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