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The Ed Sullivan Show: Season 2

53 episodes Premiered Sep 12, 1948

Previously on The Ed Sullivan Show

Season 2 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 1.
⚡ 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.

Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (50): Character development & subplots

Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler

S2·E1 Mytharc

Sarah Vaughan, Gali-Gali Luxor

Sep 12, 1948

S2·E2 Core

Louis Jordan, Benny Rubin

Sep 19, 1948

S2·E3 Core

Bob Hope, Al Bernie

Sep 26, 1948

S2·E4 Core

Betty Reilly, Les Compagnons de la Chanson

Oct 3, 1948

S2·E5 Core

Joey Adams, Marc Platt, Tony Canzoneri, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson

Oct 10, 1948

S2·E6 Core

Frances Faye, Don Marcus, Les Compagnons de la Chanson

Oct 17, 1948

S2·E7 Core

Benny Goodman, The Ink Spots

Oct 24, 1948

S2·E8 Core

Dorothy Sarnoff

Oct 31, 1948

S2·E9 Core

Monica Lewis, The Three Dunhills, Richard Buckley, Rachel & Bebe

Nov 7, 1948

S2·E10 Core

Paula Bane, Dewey Marchand, Elsa & Waldo

Nov 14, 1948

S2·E11 Core

The Blackburn Twins, Pat C. Flick, Pat Henning, Betty Jane Watson, Dollinoff and the Reya Sisters

Nov 21, 1948

S2·E12 Core

Ray Morgan, Margaret Phelan, Virginia Austin, The Temperton Family, the Baltimore Colts Majorettes

Nov 28, 1948

S2·E13 Core

Al Bernie, Dave Barry, Irra Petina

Dec 5, 1948

S2·E14 Core

Nanette Fabray, Ezzard Charles, Hope Emerson, Bunny Briggs, Dolonoff, The Reyes Sisters, The Temperton Family

Dec 12, 1948

S2·E15 Core

John Garfield, Dorothy Sarnoff, Frank Fontaine, Pat C. Flick, Tommy Farrell

Dec 19, 1948

S2·E16 Core

Guests unknown

Dec 26, 1948

S2·E17 Core

Rudy Vallee, George M. Cohan, Jr., Sidney Blackmer, Pat C. Flick, The Ravens

Jan 2, 1949

S2·E18 Core

Luise Rainer

Jan 9, 1949

S2·E19 Core

Rudy Vallee, Nanette Fabray, Wally Boag, Jean Carroll, Bob Evans, Pat C. Flick

Jan 16, 1949

S2·E20 Core

Jule Stein & Sammy Cahn, The Holloway Sisters, Byron Palmer & Doretta Morrow, Al Kelly

Jan 23, 1949

S2·E21 Core

Tony Martin, Carol Bruce

Jan 30, 1949

S2·E22 Core

Jackie Gleason, Rudy Vallee, Luise Rainer, Johnny Coy, W.C. Handy, Pat Henning

Feb 6, 1949

S2·E23 Core

Rudy Vallee, Diana Barrymore

Feb 13, 1949

S2·E24 Core

Faye Emerson, Donald Richards

Feb 20, 1949

S2·E25 Core

Larry Storch, Patricia Morison, Don Cummings

Feb 27, 1949

S2·E26 Core

Charles Laughton

Mar 6, 1949

S2·E27 Core

Humphrey Bogart, Anne Jeffreys, Buddy Baer

Mar 13, 1949

S2·E28 Core

Connie Haines, Rolland Tap

Mar 20, 1949

S2·E29 Core

Nat King Cole Trio, Hal LeRoy, The DeMarco Sisters

Mar 27, 1949

S2·E30 Core

John Carridine, The Costello Twins

Apr 3, 1949

S2·E31 Core

Patricia Morison, Gali Gali

Apr 10, 1949

S2·E32 Core

Jack Leonard, Gali Gali, Notre Dame Singers

Apr 17, 1949

S2·E33 Core

Joey Adams, Pat Rooney, Yvonne Adair

Apr 24, 1949

S2·E34 Core

Harvey Stone, Al Schacht, Gill Dorian

May 1, 1949

S2·E35 Core

Charles Laughton

May 8, 1949

S2·E36 Core

Jamila Novotna, Sigmund Romberg

May 15, 1949

S2·E37 Core

Paul Winchell, Jane Kean, Ladd Lyon

May 22, 1949

S2·E38 Core

Zero Mostel, Kitty Kallen

May 29, 1949

S2·E39 Core

Harold Lloyd, Vincent Richards

Jun 5, 1949

S2·E40 Core

Toni Harper, Sam Levenson

Jun 12, 1949

S2·E41 Core

Richard Rodgers, Juanita Hall, Harvey Stone

Jun 19, 1949

S2·E42 Core

Sarah Vaughan, Elaine Street, Ken Carr

Jun 26, 1949

S2·E43 Core

Toni Harper, Tony Lavelli

Jul 3, 1949

S2·E44 Core

Joan Merrill, Bill Tabbert, Illinois Jacquet, Brooklyn Dodgers team members

Jul 10, 1949

S2·E45 Core

Cab Calloway, Jackie Robinson, Stan Musial

Jul 17, 1949

S2·E46 Core

Buddy Rogers, Duke Alden, Sunny Howard, The Accordion Aces

Jul 24, 1949

S2·E47 Core

Edward Everett Horton, David Powell, Marino Sisters, The Colstons

Jul 31, 1949

S2·E48 Core

Eddie Albert, George Connolly, the Margo, Paul and Paulette Trio

Aug 7, 1949

S2·E49 Core

Sonny Tufts, Hazel Scott

Aug 14, 1949

S2·E50 Core

Bill Tabbert, Phil Foster, Lee Marks, Marie Gambarelli

Aug 21, 1949

S2·E51 Core

Toni Arden, Sunny Skylar, Harold Lang, Billy Vine

Aug 28, 1949

S2·E52 Mytharc

Jack Williams, Annabelle Hill, Jose Toledano, Sebastian Castros

Sep 4, 1949

S2·E53 Mytharc

Buddy Lester, Alan Dale, Maggie Teyte

Sep 11, 1949