Season 8 episodes1954-09-12

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.

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Episodes

Season 8

Episode 1

The Darryl F. Zanuck Story

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Episode 2

A Salute to the U.S. Navy (with All-Navy talent)

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Episode 3

Salute to the Cleveland Indians; Los Chavales De Espagna; Happy Wanderers

1h 0m

Episode 4

Salute to Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz

1h 0m

Episode 5

Patti Page; Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane. Plus: "A Star Is Born" preview

1h 0m

Season 8

Season 8

The Darryl F. Zanuck Story

A Salute to the U.S. Navy (with All-Navy talent)

Salute to the Cleveland Indians; Los Chavales De Espagna; Happy Wanderers

Salute to Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz

Patti Page; Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane. Plus: "A Star Is Born" preview

Bing Crosby (on film); Irving Berlin; Liberace; Orson Bean

Pearl Bailey; Robert Merrill; Carol Haney; the Treniers

Grantland Rice tribute / Nat King Cole / Bert Lahr & Art Carney / D. Fairbanks Jr.

The Mills Brothers; Eddie Fisher; Kitty Kallen; Dane Clark

Elaine Stritch / Julius LaRosa / Elizabeth Taylor & Van Johnson interview

Roberta Peters; Jimmy Boyd / Gregory Peck (on film)

Florence Henderson; Josh Logan; Teresa Brewer

Kirk Douglas; Eartha Kitt; Ames Brothers; Jackie Miles; Carol Haney

The Crew-Cuts ("Sh-Boom"); Virginia Mayo; Sophie Tucker

The Chordettes / Patti Page / On film: Frank Sinatra, Robert Michum & other stars

Cab Calloway / Carl Ballantine / Hermione Gingold / Billy DeWolfe

Pearl Bailey; Ted Lewis; June Valli; Sam Levenson; Maria Neglia

Grace Kelly; James Michener; Guy Mitchell; Forrest Tucker; Jose Greco

Esther Williams; Alice Pearce; Hermione Gingold; Gloria Lane

Robert Taylor; Roberta Peters; William Warfield; Viveca Lindfors

A Cavalcade of Radio, 1920 - 1955 (with many stars from radio)

The Columbia Pictures Story with Kim Novak; Eddie Fisher; Maureen O'Hara

Les Paul & Mary Ford; Pearl Bailey & her brother Bill

Tribute to Gertrude Lawrence with Sarah Churchill; Helen Hayes; Dorothy Sarnoff

Eartha Kitt; the DeJohn Sisters; Shirl Conway; Nancy Andrews; etc.

Lillian Roth; the Fontane Sisters; Roy Franklin; Mata & Hari; etc.

Broadcast from Chicago: The Ice Capades; Victor Borge; Peg Leg Bates

Sarah Vaughan / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Sam Levenson

Tribute to Rodgers & Hammerstein w/Celeste Holm; John Raitt; Florence Henderson

Fred Astaire / Dorothy Dandridge / Sammy Davis Jr. / Julius LaRosa

Rosemary Clooney; James Cagney; Willie Mays; David Whitfield; etc

James Stewart; Louis Armstrong; Joey Bishop; Robert Merrill; etc.

Harry Belafonte; Marion Marlowe; Carol Haney; Jackie Miles

Eartha Kitt; Georgia Gibbs; Lionel Hampton; Phil Foster

Eddie Fisher; filmed interviews with Hollywood stars

Louis Armstrong; Will Mastin Trio (Sammy Davis Jr.); Senor Wences

Shown from the USS Wisconsin: Burl Ives; Jack E. Leonard; June Valli

Andy Griffith / Pat Henning / Betty & Jane Kean / Lew Parker

Ricardo Montalban; Julius LaRosa; Gloria DeHaven; Carol Haney

U.S. Army Talent Contest Finalists

Mister Roberts salute with Henry Fonda; James Cagney, Jack Lemmon

7th Anniversary Show: Bob Hope; Pearl Bailey; Will Jordan

From the USS Antietam: Chordettes /scheduled: Step Brothers; Priscilla Wright

Marion Marlowe (guest host); Eartha Kitt; Joey Bishop; Joan Holloway

Ethel Merman (guest host); Russell Nype; Jimmy Edmonson (Prof. Backwards)

Guy Mitchell (guest host); Polly Bergen; Arthur Worsley

"Tops in Blue" (U.S. Air Force acts)

Bill Haley & His Comets / Jack Palance/ Christopher Plummer / Roddy McDowall

The Mills Brothers / The Four Aces / Interviews with Sports Celebrities

Rosalind Russell, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Albert, Tony Bennett

Eartha Kitt; Jay Lawrence; The Mariners; The Chicago Festival Singers

Georgia Gibbs / 1956 Ice Capades / Donna Atwood

Jane Russell & Jeanne Crain / Phil Silvers & "Bilko" cast / Ames Brothers

Julius LaRosa & the Winners of the Navy's World Wide Talent Contest