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The Ed Sullivan Show

TV series / 1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

Episode directors Tim KileyJohn Moffitt

ComedyTalk show

★ 6.8/10Audience rating

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 …

The story

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.

The seasons

Season 1 Season 1 1948 · 12 episodes Season details

June 20, 1948

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Season 2 Season 2 1948 · 53 episodes Season details

Sept. 12, 1948

Season 2 is on the ""Toast of the Town"" guide.

Season 3 Season 3 1949 · 52 episodes Season details

Sept. 18, 1949

Season 3 is on the ""Toast of the Town"" guide.

Season 4 Season 4 1950 · 51 episodes Season details

Sept. 17, 1950

Season 4 is on the ""Toast of the Town"" guide.

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Season 5 Season 5 1951 · 53 episodes Season details

Sept. 9, 1951

Season 5 is on the ""Toast of the Town"" guide.

Season 6 Season 6 1952 · 52 episodes Season details

Sept. 14, 1952

Season 6 is on the ""Toast of the Town"" guide.

Season 7 Season 7 1953 · 51 episodes Season details

Sept. 13, 1953

Season 7 is on the ""Toast of the Town"" guide.

Season 8 Season 8 1954 · 54 episodes Season details

Sept. 12, 1954

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Season 9 Season 9 1955 · 52 episodes Season details

Sept. 25, 1955

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Season 10 Season 10 1956 · 51 episodes Season details

Sept. 23, 1956

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Season 11 Season 11 1957 · 50 episodes Season details

Sept. 22, 1957

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Season 12 Season 12 1958 · 52 episodes Season details

Sept. 14, 1958

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Season 13 Season 13 1959 · 49 episodes Season details

Sept. 20, 1959

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Season 14 Season 14 1960 · 40 episodes Season details

Sept. 25, 1960

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Season 15 Season 15 1961 · 46 episodes Season details

Sept. 17, 1961

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Season 16 Season 16 1962 · 42 episodes Season details

Sept. 30, 1962

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Season 17 Season 17 1963 · 42 episodes Season details

Sept. 29, 1963

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Season 18 Season 18 1964 · 40 episodes Season details

Sept. 27, 1964

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Season 19 Season 19 1965 · 43 episodes Season details

Sept. 12, 1965

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Season 20 Season 20 1966 · 42 episodes Season details

Sept. 11, 1966

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Season 21 Season 21 1967 · 39 episodes Season details

Sept. 10, 1967

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Season 22 Season 22 1968 · 40 episodes Season details

Sept. 29, 1968

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Season 23 Season 23 1969 · 36 episodes Season details

Sept. 28, 1969

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Season 24 Season 24 1970 · 26 episodes Season details

Sept. 20, 1970

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Cast

Ed SullivanSelf - Host Roberta PetersSelf Victor BorgeSelf Frank ShusterSelf Alan KingSelf Teresa BrewerSelf Sam LevensonSelf Pearl BaileySelf Rickie LayneSelf Tony BennettSelf Eartha KittSelf Louis ArmstrongSelf

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Marion MarloweSelf Richard HearneMr. Pastry · Self Jean CarrollSelf Dick MartinSelf Anna Maria AlberghettiSelf Nat King ColeSelf Roger WilliamsSelf Tony MartinSelf Richard RodgersSelf Connie FrancisSelf Rosemary ClooneySelf Patti PageSelf Julius La RosaSelf Mimi BenzellSelf Carol HaneySelf Charles DaleSelf Joe SmithSelf Jack CarterSelf Art CarneySelf Phil SilversSelf Johnny WayneSelf Dolores GraySelf Myron CohenSelf Ted LewisSelf Jane MorganSelf Frankie LaineSelf Robert GouletSelf Kate SmithSelf Jan MurraySelf Red ButtonsSelf Sid CaesarSelf Señor WencesSelf Georgia GibbsSelf Abbe LaneSelf Joe E. LewisSelf Jack E. LeonardSelf Oscar Hammerstein IISelf Peggy LeeSelf Duke EllingtonSelf Robert MerrillSelf Hal Le RoySelf Sammy Davis Jr.Self Eddie FisherSelf Jerry StillerSelf Lucille BallSelf Sophie TuckerSelf Risë StevensSelf Gracie FieldsSelf Sugar Ray RobinsonSelf Billy De WolfeSelf Cab CallowaySelf Jackie GleasonSelf Paul AnkaSelf Johnny MathisSelf Joan RiversSelf Pat C. FlickSelf Rex HarrisonSelf Vaughn MonroeSelf José GrecoSelf Byron NelsonSelf Johnnie RaySelf Red SkeltonSelf Hermione GingoldSelf PatachouSelf Xavier CugatSelf Henny YoungmanSelf Sergio FranchiSelf Petula ClarkSelf

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