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