Beach Boys / Richard Pryor / Peter O'Toole13 Oct 19680E4The Fifth Dimension / Steve McQueen (on film) / Joan Rivers20 Oct 19680E5Mary Hopkin / Gary Lewis and the Playboys / George Carlin27 Oct 19680
Season 23
1969E123rd Season Premiere: Barbra Streisand / The Temptations28 Sept 19690E2Gladys Knight & the Pips / Clint Eastwood (on film)5 Oct 19690E3Lee Marvin / Woody Allen / Oliver / Shirley Bassey12 Oct 19690E4Smith / Cyd Charisse / Joan Rivers / Lana Cantrell19 Oct 19690E5Santana / Liza Minnelli / Henry Mancini26 Oct 19690
Season 24
1970E1The Georgie Awards: Barbra Streisand / Blood Sweat & Tears / Tom Jones20 Sept 19700E2Bobby Vinton / Rare Earth / Holiday on Ice27 Sept 19700E3Melanie / Engelbert Humperdinck / Tiny Tim4 Oct 19700E4scheduled: Arthur Godfrey; Loretta Lynn11 Oct 19700E5Carpenters / B.B. King / Tony Bennett18 Oct 19700
