The Ed Sullivan Show: Season 8
Season 8 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 7.
- 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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Salute to the Cleveland Indians; Los Chavales De Espagna; Happy Wanderers
Sep 26, 1954 · 60 min
Patti Page; Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane. Plus: "A Star Is Born" preview
Oct 10, 1954 · 60 min
Grantland Rice tribute / Nat King Cole / Bert Lahr & Art Carney / D. Fairbanks Jr.
Oct 31, 1954 · 60 min
Elaine Stritch / Julius LaRosa / Elizabeth Taylor & Van Johnson interview
Nov 14, 1954 · 60 min
Kirk Douglas; Eartha Kitt; Ames Brothers; Jackie Miles; Carol Haney
Dec 5, 1954 · 60 min
The Chordettes / Patti Page / On film: Frank Sinatra, Robert Michum & other stars
Dec 19, 1954 · 60 min
Grace Kelly; James Michener; Guy Mitchell; Forrest Tucker; Jose Greco
Jan 9, 1955 · 60 min
The Columbia Pictures Story with Kim Novak; Eddie Fisher; Maureen O'Hara
Feb 6, 1955 · 60 min
Tribute to Gertrude Lawrence with Sarah Churchill; Helen Hayes; Dorothy Sarnoff
Feb 20, 1955 · 60 min
Eartha Kitt; the DeJohn Sisters; Shirl Conway; Nancy Andrews; etc.
Feb 27, 1955 · 60 min
Broadcast from Chicago: The Ice Capades; Victor Borge; Peg Leg Bates
Mar 13, 1955 · 60 min
Tribute to Rodgers & Hammerstein w/Celeste Holm; John Raitt; Florence Henderson
Mar 27, 1955 · 60 min
Shown from the USS Wisconsin: Burl Ives; Jack E. Leonard; June Valli
May 22, 1955 · 60 min
From the USS Antietam: Chordettes /scheduled: Step Brothers; Priscilla Wright
Jul 3, 1955 · 60 min
Marion Marlowe (guest host); Eartha Kitt; Joey Bishop; Joan Holloway
Jul 10, 1955 · 60 min
Ethel Merman (guest host); Russell Nype; Jimmy Edmonson (Prof. Backwards)
Jul 17, 1955 · 60 min
Bill Haley & His Comets / Jack Palance/ Christopher Plummer / Roddy McDowall
Aug 7, 1955 · 60 min
The Mills Brothers / The Four Aces / Interviews with Sports Celebrities
Aug 14, 1955 · 60 min
Eartha Kitt; Jay Lawrence; The Mariners; The Chicago Festival Singers
Aug 28, 1955 · 60 min
Jane Russell & Jeanne Crain / Phil Silvers & "Bilko" cast / Ames Brothers
Sep 11, 1955 · 60 min
Julius LaRosa & the Winners of the Navy's World Wide Talent Contest
Sep 18, 1955 · 60 min