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The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
Season 8 Episode List
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Episode 1 - The Darryl F. Zanuck Story
Release Date: 1954-09-12 -
Episode 2 - A Salute to the U.S. Navy (with All-Navy talent)
Release Date: 1954-09-19 -
Episode 3 - Salute to the Cleveland Indians; Los Chavales De Espagna; Happy Wanderers
Release Date: 1954-09-26 -
Episode 4 - Salute to Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz
Release Date: 1954-10-03 -
Episode 5 - Patti Page; Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane. Plus: "A Star Is Born" preview
Release Date: 1954-10-10 -
Episode 6 - Bing Crosby (on film); Irving Berlin; Liberace; Orson Bean
Release Date: 1954-10-17 -
Episode 7 - Pearl Bailey; Robert Merrill; Carol Haney; the Treniers
Release Date: 1954-10-24 -
Episode 8 - Grantland Rice tribute / Nat King Cole / Bert Lahr & Art Carney / D. Fairbanks Jr.
Release Date: 1954-10-31 -
Episode 9 - The Mills Brothers; Eddie Fisher; Kitty Kallen; Dane Clark
Release Date: 1954-11-07 -
Episode 10 - Elaine Stritch / Julius LaRosa / Elizabeth Taylor & Van Johnson interview
Release Date: 1954-11-14 -
Episode 11 - Roberta Peters; Jimmy Boyd / Gregory Peck (on film)
Release Date: 1954-11-21 -
Episode 12 - Florence Henderson; Josh Logan; Teresa Brewer
Release Date: 1954-11-28 -
Episode 13 - Kirk Douglas; Eartha Kitt; Ames Brothers; Jackie Miles; Carol Haney
Release Date: 1954-12-05 -
Episode 14 - The Crew-Cuts ("Sh-Boom"); Virginia Mayo; Sophie Tucker
Release Date: 1954-12-12 -
Episode 15 - The Chordettes / Patti Page / On film: Frank Sinatra, Robert Michum & other stars
Release Date: 1954-12-19 -
Episode 16 - Cab Calloway / Carl Ballantine / Hermione Gingold / Billy DeWolfe
Release Date: 1954-12-26 -
Episode 17 - Pearl Bailey; Ted Lewis; June Valli; Sam Levenson; Maria Neglia
Release Date: 1955-01-02 -
Episode 18 - Grace Kelly; James Michener; Guy Mitchell; Forrest Tucker; Jose Greco
Release Date: 1955-01-09 -
Episode 19 - Esther Williams; Alice Pearce; Hermione Gingold; Gloria Lane
Release Date: 1955-01-16 -
Episode 20 - Robert Taylor; Roberta Peters; William Warfield; Viveca Lindfors
Release Date: 1955-01-23 -
Episode 21 - A Cavalcade of Radio, 1920 - 1955 (with many stars from radio)
Release Date: 1955-01-30 -
Episode 22 - The Columbia Pictures Story with Kim Novak; Eddie Fisher; Maureen O'Hara
Release Date: 1955-02-06 -
Episode 23 - Les Paul & Mary Ford; Pearl Bailey & her brother Bill
Release Date: 1955-02-13 -
Episode 24 - Tribute to Gertrude Lawrence with Sarah Churchill; Helen Hayes; Dorothy Sarnoff
Release Date: 1955-02-20 -
Episode 25 - Eartha Kitt; the DeJohn Sisters; Shirl Conway; Nancy Andrews; etc.
Release Date: 1955-02-27 -
Episode 26 - Lillian Roth; the Fontane Sisters; Roy Franklin; Mata & Hari; etc.
Release Date: 1955-03-06 -
Episode 27 - Broadcast from Chicago: The Ice Capades; Victor Borge; Peg Leg Bates
Release Date: 1955-03-13 -
Episode 28 - Sarah Vaughan / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Sam Levenson
Release Date: 1955-03-20 -
Episode 29 - Tribute to Rodgers & Hammerstein w/Celeste Holm; John Raitt; Florence Henderson
Release Date: 1955-03-27 -
Episode 30 - Fred Astaire / Dorothy Dandridge / Sammy Davis Jr. / Julius LaRosa
Release Date: 1955-04-03 -
Episode 31 - Rosemary Clooney; James Cagney; Willie Mays; David Whitfield; etc
Release Date: 1955-04-10 -
Episode 32 - James Stewart; Louis Armstrong; Joey Bishop; Robert Merrill; etc.
Release Date: 1955-04-17 -
Episode 33 - Harry Belafonte; Marion Marlowe; Carol Haney; Jackie Miles
Release Date: 1955-04-24 -
Episode 34 - Eartha Kitt; Georgia Gibbs; Lionel Hampton; Phil Foster
Release Date: 1955-05-01 -
Episode 35 - Eddie Fisher; filmed interviews with Hollywood stars
Release Date: 1955-05-08 -
Episode 36 - Louis Armstrong; Will Mastin Trio (Sammy Davis Jr.); Senor Wences
Release Date: 1955-05-15 -
Episode 37 - Shown from the USS Wisconsin: Burl Ives; Jack E. Leonard; June Valli
Release Date: 1955-05-22 -
Episode 38 - Andy Griffith / Pat Henning / Betty & Jane Kean / Lew Parker
Release Date: 1955-05-29 -
Episode 39 - Ricardo Montalban; Julius LaRosa; Gloria DeHaven; Carol Haney
Release Date: 1955-06-05 -
Episode 40 - U.S. Army Talent Contest Finalists
Release Date: 1955-06-12 -
Episode 41 - Mister Roberts salute with Henry Fonda; James Cagney, Jack Lemmon
Release Date: 1955-06-19 -
Episode 42 - 7th Anniversary Show: Bob Hope; Pearl Bailey; Will Jordan
Release Date: 1955-06-26 -
Episode 43 - From the USS Antietam: Chordettes /scheduled: Step Brothers; Priscilla Wright
Release Date: 1955-07-03 -
Episode 44 - Marion Marlowe (guest host); Eartha Kitt; Joey Bishop; Joan Holloway
Release Date: 1955-07-10 -
Episode 45 - Ethel Merman (guest host); Russell Nype; Jimmy Edmonson (Prof. Backwards)
Release Date: 1955-07-17 -
Episode 46 - Guy Mitchell (guest host); Polly Bergen; Arthur Worsley
Release Date: 1955-07-24 -
Episode 47 - "Tops in Blue" (U.S. Air Force acts)
Release Date: 1955-07-31 -
Episode 48 - Bill Haley & His Comets / Jack Palance/ Christopher Plummer / Roddy McDowall
Release Date: 1955-08-07 -
Episode 49 - The Mills Brothers / The Four Aces / Interviews with Sports Celebrities
Release Date: 1955-08-14 -
Episode 50 - Rosalind Russell, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Albert, Tony Bennett
Release Date: 1955-08-21 -
Episode 51 - Eartha Kitt; Jay Lawrence; The Mariners; The Chicago Festival Singers
Release Date: 1955-08-28 -
Episode 52 - Georgia Gibbs / 1956 Ice Capades / Donna Atwood
Release Date: 1955-09-04 -
Episode 53 - Jane Russell & Jeanne Crain / Phil Silvers & "Bilko" cast / Ames Brothers
Release Date: 1955-09-11 -
Episode 54 - Julius LaRosa & the Winners of the Navy's World Wide Talent Contest
Release Date: 1955-09-18