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The Ed Sullivan Show: Season 24

26 episodes Premiered Sep 20, 1970 Updated Sep 30, 2026
Previously on The Ed Sullivan Show

Season 24 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 23.
  • ⚡ 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.
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Season 24 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 24: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S24·E2 Core

Bobby Vinton / Rare Earth / Holiday on Ice

Sep 27, 1970 · 60 min

Guests (live from the Baltimore Civic Center): --Bobby Vinton - medley: ""London Bridge,"" ""Knees Up Mother Brown,"" ""Whoops-A-Daisy,"" ""I'm A Londoner"" & ""The Old Bamboo""

S24·E3 Core

Melanie / Engelbert Humperdinck / Tiny Tim

Oct 4, 1970 · 60 min

Guests: --Melanie - ""Peace Will Come"" --Englebert Humperdinck - ""The Good Life,"" ""Sweetheart"" and ""My Way"" --The Blossoms - ""Get Ready"" --Tiny Tim - (medley of c

S24·E4 Core

scheduled: Arthur Godfrey; Loretta Lynn

Oct 11, 1970 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Arthur Godfrey --Sonny James --Loretta Lynn - ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" --Archie Campbell --Stony Mt. Cloggers --Judi Ford (Miss America '69)

S24·E5 Core

Carpenters / B.B. King / Tony Bennett

Oct 18, 1970 · 60 min

Guests: --The Carpenters - ""Close to You"" & ""We've Only Just Begun"" --B.B. King - ""Just A Little Bit of Love"" and medley: ""How Blue Can You Get"" / ""The Thrill Is Gone

S24·E7 Core

Bobbie Gentry / Melba Moore / Roy Clark

Nov 1, 1970 · 60 min

Guests: --Bobbie Gentry - ""I Want You Back"" & ""Benjamin"" --Richard Pryor (comedian) - talks about life in the ghetto --Melba Moore - ""He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother""

S24·E8 Core

Four Tops / Carpenters / Freda Payne

Nov 8, 1970 · 60 min

Ed & guests entertain wounded GI's at Walter Reed Army Hospital --Four Tops - ""Put A Little Love In Your Heart"" & ""It's All in the Game"" --Carpenters - (medley of Burt Bach

S24·E9 Core

Tommy Roe / Billy Joe Royal / Joe South

Nov 15, 1970 · 60 min

Guests: --Tommy Roe - ""Dizzy"" & ""Oh Heather Honey"" --Billy Joe Royal - ""Cherry Hill Park"" & ""I Knew You When"" --Joe South - ""Don't It Made You Want to Go Home"" & "

S24·E10 Core

Richard Rogers Tribute: Shirley Jones; Cass Elliott

Nov 22, 1970 · 60 min

A Salute to Richard Rodgers (broadcast from the Hollywood Bowl): --Johnny Mathis - ""My Funny Valentine"" --Johnny Mathis & the Lennon Sisters - ""Johnny One Note"" --'Mama'

S24·E11 Core

scheduled: Buck Owens; Joan Rivers; Norm Crosby

Nov 29, 1970 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Buck Owens - ""Bridge Over Troubled Water"" & ""Heartbreak Mountain"" --Joan Rivers --Norm Crosby --Doug Previn --Jim Bailey --Dick Jensen --Lah

S24·E12 Core

Grass Roots / Joey Heatherton / Pat Cooper

Dec 6, 1970 · 60 min

--The Veterans (comedy group) --The Three Degrees (female vocal trio) - do imitations of other female singering groups including the Supremes. --The Three Degrees - ""I Do fo

S24·E18 Core

B.J. Thomas / Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Nancy Ames

Jan 24, 1971 · 60 min

Guests: --B.J. Thomas - ""No Love At All"" & medley of songs (""Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head,"" ""Most of All"" & ""I Just Can't Help Believin'"") --B.J. Thomas & Nancy A

S24·E19 Core

Temptations / Connie Stevens / Albert Brooks

Jan 31, 1971 · 60 min

Temptations (""Get Ready,"" ""Just My Imagination"" & medley of hits: ""Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours,"" ""Ain't No Mountain High Enough,"" ""I'll Be There"" & ""My Sweet Lor

S24·E22 Core

Everly Brothers / George Carlin / Shirley Bassey

Feb 28, 1971 · 60 min

Guests: --Everly Brothers - ""Bowling Green,"" ""Mama Tried,"" ""All I Have to Do Is Dream"" and ""Bye Bye Love"" --Shirley Bassey - ""What About Today"" & ""Yesterday When I

S24·E24 Core

Bernadette Peters / George Hamilton / Oliver

Mar 21, 1971 · 60 min

Guests: --Oliver - ""Early Morning Rain"" & ""Walking Down the Line"" --Bernadette Peters - ""Look for the Silver Lining"" --Bernadette Peters & Oliver - ""Yes, Yes, Bernade

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