The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show: Season 8

Air Date

September 12, 1954

Episodes

54 episodes

The Ed Sullivan Show

Season 8

Episodes

1. The Darryl F. Zanuck Story

September 12, 1954
60 min

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

September 19, 1954
60 min

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

September 26, 1954
60 min

4. Salute to Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz

October 3, 1954
60 min

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

October 10, 1954
60 min

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

October 17, 1954
60 min

7. Pearl Bailey; Robert Merrill; Carol Haney; the Treniers

October 24, 1954
60 min

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

October 31, 1954
60 min

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

November 7, 1954
60 min
Elaine Stritch / Julius LaRosa / Elizabeth Taylor & Van Johnson interview

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

November 14, 1954
60 min

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

November 21, 1954
60 min

12. Florence Henderson; Josh Logan; Teresa Brewer

November 28, 1954
60 min

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

December 5, 1954
60 min

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

December 12, 1954
60 min

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

December 19, 1954
60 min

16. Cab Calloway / Carl Ballantine / Hermione Gingold / Billy DeWolfe

December 26, 1954
60 min

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

January 2, 1955
60 min

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

January 9, 1955
60 min

19. Esther Williams; Alice Pearce; Hermione Gingold; Gloria Lane

January 16, 1955
60 min

20. Robert Taylor; Roberta Peters; William Warfield; Viveca Lindfors

January 23, 1955
60 min

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

January 30, 1955
60 min

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

February 6, 1955
60 min

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

February 13, 1955
60 min

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

February 20, 1955
60 min

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

February 27, 1955
60 min

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

March 6, 1955
60 min

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

March 13, 1955
60 min

28. Sarah Vaughan / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Sam Levenson

March 20, 1955
60 min

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

March 27, 1955
60 min

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

April 3, 1955
60 min

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

April 10, 1955
60 min

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

April 17, 1955
60 min

33. Harry Belafonte; Marion Marlowe; Carol Haney; Jackie Miles

April 24, 1955
60 min

34. Eartha Kitt; Georgia Gibbs; Lionel Hampton; Phil Foster

May 1, 1955
60 min

35. Eddie Fisher; filmed interviews with Hollywood stars

May 8, 1955
60 min

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

May 15, 1955
60 min

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

May 22, 1955
60 min

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

May 29, 1955
60 min

39. Ricardo Montalban; Julius LaRosa; Gloria DeHaven; Carol Haney

June 5, 1955
60 min

40. U.S. Army Talent Contest Finalists

June 12, 1955
60 min

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

June 19, 1955
60 min

42. 7th Anniversary Show: Bob Hope; Pearl Bailey; Will Jordan

June 26, 1955
60 min

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

July 3, 1955
60 min

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

July 10, 1955
60 min

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

July 17, 1955
60 min

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

July 24, 1955
60 min

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

July 31, 1955
60 min

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

August 7, 1955
60 min

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

August 14, 1955
60 min

50. Rosalind Russell, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Albert, Tony Bennett

August 21, 1955
60 min

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

August 28, 1955
60 min

52. Georgia Gibbs / 1956 Ice Capades / Donna Atwood

September 4, 1955
60 min

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

September 11, 1955
60 min

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

September 18, 1955
60 min