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The Ed Sullivan Show

Season 8 · 54 episodes · Sep 12, 1954

  1. Episode 1

    The Darryl F. Zanuck Story

    Sep 12, 1954

  2. Episode 2

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

    Sep 19, 1954

  3. Episode 3

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

    Sep 26, 1954

  4. Episode 4

    Salute to Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz

    Oct 3, 1954

  5. Episode 5

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

    Oct 10, 1954

  6. Episode 6

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

    Oct 17, 1954

  7. Episode 7

    Pearl Bailey; Robert Merrill; Carol Haney; the Treniers

    Oct 24, 1954

  8. Episode 8

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

    Oct 31, 1954

  9. Episode 9

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

    Nov 7, 1954

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    Episode 10

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

    Nov 14, 1954

  11. Episode 11

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

    Nov 21, 1954

  12. Episode 12

    Florence Henderson; Josh Logan; Teresa Brewer

    Nov 28, 1954

  13. Episode 13

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

    Dec 5, 1954

  14. Episode 14

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

    Dec 12, 1954

  15. Episode 15

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

    Dec 19, 1954

  16. Episode 16

    Cab Calloway / Carl Ballantine / Hermione Gingold / Billy DeWolfe

    Dec 26, 1954

  17. Episode 17

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

    Jan 2, 1955

  18. Episode 18

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

    Jan 9, 1955

  19. Episode 19

    Esther Williams; Alice Pearce; Hermione Gingold; Gloria Lane

    Jan 16, 1955

  20. Episode 20

    Robert Taylor; Roberta Peters; William Warfield; Viveca Lindfors

    Jan 23, 1955

  21. Episode 21

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

    Jan 30, 1955

  22. Episode 22

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

    Feb 6, 1955

  23. Episode 23

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

    Feb 13, 1955

  24. Episode 24

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

    Feb 20, 1955

  25. Episode 25

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

    Feb 27, 1955

  26. Episode 26

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

    Mar 6, 1955

  27. Episode 27

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

    Mar 13, 1955

  28. Episode 28

    Sarah Vaughan / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Sam Levenson

    Mar 20, 1955

  29. Episode 29

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

    Mar 27, 1955

  30. Episode 30

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

    Apr 3, 1955

  31. Episode 31

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

    Apr 10, 1955

  32. Episode 32

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

    Apr 17, 1955

  33. Episode 33

    Harry Belafonte; Marion Marlowe; Carol Haney; Jackie Miles

    Apr 24, 1955

  34. Episode 34

    Eartha Kitt; Georgia Gibbs; Lionel Hampton; Phil Foster

    May 1, 1955

  35. Episode 35

    Eddie Fisher; filmed interviews with Hollywood stars

    May 8, 1955

  36. Episode 36

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

    May 15, 1955

  37. Episode 37

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

    May 22, 1955

  38. Episode 38

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

    May 29, 1955

  39. Episode 39

    Ricardo Montalban; Julius LaRosa; Gloria DeHaven; Carol Haney

    Jun 5, 1955

  40. Episode 40

    U.S. Army Talent Contest Finalists

    Jun 12, 1955

  41. Episode 41

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

    Jun 19, 1955

  42. Episode 42

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

    Jun 26, 1955

  43. Episode 43

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

    Jul 3, 1955

  44. Episode 44

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

    Jul 10, 1955

  45. Episode 45

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

    Jul 17, 1955

  46. Episode 46

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

    Jul 24, 1955

  47. Episode 47

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

    Jul 31, 1955

  48. Episode 48

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

    Aug 7, 1955

  49. Episode 49

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

    Aug 14, 1955

  50. Episode 50

    Rosalind Russell, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Albert, Tony Bennett

    Aug 21, 1955

  51. Episode 51

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

    Aug 28, 1955

  52. Episode 52

    Georgia Gibbs / 1956 Ice Capades / Donna Atwood

    Sep 4, 1955

  53. Episode 53

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

    Sep 11, 1955

  54. Episode 54

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

    Sep 18, 1955