
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

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