The Ed Sullivan Show
Season 8 Episode 1 - The Darryl F. Zanuck Story
6.8 ?
1948
Comedy, Talk
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 in Season 8
1
The Darryl F. Zanuck Story
60 min
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2
A Salute to the U.S. Navy (with All-Navy talent)
60 min
3
Salute to the Cleveland Indians; Los Chavales De Espagna; Happy Wanderers
60 min
4
Salute to Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz
60 min
5
Patti Page; Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane. Plus: "A Star Is Born" preview
60 min
6
Bing Crosby (on film); Irving Berlin; Liberace; Orson Bean
60 min
7
Pearl Bailey; Robert Merrill; Carol Haney; the Treniers
60 min
8
Grantland Rice tribute / Nat King Cole / Bert Lahr & Art Carney / D. Fairbanks Jr.
60 min
9
The Mills Brothers; Eddie Fisher; Kitty Kallen; Dane Clark
60 min
10
Elaine Stritch / Julius LaRosa / Elizabeth Taylor & Van Johnson interview
60 min
11
Roberta Peters; Jimmy Boyd / Gregory Peck (on film)
60 min
12
Florence Henderson; Josh Logan; Teresa Brewer
60 min
13
Kirk Douglas; Eartha Kitt; Ames Brothers; Jackie Miles; Carol Haney
60 min
14
The Crew-Cuts ("Sh-Boom"); Virginia Mayo; Sophie Tucker
60 min
15
The Chordettes / Patti Page / On film: Frank Sinatra, Robert Michum & other stars
60 min
16
Cab Calloway / Carl Ballantine / Hermione Gingold / Billy DeWolfe
60 min
17
Pearl Bailey; Ted Lewis; June Valli; Sam Levenson; Maria Neglia
60 min
18
Grace Kelly; James Michener; Guy Mitchell; Forrest Tucker; Jose Greco
60 min
19
Esther Williams; Alice Pearce; Hermione Gingold; Gloria Lane
60 min
20
Robert Taylor; Roberta Peters; William Warfield; Viveca Lindfors
60 min
21
A Cavalcade of Radio, 1920 - 1955 (with many stars from radio)
60 min
22
The Columbia Pictures Story with Kim Novak; Eddie Fisher; Maureen O'Hara
60 min
23
Les Paul & Mary Ford; Pearl Bailey & her brother Bill
60 min
24
Tribute to Gertrude Lawrence with Sarah Churchill; Helen Hayes; Dorothy Sarnoff
60 min
25
Eartha Kitt; the DeJohn Sisters; Shirl Conway; Nancy Andrews; etc.
60 min
26
Lillian Roth; the Fontane Sisters; Roy Franklin; Mata & Hari; etc.
60 min
27
Broadcast from Chicago: The Ice Capades; Victor Borge; Peg Leg Bates
60 min
28
Sarah Vaughan / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Sam Levenson
60 min
29
Tribute to Rodgers & Hammerstein w/Celeste Holm; John Raitt; Florence Henderson
60 min
30
Fred Astaire / Dorothy Dandridge / Sammy Davis Jr. / Julius LaRosa
60 min
31
Rosemary Clooney; James Cagney; Willie Mays; David Whitfield; etc
60 min
32
James Stewart; Louis Armstrong; Joey Bishop; Robert Merrill; etc.
60 min
33
Harry Belafonte; Marion Marlowe; Carol Haney; Jackie Miles
60 min
34
Eartha Kitt; Georgia Gibbs; Lionel Hampton; Phil Foster
60 min
35
Eddie Fisher; filmed interviews with Hollywood stars
60 min
36
Louis Armstrong; Will Mastin Trio (Sammy Davis Jr.); Senor Wences
60 min
37
Shown from the USS Wisconsin: Burl Ives; Jack E. Leonard; June Valli
60 min
38
Andy Griffith / Pat Henning / Betty & Jane Kean / Lew Parker
60 min
39
Ricardo Montalban; Julius LaRosa; Gloria DeHaven; Carol Haney
60 min
40
U.S. Army Talent Contest Finalists
60 min
41
Mister Roberts salute with Henry Fonda; James Cagney, Jack Lemmon
60 min
42
7th Anniversary Show: Bob Hope; Pearl Bailey; Will Jordan
60 min
43
From the USS Antietam: Chordettes /scheduled: Step Brothers; Priscilla Wright
60 min
44
Marion Marlowe (guest host); Eartha Kitt; Joey Bishop; Joan Holloway
60 min
45
Ethel Merman (guest host); Russell Nype; Jimmy Edmonson (Prof. Backwards)
60 min
46
Guy Mitchell (guest host); Polly Bergen; Arthur Worsley
60 min
47
"Tops in Blue" (U.S. Air Force acts)
60 min
48
Bill Haley & His Comets / Jack Palance/ Christopher Plummer / Roddy McDowall
60 min
49
The Mills Brothers / The Four Aces / Interviews with Sports Celebrities
60 min
50
Rosalind Russell, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Albert, Tony Bennett
60 min
51
Eartha Kitt; Jay Lawrence; The Mariners; The Chicago Festival Singers
60 min
52
Georgia Gibbs / 1956 Ice Capades / Donna Atwood
60 min
53
Jane Russell & Jeanne Crain / Phil Silvers & "Bilko" cast / Ames Brothers
60 min
54
Julius LaRosa & the Winners of the Navy's World Wide Talent Contest
60 min
