The Ed Sullivan Show 1948
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The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety series that aired on CBS from June 20, 1948, to June 6, 1971. Hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan, the program featured a wide array of performers including musicians, comedians, dancers, and actors.
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- TV series
- Year
- 1948
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 1,068
- Runtime
- 60 minutes
- First aired
- Jun 20, 1948
- Last aired
- May 30, 1971
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- US
- Networks
- CBS
- Genres
- Comedy, Talk
- Updated
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The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety series that aired on CBS from June 20, 1948, to June 6, 1971. Hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan, the program featured a wide array of performers including musicians, comedians, dancers, and actors. Known for its broad appeal and family-friendly content, the show became a staple of Sunday night television. It was eventually replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which lasted only one season before being succeeded by other programming. In 2002, the show was recognized as one of the greatest in television history, ranking fifteenth on TV Guide's list of the 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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“Ed Sullivan hosts a long-running variety program featuring diverse entertainment acts on Sunday nights.”
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The show consists of standard variety entertainment suitable for general audiences.
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Season 1 · 12 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 Premiere Show with Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Mytharc Jun 20, 1948
- E2 Irving Berlin, The Ink Spots, Peter Lind Hayes, Nan Wynn, Paul Winchell & Jerry Mahoney Core Jun 27, 1948
- E3 Joe DiMaggio, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Core Jul 4, 1948
- E4 Lena Horne, Joey Adams, Joe Howard, Jr., Tony Canzoneri Core Jul 11, 1948
- E5 Guests unknown Core Jul 18, 1948
- E6 Guests unknown Core Jul 25, 1948
- E7 Cab Calloway Core Aug 1, 1948
- E8 Peggy Lee, Harry Hershfield, The Howard Brothers, The DeMarco Sisters Core Aug 8, 1948
- E9 Irving Berlin, Nancy Donovan, Russ Morgan Orchestra, Vincent Lopez Orchestra Core Aug 15, 1948
- E10 Jan August Core Aug 22, 1948
- E11 Lon Chaney, Jr., Count Basie and His Orchestra Mytharc Aug 29, 1948
- E12 Patricia Bright, Noro Morales Mytharc Sep 5, 1948
Season 2 · 53 episodes
- E1 Sarah Vaughan, Gali-Gali Luxor Mytharc Sep 12, 1948
- E2 Louis Jordan, Benny Rubin Core Sep 19, 1948
- E3 Bob Hope, Al Bernie Core Sep 26, 1948
- E4 Betty Reilly, Les Compagnons de la Chanson Core Oct 3, 1948
- E5 Joey Adams, Marc Platt, Tony Canzoneri, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Core Oct 10, 1948
- E6 Frances Faye, Don Marcus, Les Compagnons de la Chanson Core Oct 17, 1948
- E7 Benny Goodman, The Ink Spots Core Oct 24, 1948
- E8 Dorothy Sarnoff Core Oct 31, 1948
- E9 Monica Lewis, The Three Dunhills, Richard Buckley, Rachel & Bebe Core Nov 7, 1948
- E10 Paula Bane, Dewey Marchand, Elsa & Waldo Core Nov 14, 1948
- E11 The Blackburn Twins, Pat C. Flick, Pat Henning, Betty Jane Watson, Dollinoff and the Reya Sisters Core Nov 21, 1948
- E12 Ray Morgan, Margaret Phelan, Virginia Austin, The Temperton Family, the Baltimore Colts Majorettes Core Nov 28, 1948
- E13 Al Bernie, Dave Barry, Irra Petina Core Dec 5, 1948
- E14 Nanette Fabray, Ezzard Charles, Hope Emerson, Bunny Briggs, Dolonoff, The Reyes Sisters, The Temperton Family Core Dec 12, 1948
- E15 John Garfield, Dorothy Sarnoff, Frank Fontaine, Pat C. Flick, Tommy Farrell Core Dec 19, 1948
- E16 Guests unknown Core Dec 26, 1948
- E17 Rudy Vallee, George M. Cohan, Jr., Sidney Blackmer, Pat C. Flick, The Ravens Core Jan 2, 1949
- E18 Luise Rainer Core Jan 9, 1949
- E19 Rudy Vallee, Nanette Fabray, Wally Boag, Jean Carroll, Bob Evans, Pat C. Flick Core Jan 16, 1949
- E20 Jule Stein & Sammy Cahn, The Holloway Sisters, Byron Palmer & Doretta Morrow, Al Kelly Core Jan 23, 1949
- E21 Tony Martin, Carol Bruce Core Jan 30, 1949
- E22 Jackie Gleason, Rudy Vallee, Luise Rainer, Johnny Coy, W.C. Handy, Pat Henning Core Feb 6, 1949
- E23 Rudy Vallee, Diana Barrymore Core Feb 13, 1949
- E24 Faye Emerson, Donald Richards Core Feb 20, 1949
- E25 Larry Storch, Patricia Morison, Don Cummings Core Feb 27, 1949
- E26 Charles Laughton Core Mar 6, 1949
- E27 Humphrey Bogart, Anne Jeffreys, Buddy Baer Core Mar 13, 1949
- E28 Connie Haines, Rolland Tap Core Mar 20, 1949
- E29 Nat King Cole Trio, Hal LeRoy, The DeMarco Sisters Core Mar 27, 1949
- E30 John Carridine, The Costello Twins Core Apr 3, 1949
- E31 Patricia Morison, Gali Gali Core Apr 10, 1949
- E32 Jack Leonard, Gali Gali, Notre Dame Singers Core Apr 17, 1949
- E33 Joey Adams, Pat Rooney, Yvonne Adair Core Apr 24, 1949
- E34 Harvey Stone, Al Schacht, Gill Dorian Core May 1, 1949
- E35 Charles Laughton Core May 8, 1949
- E36 Jamila Novotna, Sigmund Romberg Core May 15, 1949
- E37 Paul Winchell, Jane Kean, Ladd Lyon Core May 22, 1949
- E38 Zero Mostel, Kitty Kallen Core May 29, 1949
- E39 Harold Lloyd, Vincent Richards Core Jun 5, 1949
- E40 Toni Harper, Sam Levenson Core Jun 12, 1949
- E41 Richard Rodgers, Juanita Hall, Harvey Stone Core Jun 19, 1949
- E42 Sarah Vaughan, Elaine Street, Ken Carr Core Jun 26, 1949
- E43 Toni Harper, Tony Lavelli Core Jul 3, 1949
- E44 Joan Merrill, Bill Tabbert, Illinois Jacquet, Brooklyn Dodgers team members Core Jul 10, 1949
- E45 Cab Calloway, Jackie Robinson, Stan Musial Core Jul 17, 1949
- E46 Buddy Rogers, Duke Alden, Sunny Howard, The Accordion Aces Core Jul 24, 1949
- E47 Edward Everett Horton, David Powell, Marino Sisters, The Colstons Core Jul 31, 1949
- E48 Eddie Albert, George Connolly, the Margo, Paul and Paulette Trio Core Aug 7, 1949
- E49 Sonny Tufts, Hazel Scott Core Aug 14, 1949
- E50 Bill Tabbert, Phil Foster, Lee Marks, Marie Gambarelli Core Aug 21, 1949
- E51 Toni Arden, Sunny Skylar, Harold Lang, Billy Vine Core Aug 28, 1949
- E52 Jack Williams, Annabelle Hill, Jose Toledano, Sebastian Castros Mytharc Sep 4, 1949
- E53 Buddy Lester, Alan Dale, Maggie Teyte Mytharc Sep 11, 1949
Season 3 · 52 episodes
- E1 Louis Prima, Buddy Lester, Ruby Hill, Sonny Howard, Prince Mendez, Loretta & Klemis, The Wong Sisters Mytharc Sep 18, 1949
- E2 Victor Borge, Billy Vine, George Kirby, Dickinson Eastham Core Sep 25, 1949
- E3 Ethel Waters, Frank Parker, John Golden, Fletcher Henderson, Harold Lang Core Oct 2, 1949
- E4 Pearl Bailey, Oran Page, Joey Bishop, Victor Borge, Gracie Barrie, Ed Durlacher Core Oct 9, 1949
- E5 Jack E. Leonard, Carol Lynne, Mary McCarty Core Oct 16, 1949
- E6 Harvey Stone, Peggy Ann Garner Core Oct 23, 1949
- E7 Georgia Gibbs, Bunny Briggs, Nancy Andrews Core Oct 30, 1949
- E8 Joan Merrill, Frank Libuse, Claudia Pinza Core Nov 6, 1949
- E9 Vaughn Monroe, Denise Darcel, Fran Warren, Leo Fuchs, Jack Waldron Core Nov 13, 1949
- E10 Billy Eckstine, Carol Lynne Core Nov 20, 1949
- E11 Lisa Kirk, Ralph Branca Core Nov 27, 1949
- E12 Sarah Vaughan, Allyn McIerie, Adolph Green, Maria Neglia Core Dec 4, 1949
- E13 Sigmund Romberg, Jarmila Novotna, Luba Malina Core Dec 11, 1949
- E14 W.C. Handy, Harry Armstrong, Maude Nugent, Lenny Kent Core Dec 18, 1949
- E15 Larry Storch, Mimi Benzell, Phil Jones Dancers, Johnny Marks Core Dec 25, 1949
- E16 Charles Laughton, Joan Barton Core Jan 1, 1950
- E17 Frankie Laine, Betty, Jane Kean Core Jan 8, 1950
- E18 Lillian Roth, Frankie Laine, Virginia Lee Core Jan 15, 1950
- E19 Joey Adams, Paul Draper, Les Compagnons de Chansons Core Jan 22, 1950
- E20 Dinah Shore, Vic Damone, Alice Pearce, Joan Holloway Core Jan 29, 1950
- E21 Teresa Brewer, Luise Rainer, Mickey Shaughnessy Core Feb 5, 1950
- E22 Vaughn Monroe, Ziggy Talent Core Feb 12, 1950
- E23 Mel Torme, Ted Williams, Diana Wynyard Core Feb 19, 1950
- E24 Dave Barry, Gordon Jenkins, Sunny Howard Core Feb 26, 1950
- E25 Margaret O'Brien, Vic Damone, Monica Lewis, Treni Rayes Core Mar 5, 1950
- E26 The Ink Spots, Jack E. Leonard, Don Cornell Core Mar 12, 1950
- E27 Mimi Benzell, Frieda Wing Core Mar 19, 1950
- E28 Sheila Bond, Eileen Barton Core Mar 26, 1950
- E29 Rose Murphy, Georges Guétary Core Apr 2, 1950
- E30 Milton Berle, Ken Murray, Kathryn Lee Core Apr 9, 1950
- E31 Jan August, Connie Mack, Juanita Hall Core Apr 16, 1950
- E32 DeMarco Sisters, Willie Mosconi, Tony Lavelli Core Apr 23, 1950
- E33 Kay Thompson, Connee Boswell, Bobby Winters Core Apr 30, 1950
- E34 Nat King Cole Trio, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Dorothy Jarnac Core May 7, 1950
- E35 Ames Brothers, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Jack Marshall Core May 14, 1950
- E36 Vic Damone, Katherine Dunham Core May 21, 1950
- E37 Joey Bishop, Pat C. Flick Core May 28, 1950
- E38 Patti Page, Deep River Boys, The Three Suns Core Jun 4, 1950
- E39 Pauline Betz, Mindy Carson, Norman Evans Core Jun 11, 1950
- E40 Paul Winchell, Harold Lang, Ben Hogan Core Jun 18, 1950
- E41 Mimi Benzell, Sunny Howard, Rigoletto Brothers Core Jun 25, 1950
- E42 Edward Arnold, Joey Bishop, Mary Curtis Core Jul 2, 1950
- E43 Perry Como, Toni Harper, Chris Nelson Core Jul 9, 1950
- E44 Jane Froman, The Carroll Sisters, Danny Crystal Core Jul 16, 1950
- E45 Ray Middleton, Phil Foster, Kathryn Lee Core Jul 23, 1950
- E46 Johnny Johnston, Ade Duval, Gaudsmith Brothers Core Jul 30, 1950
- E47 Kay Starr, Henny Youngman, The Szonys Core Aug 6, 1950
- E48 Alice Pearce, Fran Warren, Nip Nelson Core Aug 13, 1950
- E49 Eddie Bracken, Linda Lee Jones, Tommy Hanlon Jr. Core Aug 20, 1950
- E50 Jean Carroll, Eleanor Steber, Mel Allen Core Aug 27, 1950
- E51 The Ink Spots, Billy Vine, Sam Urzetta Mytharc Sep 3, 1950
- E52 Frankie Laine, Patti Page, Victor Borge, Chester Gould Mytharc Sep 10, 1950
Season 4 · 51 episodes
- E1 Gloria Swanson, Pat O'Brien, Hedy Lamarr, Mimi Benzell, Gordon Jenkins, Jean Carroll Mytharc Sep 17, 1950
- E2 Gloria Swanson, Rudy Vallee, Anna Maria Alberghetti Core Sep 24, 1950
- E3 Jackie Robinson (cameo), Bert Lahr, Betty Kean Core Oct 1, 1950
- E4 Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, Brandon DeWilde, Reginald Gardiner Core Oct 8, 1950
- E5 Sarah Churchill, John O'Hare, Myron Cohen Core Oct 15, 1950
- E6 Peggy Lee, Dave Barbour, Jerome Hines, Flora Robson Core Oct 22, 1950
- E7 Margaret Truman, Victor Borge, Smith & Dale, Cornelia Otis Skinner Core Oct 29, 1950
- E8 King Cole Trio, Nanette Fabray, Buster Keaton, Milton Berle Core Nov 5, 1950
- E9 Buster Keaton, Arthur Lake, Jimmy Nelson, Mayor VIncent Impellitteri Core Nov 12, 1950
- E10 Victor Borge, Jerome Hines, Victor Moore Core Nov 19, 1950
- E11 Teresa Brewer, Nancy Walker, Eddie Mayehoff, Leonard Warren Core Nov 26, 1950
- E12 Roberta Peters, Jean Carroll, Ana Ricardo, Ben Wrigley Core Dec 3, 1950
- E13 Buster Keaton, Mimi Benzell, Jack E. Leonard Core Dec 10, 1950
- E14 Victor Borge, Phil Rizzuto, Nancy Walker, Eleanor Steber Core Dec 17, 1950
- E15 David Niven, Ted Mack, Lauritz Melchior Core Dec 24, 1950
- E16 Mimi Benzell, Ben Wrigley, George Johnstone Core Dec 31, 1950
- E17 James Melton, Ruth Casey Core Jan 7, 1951
- E18 Anna Maria Alberghetti, James Melton, Sam Snead Core Jan 14, 1951
- E19 Margaret Truman, Jan Murray, Roland Young, Jimmy Wakeley Core Jan 21, 1951
- E20 Gloria Swanson, Roberta Peters, Vaughn Monroe Core Jan 28, 1951
- E21 Nancy Walker, Margot Fonteyn, Russell Nype Core Feb 4, 1951
- E22 Dick Haymes, Judith Anderson, Smith & Dale, The Maxwells Core Feb 11, 1951
- E23 Sugar Ray Robinson, Ray McKinley, Molly Picon Core Feb 18, 1951
- E24 Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, Alan Young, Bobby Van Core Feb 25, 1951
- E25 Helen Forrest, James Melton, Byron Nelson, Trini Reyes Core Mar 4, 1951
- E26 Rise Stevens, Victor Borge, Byron Nelson, Eva Le Gallienne Mytharc Mar 11, 1951
- E27 Nancy Walker, Roberta Peters, Lucienne Boyer Core Mar 18, 1951
- E28 Terry Thomas, Byron Nelson, Phil Spitalny Orchestra, Paul and Grace Hartman Core Mar 25, 1951
- E29 Les Paul & Mary Ford, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Phil Spitalny Core Apr 1, 1951
- E30 1950-51 Drama Critics Circle Awards, Claude Rains Core Apr 8, 1951
- E31 Jane Froman, Harvey Stone, Bill Tabbert, Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy Core Apr 15, 1951
- E32 Jane Froman, Jan Peerce, Jean Babilee, Nathalie Philippart Core Apr 22, 1951
- E33 Ralph Bellamy, Vaughn Monroe, Marc Connelly Core Apr 29, 1951
- E34 Billy De Wolfe, Pinky Lee, Marcia Van Dyke, Johnny Johnston, Eddie Arcaro Core May 6, 1951
- E35 Robert Alda, Robert Shaw Chorale, Isabel Bigley, Menasha Skulnik Core May 13, 1951
- E36 Johnny Desmond, Mimi Benzell, Ken Murray, Billy De Wolfe Core May 20, 1951
- E37 Bunny Briggs, Anita Arros, Gino Bechi Core May 27, 1951
- E38 Frankie Laine, Roberta Peters, Pinky Lee, Tucson Boys Chorus Core Jun 3, 1951
- E39 Jan Peerce, Walter Abel, Bil Baird, Joyce Bryant Core Jun 10, 1951
- E40 Arthur Godfrey, Pinky Lee, Pat Flick, Blanche Thebom Core Jun 17, 1951
- E41 Pinky Lee, William Crawford, Smith & Dale Core Jun 24, 1951
- E42 Robert Merrill, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Pat Rooney Sr. Core Jul 1, 1951
- E43 Joan Halloway, Monica Moore, Georgie Kaye, Cass Franklin Core Jul 8, 1951
- E44 Louis Prima, Lauritz Melchior, Bobby Sargent, The Dunhills Core Jul 15, 1951
- E45 Robert Merrill, Jane Morgan, Jersey Joe Walcott Core Jul 22, 1951
- E46 Yul Brynner, Cab Calloway, Rose Marie, Pinky Lee, Tony Fontane Core Jul 29, 1951
- E47 Jeannette MacDonald, Gene Raymond, Peg Leg Bates Core Aug 5, 1951
- E48 Johnny Johnston, Marcia Van Dyke, Will Masters Trio Core Aug 12, 1951
- E49 Victor Borge, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Francis X. Bushman Core Aug 19, 1951
- E50 Robert Alda, Isabel Bigley, Bobby Sargent, Eddie Mayehoff Mytharc Aug 26, 1951
- E51 Dolores Gray, Buster Keaton, Arlene Dahl, Henny Youngman Mytharc Sep 2, 1951
Season 5 · 53 episodes
- E1 The Oscar Hammerstein Story featuring Lena Horne, Wally Cox, Mimi Benzell, Robert Merrill, Charles Winninger Mytharc Sep 9, 1951
- E2 Oscar Hammerstein Story Part 2 (Rodgers & Hammerstein tribute) Mytharc Sep 16, 1951
- E3 Elsa Lanchester; Evelyn Knight; Susan Meyer; Gil Hodges Core Sep 23, 1951
- E4 The Helen Hayes Story with Mary Scott; Raymond Boyle; Bethel Leslie Core Sep 30, 1951
- E5 Dick Haymes; Allie Reynolds; Sal Maglie; Bobby Thomson; Eddie Stanky Core Oct 7, 1951
- E6 Humphrey Bogart / Yul Brynner / Yogi Berra / Phil Rizzuto Core Oct 14, 1951
- E7 Broderick Crawford; Constance Bennett; Douglas Fairbanks Jr; April Stevens; Guy Mitchell Core Oct 21, 1951
- E8 Rocky Marciano / Anne Jeffreys / Morton Downey Sr. / Mrs. Al Jolson (cameo) Core Oct 28, 1951
- E9 Will Mastin Trio; Dorothy Sarnoff; Nino Martini; Michael Bentine Core Nov 4, 1951
- E10 Dane Clark; Martha Scott; Helen Gallagher; Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy Core Nov 11, 1951
- E11 The Robert E. Sherwood Story Core Nov 18, 1951
- E12 Evelyn Knight; James Barton; Brani & Valenti Core Nov 25, 1951
- E13 Joe E. Lewis; Roberta Peters; Robert Merrill; Jimmy Nelson Core Dec 2, 1951
- E14 Dolores Gray; Michael Bentine; Nino Martini; Princeton Triagle Club Core Dec 9, 1951
- E15 Sophie Tucker; Helen Gallagher; Harold Lang; Ferruccio Tagliavini Core Dec 16, 1951
- E16 Gloria Swanson; Julie Harris; Ramon Novarro Core Dec 23, 1951
- E17 Sugar Ray Robinson; Oscar Hammerstein II; Jeanette MacDonald; Helen Hayes; Alfred Lunt Core Dec 30, 1951
- E18 Margaret O'Brien; Joe E. Lewis; Eddie Dowling; Willie Mosconi Core Jan 6, 1952
- E19 George White tribute Core Jan 13, 1952
- E20 New York Critics Awards / Mahalia Jackson / Phil Spitalny Core Jan 20, 1952
- E21 Jessica Tandy; Hume Cronyn; Ted Lewis; Bert Wheeler Core Jan 27, 1952
- E22 The Beatrice Lillie Story Core Feb 3, 1952
- E23 Audrey Hepburn & Michael Evans / Roberta Peters / Ralph Branca / Bobby Thompson Core Feb 10, 1952
- E24 George White Scandals Core Feb 17, 1952
- E25 Cole Porter Story Part 1 (Tribute to Cole Porter) Mytharc Feb 24, 1952
- E26 Cole Porter Story Part 2 Mytharc Mar 2, 1952
- E27 Nancy Walker; Lew Parker & Virginia Grey Core Mar 9, 1952
- E28 Ted Lewis; Eddie Dowling; The Dublin Players Core Mar 16, 1952
- E29 Eddie Fisher / Rex Harrison & Lilli Palmer / Virginia Grey & Lou Partier Core Mar 23, 1952
- E30 Jackie Gleason & Art Carney / Tony Bennett / Senor Wences Core Mar 30, 1952
- E31 Sophie Tucker; Montez O'Oca; Tuskeegee Choir Core Apr 6, 1952
- E32 Marian Anderson; Jane Morgan; Cornelia Otis Skinner Core Apr 13, 1952
- E33 Billy Eckstine; Evelyn Knight; Beatrice Lillie; Nancy Walker Core Apr 20, 1952
- E34 Jackie Gleason; Jan Peerce; Dorothy Kirsten Core Apr 27, 1952
- E35 Jackie Gleason; Pearl Bailey; Linon Core May 4, 1952
- E36 Georgia Gibbs; Errol Flynn; Paulette Goddard Core May 11, 1952
- E37 Dorothy Dandridge / Errol Flynn & Paulette Goddard / Sam Snead Core May 18, 1952
- E38 Audrey Hepburn & Rex Harrison / Jack Smith Core May 25, 1952
- E39 Eartha Kitt; Robert Merrill; Roberta Peters; Yehudi Menuhin Core Jun 1, 1952
- E40 Tony Martin; Blanche Thebom; Willie Hoppe Core Jun 8, 1952
- E41 Richard Rodgers Story Part 1 (Rodgers & Hart tribute) Mytharc Jun 15, 1952
- E42 Richard Rodgers Story Part 2 Mytharc Jun 22, 1952
- E43 Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy; Nanci Crompton; Bill Lawrence Core Jun 29, 1952
- E44 Broadway cast of "Wish You Were Here" / Billy Daniels Core Jul 6, 1952
- E45 Teresa Brewer; Orson Bean; Sir Cedric Hardwicke; Bobby Feller Core Jul 13, 1952
- E46 Will Rogers Jr.; Rise Stevens; Jack Carter; Ben Hogan Mytharc Jul 20, 1952
- E47 Roger Price; Ken Whittmer; Mena Marucci Core Jul 27, 1952
- E48 Tony Martin; Joel Gray; Ben Dova; the Amin Brothers Core Aug 3, 1952
- E49 Jack Carter; Pearl Bailey; Anna Maria Alberghetti Core Aug 10, 1952
- E50 Victor Borge; Ken Whitmer; Artie Auerbach; Rosemary O'Reilly Core Aug 17, 1952
- E51 William Bendix; Patti Page; Nicoli Lemeni Core Aug 24, 1952
- E52 Hal Leroy; the De Marco Sisters; Bobby Shantz Mytharc Aug 31, 1952
- E53 Phil Silvers & "Top Banana" cast / Mary Small Mytharc Sep 7, 1952
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Frequently asked questions
When did the show air?
The show originally ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to June 6, 1971.
Who hosted the program?
The show was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan.
What replaced the show?
The program was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie.
How is the show ranked?
In 2002, TV Guide ranked the show as number 15 on its list of the 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
What type of show is it?
It is an American television variety show.
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