The Ed Sullivan Show

Categories: Entertainment | Television | TV
    • Original title: Toast of the Town
    • Premiere date: June 20, 1948
    • Series finale: June 6, 1971
    • Episodes: 471
    • Executive producers: Marlo Lewis
    • Producers: Jack McGeehan, Bob Precht, Chester Feldman
    • Selected directors: John Moffitt, Tim Kiley
    • Screenwriters: Frank Shuster, Johnny Wayne
    • Notable guests: Jerry Stiller, The Muppets, Della Reese, Louis Armstrong, The Beatles
    • Running time: 60 minutes
    • Network: CBS
    • Awards: 3 Peabody Awards, 1 Emmy Award

  • The Ed Sullivan Show is an American variety and entertainment television program that originally aired on the CBS television network.

  • A Really Big Show

    When comedian Jack Benny asked former syndicated news columnist Ed Sullivan what he did on his show, Sullivan famously replied, "I introduce the acts." For 24 years, Sullivan introduced introduce jugglers, opera singers, ballerinas, animal acts, singers, comediennes, ventriloquists and rock stars. As the longest running variety show in the history of television, it became a Sunday night institution.

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