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The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 – 1971Show24 seasons · 1068 episodesNREnded

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Summary

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.

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  • Family movie night
  • Friends night
  • Kids

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  • Gives you goosebumps.

Not for scares, brutality or big ideas.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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Broadcast LiveRare · in 42 titlesWith the exception of the occasional film clip or short subject, it was all live every Sunday at 8 pm Eastern for most of the run, though toward the end he relied more on pre-recorded segments.Bowdlerisein 1,485 titlesThe Rolling Stones were infamously forced to change the chorus of "Let's Spend the Night Together" to "Let's Spend Some Time Together".All 21 tropes

The Ed Sullivan Show episodes

24 seasons · 1068 episodes

  1. S8 E22 Episode #8.22, 6.5
  2. S8 E35 Episode #8.35, 1.2
  1. S9 E41 A Salute to John Huston with guests Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Robinson, Jose Ferrer, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Vincent Price, Burl Ives, 6.0
  2. S9 E51 Guest Host: Charles Laughton; guest stars: Elvis Presley, The Vagabonds, The Amen Brothers, Dorothy Sarnoff, Conn & Mann, Amru Sani, Al Bernie, Carl Ballantine, 7.8
  1. S10 E6 Episode #10.6, 8.1
  2. S10 E16 Elvis Presley, Carol Burnett, Lena Horne, Jackie Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, Don Budge, Will Jordan, Arthur Worsley, 9.2
  3. S10 E40 The Everly Brothers, Frances Farmer, Nancy Whiskey, Kaye Ballard, 8.0
  1. S11 E10 Buddy Holly, Polly Bergen, Sam Cooke, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Bobby Helms, The Crickets, Jean Carroll, The DeMarcos, 8.2
  1. S16 E12 Episode #16.12, 7.4
  2. S16 E25 Chubby Checker, Totie Fields, Woody Herman, Dave Madden, Barbra Streisand, Morecambe & Wise, 7.4
  3. S16 E38 15th Anniversary Show, 7.2
  1. S17 E8 Tommy Sands & Nancy Sinatra, Robert Horton, The Kim Sisters & The Kim Brothers, Bob Lewis, Davis & Reese, The Nieman Brothers, The New Sounds, 7.2
  2. S17 E13 Hank Williams, Jr., Janet Blair, Jerry Vale, The Kim Sisters, 7.2
  3. S17 E19 Meet The Beatles, 9.2
  4. S17 E20 The Beatles' Second Appearance, 8.3
  5. S17 E21 Something New From The Beatles, 8.3
  6. S17 E23 Ira Gershwin, Phil Silvers, Florence Henderson, Juliet Prowse, Jerry Vale, Steve Lawrence, Saul Chaplin, Harry Ruby, Sammy Fain, Arthur Freed, Jimmy McHugh, Blossum Seely, The Dave Clark Five, 7.0
  7. S17 E31 Dusty Springfield, Gerry and the Pacemakers. Itzhak Perlman, and more, 6.8
  8. S17 E33 Liza Minnelli, Duke Ellington, Jean-Paul Vignon, Professor Backwards, The Lipizzaner Stallions, 7.6
  1. S18 E1 The Beach Boys, Alan King, Robert Goulet, Leslie Uggams, Vonda Kay Van Dyke, Topo Gigio, 7.1
  2. S18 E3 Juliet Prowse, Connie Francis, Alan & Rossi, the Harlem Globetrotters, Jean-Paul Vignon, George Kirby, Roy Orbison, Jean Carroll, Joe Pepitone, Roger Maris, Elston Howard, Tom Tresh, Tony Kubek, 7.0
  3. S18 E5 The Rolling Stones, Jack Jones, Stiller & Meara and others, 7.8
  4. S18 E6 The Dave Clark Five, Rex Harrison, Alan King, Dolores Gray, Leon Bibb, Marilyn Michaels, Richard Hearne, Pat Buttram, 7.0
  5. S18 E8 Episode #18.8, 7.2
  6. S18 E31 Episode #18.31, 5.3
  1. S19 E1 Beatles '65, 7.8
  2. S19 E4 Judy Garland, Tom Jones, Peter Sellers, Sophie Tucker, Jackie Vernon, The Swingin' Lads, Topo Gigio, 8.3
  3. S19 E20 Dinah Shore, Jose Feliciano, Jim Nabors, Jackie Vernon, Dick Capri, The Four Tops, Barry Sadler, 6.9
  4. S19 E21 Rosemary Clooney, Alan King, Nancy Walker, The Animals, 5.2
  5. S19 E22 Episode #19.22, 6.7
  1. S20 E1 Episode #20.1, 6.5
  2. S20 E6 Episode #20.6, 6.4
  3. S20 E13 Diana Ross & The Supremes, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Red Buttons, Lainie Kazan, The Harlem Globetrotters, Wayne & Shuster, Robert Merrill, Jan Peerce, 8.0
  4. S20 E19 The Rolling Stones, Petula Clark, Allan Sherman, Alan King, The Muppets, The Michael Bennett Dancers, The Monroes, The Sisters of Saint Benedict, 6.0
  5. S20 E20 The Lovin' Spoonful, Ginger Rogers, Johnny Mathis, Stiller & Meara, Abbe Lane, Bob King, The Three Kims, Topo Gigio, 6.2
  6. S20 E23 Sally Ann Howes, Lola Falana, Joan Rivers, Jack Gilford, Nancy Walker, Joey Adams, Peter Gennaro, the Young Rascals, 6.9
  7. S20 E28 The Lovin' Spoonful, Johnny Rivers, Cab Calloway, Chris Calloway, Jane Powell, Stiller & Meara, George Carlin, 7.6
  8. S20 E32 Tony Bennett, Nancy Sinatra, Lee Hazlewood, Count Basie, Totie Fields, Peter Gennaro, Hendra & Ullett, 7.4
  9. S20 E36 The Turtles, Woody Allen, Leslie Uggams, Stiller & Meara, Enzo Stuarti, Aliza Kashi, 7.0
  10. S20 E40 The Mamas & the Papas, Richard Pryor, Alan King, The Kane Triplets, Rob Murray, Topo Gigio, 6.2
  1. S21 E2 Episode #21.2, 8.1
  2. S21 E17 Jay & the Techniques, Buddy Rich, Rodney Dangerfield, Miriam Makeba, Vikki Carr, George Kirby, 7.0
  3. S21 E29 Diana Ross & The Supremes, Spanky & Our Gang, Nancy Sinatra, Lee Hazlewood, Jimmy Dean, George Carlin, 6.4
  4. S21 E32 Totie Fields, The Muppets, Patty Duke, Tom Jones, 6.2
  5. S21 E35 Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, Richard Pryor, Rodney Dangerfield, Diahann Carroll, David Frye, Shani Wallis, Jay Marshall, The Young Americans, 6.7
  1. S22 E23 Episode #22.23, 7.6
  2. S22 E33 Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Lesley Gore, Mason Williams, Gwen Verdon, Alan King, Wayne & Shuster, Ace Trucking Company, 7.4
  1. S23 E1 Episode #23.1, 8.0
  2. S23 E9 The Rolling Stones, Ella Fitzgerald, Robert Klein, Ed Ames, Eddie Albert, Peter Gennaro, Topo Gigio, 4.1
  3. S23 E12 The Jackson 5, Lainie Kazan, John Davidson, Guy Marks, Wayne & Shuster, Topo Gigio, Big Bird & the Muppets, 7.8
  4. S23 E13 THE SWINGING, SOULFUL SIXTIES - Ed Sullivan reviews the decade in entertainment, 8.2
  5. S23 E20 Bobby Goldsboro, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Connie Stevens, Boots Randolph, Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer, David Frye, Mr. Jiggs, Sam & Sammy, 6.6
  6. S23 E23 Nancy Sinatra, Rodney Dangerfield, Bobby Vinton, Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Wayne & Shuster, Irwin C. Watson, Trio Rennos, 6.7
  7. S23 E30 Episode #23.30, 6.2
  8. S23 E31 Episode #23.31, 8.2
  1. S24 E1 Episode #24.1, 7.5
  2. S24 E4 Episode #24.4, 7.6
  3. S24 E20 Episode #24.20, 7.0
  4. S24 E22 The Everly Brothers, George Carlin, Shirley Bassey, Sid Caesar, Jerry Butler, David Brenner, The Brockways, Tybee & Antonio, 6.8
  5. S24 E25 Melanie, David Frye, Sandler & Young, Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass, Joanna Simon, Norman Wisdom, Vic Perry, Tony Fane, Lennie Schultz, 7.2

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