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