Tim Kiley
Director
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Season 8
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.
Released June 20, 1948
Episode 60 min
2+
Genres: Comedy, Music, Talk, Talk Show
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Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S8E1 - The Darryl F. Zanuck Story
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Sept. 12, 1954, midnight
S8E2 - A Salute to the U.S. Navy (with All-Navy talent)
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Sept. 19, 1954, midnight
S8E3 - Salute to the Cleveland Indians; Los Chavales De Espagna; Happy Wanderers
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Sept. 26, 1954, midnight
S8E4 - Salute to Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz
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Oct. 3, 1954, midnight
S8E5 - Patti Page; Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane. Plus: "A Star Is Born" preview
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Oct. 10, 1954, midnight
S8E6 - Bing Crosby (on film); Irving Berlin; Liberace; Orson Bean
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Oct. 17, 1954, midnight
S8E7 - Pearl Bailey; Robert Merrill; Carol Haney; the Treniers
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Oct. 24, 1954, midnight
S8E8 - Grantland Rice tribute / Nat King Cole / Bert Lahr & Art Carney / D. Fairbanks Jr.
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Oct. 31, 1954, midnight
S8E9 - The Mills Brothers; Eddie Fisher; Kitty Kallen; Dane Clark
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Nov. 7, 1954, midnight
S8E10 - Elaine Stritch / Julius LaRosa / Elizabeth Taylor & Van Johnson interview
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Nov. 14, 1954, midnight
S8E11 - Roberta Peters; Jimmy Boyd / Gregory Peck (on film)
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Nov. 21, 1954, midnight
S8E12 - Florence Henderson; Josh Logan; Teresa Brewer
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Nov. 28, 1954, midnight
S8E13 - Kirk Douglas; Eartha Kitt; Ames Brothers; Jackie Miles; Carol Haney
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Dec. 5, 1954, midnight
S8E14 - The Crew-Cuts ("Sh-Boom"); Virginia Mayo; Sophie Tucker
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Dec. 12, 1954, midnight
S8E15 - The Chordettes / Patti Page / On film: Frank Sinatra, Robert Michum & other stars
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Dec. 19, 1954, midnight
S8E16 - Cab Calloway / Carl Ballantine / Hermione Gingold / Billy DeWolfe
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Dec. 26, 1954, midnight
S8E17 - Pearl Bailey; Ted Lewis; June Valli; Sam Levenson; Maria Neglia
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Jan. 2, 1955, midnight
S8E18 - Grace Kelly; James Michener; Guy Mitchell; Forrest Tucker; Jose Greco
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Jan. 9, 1955, midnight
S8E19 - Esther Williams; Alice Pearce; Hermione Gingold; Gloria Lane
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Jan. 16, 1955, midnight
S8E20 - Robert Taylor; Roberta Peters; William Warfield; Viveca Lindfors
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Jan. 23, 1955, midnight
S8E21 - A Cavalcade of Radio, 1920 - 1955 (with many stars from radio)
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Jan. 30, 1955, midnight
S8E22 - The Columbia Pictures Story with Kim Novak; Eddie Fisher; Maureen O'Hara
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Feb. 6, 1955, midnight
S8E23 - Les Paul & Mary Ford; Pearl Bailey & her brother Bill
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Feb. 13, 1955, midnight
S8E24 - Tribute to Gertrude Lawrence with Sarah Churchill; Helen Hayes; Dorothy Sarnoff
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Feb. 20, 1955, midnight
S8E25 - Eartha Kitt; the DeJohn Sisters; Shirl Conway; Nancy Andrews; etc.
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Feb. 27, 1955, midnight
S8E26 - Lillian Roth; the Fontane Sisters; Roy Franklin; Mata & Hari; etc.
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March 6, 1955, midnight
S8E27 - Broadcast from Chicago: The Ice Capades; Victor Borge; Peg Leg Bates
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March 13, 1955, midnight
S8E28 - Sarah Vaughan / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Sam Levenson
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March 20, 1955, midnight
S8E29 - Tribute to Rodgers & Hammerstein w/Celeste Holm; John Raitt; Florence Henderson
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March 27, 1955, midnight
S8E30 - Fred Astaire / Dorothy Dandridge / Sammy Davis Jr. / Julius LaRosa
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April 3, 1955, midnight
S8E31 - Rosemary Clooney; James Cagney; Willie Mays; David Whitfield; etc
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April 10, 1955, midnight
S8E32 - James Stewart; Louis Armstrong; Joey Bishop; Robert Merrill; etc.
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April 17, 1955, midnight
S8E33 - Harry Belafonte; Marion Marlowe; Carol Haney; Jackie Miles
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April 24, 1955, midnight
S8E34 - Eartha Kitt; Georgia Gibbs; Lionel Hampton; Phil Foster
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May 1, 1955, midnight
S8E35 - Eddie Fisher; filmed interviews with Hollywood stars
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May 8, 1955, midnight
S8E36 - Louis Armstrong; Will Mastin Trio (Sammy Davis Jr.); Senor Wences
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May 15, 1955, midnight
S8E37 - Shown from the USS Wisconsin: Burl Ives; Jack E. Leonard; June Valli
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May 22, 1955, midnight
S8E38 - Andy Griffith / Pat Henning / Betty & Jane Kean / Lew Parker
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May 29, 1955, midnight
S8E39 - Ricardo Montalban; Julius LaRosa; Gloria DeHaven; Carol Haney
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June 5, 1955, midnight
S8E40 - U.S. Army Talent Contest Finalists
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June 12, 1955, midnight
S8E41 - Mister Roberts salute with Henry Fonda; James Cagney, Jack Lemmon
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June 19, 1955, midnight
S8E42 - 7th Anniversary Show: Bob Hope; Pearl Bailey; Will Jordan
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June 26, 1955, midnight
S8E43 - From the USS Antietam: Chordettes /scheduled: Step Brothers; Priscilla Wright
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July 3, 1955, midnight
S8E44 - Marion Marlowe (guest host); Eartha Kitt; Joey Bishop; Joan Holloway
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July 10, 1955, midnight
S8E45 - Ethel Merman (guest host); Russell Nype; Jimmy Edmonson (Prof. Backwards)
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July 17, 1955, midnight
S8E46 - Guy Mitchell (guest host); Polly Bergen; Arthur Worsley
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July 24, 1955, midnight
S8E47 - "Tops in Blue" (U.S. Air Force acts)
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July 31, 1955, midnight
S8E48 - Bill Haley & His Comets / Jack Palance/ Christopher Plummer / Roddy McDowall
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Aug. 7, 1955, midnight
S8E49 - The Mills Brothers / The Four Aces / Interviews with Sports Celebrities
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Aug. 14, 1955, midnight
S8E50 - Rosalind Russell, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Albert, Tony Bennett
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Aug. 21, 1955, midnight
S8E51 - Eartha Kitt; Jay Lawrence; The Mariners; The Chicago Festival Singers
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Aug. 28, 1955, midnight
S8E52 - Georgia Gibbs / 1956 Ice Capades / Donna Atwood
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Sept. 4, 1955, midnight
S8E53 - Jane Russell & Jeanne Crain / Phil Silvers & "Bilko" cast / Ames Brothers
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Sept. 11, 1955, midnight
S8E54 - Julius LaRosa & the Winners of the Navy's World Wide Talent Contest
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Sept. 18, 1955, midnight
CBS
60 min/ep
64080 min
June 20, 1948
May 30, 1971, midnight
Ended
TV-G / 2+
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