The Ed Sullivan Show: Season 10
Season 10 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Ed Sullivan Show Season 9.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
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scheduled: Edward G. Robinson; Edith Piaf; Helen Traubel; Jean Carroll
Sep 23, 1956 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Edward G. Robinson (actor, in scenes from Paddy Chayefsky's Broadway show ""Middle of the Night"") --Edith Piaf (French singer) - ""Poor People Of Paris""
Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz / Yogi Berra / Gisele MacKenzie / Joyce Grenfell
Sep 30, 1956 · 60 min
Lucy & Desi sketch: Ed Sullivan calls Desi at home to arrange interview, but Lucy thinks Edward Morrow is coming. (Sketch runs approx. 12 minutes) Other guests: --Yogi Berr
scheduled: Eartha Kitt; Kate Smith; Joe E. Lewis; Ricky Layne;Richardi
Oct 7, 1956 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Eartha Kitt --Kate Smith --Joe E. Lewis (comedian) --Rickie Layne & Velvel (ventriloquist act) --Richardi (illusionist) --Royal Danish Ballet
Dedication of the Henry & Edsel Ford Auditorium / Johnny Carson
Oct 14, 1956 · 60 min
Dedication of The Henry & Edsel Ford Auditorium Show (broadcast from the Edsel Ford Memorial Auditorium in Detroit). Guests (on last 20 minutes of show): --Johnny Carson - im
scheduled: Jack Paar / On film: Robert Mitchum; Rita Hayworth; Jack Lemmon
Oct 21, 1956 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Jack Paar --Marion Marlowe --Davis and Reese (comedy team) --Salvador (French comedian) --The Bokaras (acrobats on teeterboard) --The Sciplini c
Elvis Presley (2nd appearance) / Senior Wences / Joyce Grenfell
Oct 28, 1956 · 60 min
--Elvis Presley (2nd appearance) - ""Don't Be Cruel,"" ""Love Me Tender,"" ""Love Me"" (with the Jordanaires) and ""Hound Dog"" (with the Jordanaires). Other guests: --Senor We
scheduled: Maurice Evans; Nelson Eddy; Patti Page; Henri Salvador; Elliot Reed
Nov 4, 1956 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Nelson Eddy --Maurice Evans (Broadway star) --Patti Page (singer) --Elliot Reed (comedian) --Richiardi (illusionist) --Henri Salvador (French s
Life Magazine Tribute with Julie Andrews; Bing Crosby; Phil Silvers
Nov 11, 1956 · 60 min
Tribute to Life Magazine --Bing Crosby - sings ""True Love"" --Julie Andrews - sings a medley of ""Wouldn't It be Lovely,"" ""I'll Follow My Secret Heart"" and ""Someone to Wat
Fats Domino / Guy Mitchell / Elvis Presley (film clip)
Nov 18, 1956 · 60 min
Guests: --Fats Domino - ""Blueberry Hill"" --Guy Mitchell - ""Singing the Blues"" --Don Rondo (singer) - ""Two Different Worlds"" --Mitzi Green - talks about the Palace Th
Maria Callas & Rudolf Bing / Clark Gable (filmed interview)
Nov 25, 1956 · 60 min
Guests: --Teresa Brewer - ""Mutual Admiration Society"" & ""Gonna Get Along Without You Now"" (clip with polo player, sword fighters, and dancer superimposed at bottom of screen
Rosemary Clooney / Sophie Tucker / Anthony Newley / Modern Screen Awards
Dec 2, 1956 · 60 min
Guests: --Rosemary Clooney - ""April In Paris"" --Cranks (British comedy review) - (1) Anthony Newley sings ""I'm The Boy You Should Say Yes To"" & ""I'm In Love"" (2) Anthon
sched: Kate Smith; Sam Levenson; Joyce Grenfell; Gaelic Singers
Dec 9, 1956 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Kate Smith --Sam Levenson --Joyce Grenfell --The little Gaelic Singers of Ireland --Dario Cassini (singer) --Klauson's Bears --A group of women
scheduled: Rise Stevens; Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy; Jack Paar; Jo Sullivan
Dec 16, 1956 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Jack Paar --Rise Stevens --Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy --Art Lund, Jo Sullivan and the three Abbondanza boys performing scenes from their Broadway
scheduled: Gracie Fields; Kaye Ballard; Dolores Wilson; Annie Cordy
Dec 23, 1956 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Gracie Fields (actress) --Kaye Ballard (comedian) --Dolores Wilson (opera singer) --Annie Cordy (chanteuse) --Varvel and Bailey & Les Chanteurs de
scheduled: Look Award winners: Sid Caesar; Edward R. Murrow; Walt Disney
Dec 30, 1956 · 60 min
Scheduled: --The Annual Look magazine TV awards including winners Sid Caesar, Perry Como, Walt Disney, Red Grange, Garry Moore, Edward R. Murrow, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and Phil
Elvis Presley (3rd appearance) / Carol Burnett / Sugar Ray Robinson
Jan 6, 1957 · 60 min
Elvis Presley (Hound Dog, Heartbreak Hotel, Love Me Tender, Don't Be Cruel, Too Much, When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again and Peace in the Valley.) Carol Burnett (stand-up comed
scheduled: Imogene Coca; Kate Smith; Professor Backwards
Jan 13, 1957 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Imogene Coca (comedian) --Kate Smith (singer) --Jim Edmondson (comedian known as ""Professor Backwards"") --Fernanda Montel (South American singer)
Sonny James / Fess Parker / Ivory Joe Hunter
Jan 20, 1957 · 60 min
Singers / musicians: --Sonny James - ""Young Love"" --Ivory Joe Hunter (at piano) - ""Since I Met You"" --Betty Johnson - ""I Dreamed"" (or ""I Dream) --Fess Parker (wi
scheduled: Louis Armstrong; Ella Fitzgerald; Dorothy Kirsten; Mario del Monaco
Jan 27, 1957 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Louis Armstrong --Ella Fitzgerald --The West point Glee Club --Dorothy Kirsten and Mario del Monaco (Metropolitan opera stars performing scenes from t
scheduled: Vic Damone; Jose Greco; Al Hibbler
Feb 3, 1957 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Vic Damone (singer) --Al Hibbler (singer) --Jose Greco - singer, with his troupe of Flamenco dancers --Willie, West and McGinty (comedy trio) --Ba
scheduled: Benny Goodman; Victor Borge; Charlotte Rae
Feb 10, 1957 · 60 min
--Benny Goodman (with his big band and trio) - ""Let's Dance,"" ""Memories of You"" and ""Just One of Those Things"" Additional guests (scheduled to appear): --Johnny Carson
scheduled: Hugh O'Brian; Robert Wagner; Jeannie Carson
Feb 17, 1957 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Cecil B. DeMille (producer of the film ""The Ten Commandments"") --Robert Wagner --Hugh O'Brian --Jeannie Carson --Peter Gennaro and Ellen Ray (danc
Lena Horne; Xavier Cugat; Abbe Lane; Doretta Morrow
Feb 24, 1957 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Lena Horne --Abbe Lane (singer) --Xavier Cugat --Doretta Morrow (from the Broadway show ""Kismet"") --Eddie Mayehoff
Lerner & Loewe Tribute: Gene Kelly; Leslie Caron; Fred Astaire
Mar 3, 1957 · 60 min
Tribute to Alan Jay Lerner & Fritz Loewe - presented in connection with the first anniversary of their Broadway hit ""My Fair Lady."" Lerner and Loewe appear on this show. Song
scheduled: Henry Fonda (on film); Wilt Chamberlain; Don Ameche
Mar 10, 1957 · 60 min
On film: An interview with Henry Fonda including clips from his film ""Twelve Angry Men"" Other scheduled guests (live on stage): --Associated Press All-American college basket
scheduled: Robert Mitchum; Ames Brothers; Edie Adams
Mar 17, 1957 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Robert Mitchum (actor) - turns singer & dancer as he performs a medley of calpyso tunes that he recently recorded. --Beatrice Lillie and Billy De Wolfe - pe
scheduled: Julie London; Rodgers and Hammerstein; Ella Fitzgerald
Mar 24, 1957 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Julie London sings the title song from the movie ""Boy On a Dolphin"" --On film: Clips from ""Boy On a Dolphin"" starring Sophia Loren, Alan Ladd and Clif
Fred Astaire / Fredric March / Peggy Wood / Buddy Knox / Ferlin Husky
Apr 7, 1957 · 60 min
Guests: --Buddy Knox (singer) - ""Party Doll"" --Frank Libuse (comedian) --Byron Nelson (golf pro) and Ken Ventura appear with Julia Meade --Paul Douglas, David Burns, K
scheduled: Judy Holliday; Henry Fonda; Alan King; Alma Cogan
Apr 14, 1957 · 60 min
--Judy Holliday (actress) - sings ""I'm Going Back"" (from her Broadway musical ""Bells Are Ringing"") and ""Full of Life,"" the title song from her 1957 movie. Other guests (sch
Bill Haley & the Comets / Lena Horne / Tony Perkins
Apr 28, 1957 · 60 min
--Bill Haley & the Comets - ""40 Cups Of Coffee"" & "" Rudy's Rock"" (instrumental - 2nd song) --Lena Horne - ""From This Moment On,"" ""I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face,"" ""D
Walter Pidgeon, Johnnie Ray, Judy Scott, Sugar Ray Robinson, Gene Fullmer
May 6, 1957 · 60 min
scheduled: Tony Martin; Sarah Vaughn; Janet Blair
Jun 2, 1957 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Tony Martin (singer) --Sarah Vaughan (singer) --Janet Blair (singer) --Lily Pons (singer) --Tony Martin, Sarah Vaughn, Lily Pons and Janet Blair
scheduled: Joni James; Alan King; Harry Belafonte (on film)
Jun 9, 1957 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Joni James (singer) --Alan King (comedian) --On film: Harry Belafonte is shown singing ""Lead Man Holler"" in a clip from his movie, ""Island in the Sun.
Johnny Mathis / Polly Bergen / Rusty Draper / Bing Crosby (on film)
Jun 16, 1957 · 60 min
--Johnny Mathis - ""It's Not For Me To Say"" --Rusty Draper - ""Freight Train"" --John Raitt - soliloquy from ""Carousel"" --Polly Bergen - ""Can't Help Lovin' that Man"" &
scheduled: Burt Lancaster; Gene Kelly; Helen Wood
Jun 23, 1957 · 60 min
Ninth Anniversary special broadcast from the Outdoor Marine Theater at Jones Beach, N.Y. Scheduled guests: --Burt Lancaster and Barbara Nichols (actors) - appear together in a
Everly Brothers / Frances Farmer / Nancy Whiskey / Prince & the Showgirl premiere
Jun 30, 1957 · 60 min
Guests: --Everly Brothers - ""Bye, Bye Love"" --Frances Farmer - ""Aura Lee"" --Nancy Whiskey & The Charles McDevitt Skiffle Group - ""Freight Train"" --Bonnie Guitar - ""D
Louis Armstrong / Teresa Brewer / Jack Paar / Gary Cooper / Betty Madigan
Jul 7, 1957 · 60 min
Guests: --Gary Cooper - Gary Cooper and Ed Sullivan watch a clip from ""Love In The Afternoon."" Ed talks with Gary Cooper. --Louis Armstrong - ""Beautiful Dreamer"" --Betty
scheduled: Sal Mineo; Diahann Carroll; Don Cherry
Jul 14, 1957 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Sal Mineo sings ""Start Movin"" --Diahann Carroll --Don Cherry --Marvin Rainwater sings ""Gonna Find Me a Bluebird"" --Sue Carson (comedian) --Ric
scheduled: Ernie Kovacs; Myron Cohen; Four Aces
Jul 21, 1957 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Ernie Kovacs and his Nairobi Trio --The Four Aces --Myron Cohen (comedian) --Ted Lewis (bandleader) --Hurricane Jackson (heavyweight challenger)
scheduled: Dan Dailey (guest host); the Crew Cuts; Roger Williams
Jul 28, 1957 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Dan Dailey (guest host for this week and next) --The Crew Cuts (vocal group) - ""My Blue Heaven"" --Roger Williams (pianist) --Toni Arden (singer)
Dan Dailey (guest host) / The Everly Brothers
Aug 4, 1957 · 60 min
--Dan Dailey (guest host) --Everly Brothers - ""Bye, Bye Love"" Additional guests (scheduled to appear): --Marion Marlowe --Cesare Vallett (opera singer) --Herb Score (Clev
U.S. Army Show with Jayne Mansfield; Carol Burnett; Buddy Knox
Aug 11, 1957 · 60 min
Guests: --Jayne Mansfield - Ed talks to Jayne about her favorite movie stars. Jane sings ""The Army Goes Rolling Along"" with the Army Chorus (later in show). Ed flirts with
scheduled: Cab Calloway; Janet Blair; Sue Carson; Dick Contino
Aug 18, 1957 · 60 min
Scheduled guests: --Cab Calloway --Janet Blair (actress-singer) --Sue Carson (comedian) --Connie Towers (singer) --Dick Contino (accordionist) --Elizabeth and Colli
Sal Mineo / Guy Mitchell / Carman McRae / Wes Harrison
Aug 25, 1957 · 60 min
--Sal Mineo (actor-singer) - sings ""Lasting Love"" (and possibly ""You Shouldn't Do That"") --Guy Mitchell sings ""Call Rosie on the Phone"" --Paul Gilbert (comedian) - does
1958 Ice Capades / Della Reese / Jimmie Rodgers / Paul Anka
Sep 8, 1957 · 60 min
Broadcast from Madison Square Garden. Guests: --Della Reese - ""Miss You So"" --Jimmie Rodgers - ""Honeycomb"" --Paul Anka - Diana"" --The Chordettes - ""Just Between
Andrews Sisters / Nick Todd / Billy Ward & the Dominos
Sep 15, 1957 · 60 min
--The Andrews Sisters - ""By His Word"" and a medley of hits --Billy Ward and the Dominos (vocal group) - ""Stardust"" --Nick Todd (Pat Boone's brother) - sings ""Plaything""