Season 8
The Ed Sullivan Show
54 EPISODES • 1954
Season 8 of The Ed Sullivan Show was released on September 12 and consists of 54 episodes.

Season 7

Episodes

1: The Darryl F. Zanuck Story
Sep 12, 1954
2: A Salute to the U.S. Navy (with All-Navy talent)
Sep 19, 1954
3: Salute to the Cleveland Indians; Los Chavales De Espagna; Happy Wanderers
Sep 26, 1954
4: Salute to Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz
Oct 3, 1954
5: Patti Page; Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane. Plus: "A Star Is Born" preview
Oct 10, 1954
6: Bing Crosby (on film); Irving Berlin; Liberace; Orson Bean
Oct 17, 1954
7: Pearl Bailey; Robert Merrill; Carol Haney; the Treniers
Oct 24, 1954
8: Grantland Rice tribute / Nat King Cole / Bert Lahr & Art Carney / D. Fairbanks Jr.
Oct 31, 1954
9: The Mills Brothers; Eddie Fisher; Kitty Kallen; Dane Clark
Nov 7, 1954
10: Elaine Stritch / Julius LaRosa / Elizabeth Taylor & Van Johnson interview
Nov 14, 1954
11: Roberta Peters; Jimmy Boyd / Gregory Peck (on film)
Nov 21, 1954
12: Florence Henderson; Josh Logan; Teresa Brewer
Nov 28, 1954
13: Kirk Douglas; Eartha Kitt; Ames Brothers; Jackie Miles; Carol Haney
Dec 5, 1954
14: The Crew-Cuts ("Sh-Boom"); Virginia Mayo; Sophie Tucker
Dec 12, 1954
15: The Chordettes / Patti Page / On film: Frank Sinatra, Robert Michum & other stars
Dec 19, 1954
16: Cab Calloway / Carl Ballantine / Hermione Gingold / Billy DeWolfe
Dec 26, 1954
17: Pearl Bailey; Ted Lewis; June Valli; Sam Levenson; Maria Neglia
Jan 2, 1955
18: Grace Kelly; James Michener; Guy Mitchell; Forrest Tucker; Jose Greco
Jan 9, 1955
19: Esther Williams; Alice Pearce; Hermione Gingold; Gloria Lane
Jan 16, 1955
20: Robert Taylor; Roberta Peters; William Warfield; Viveca Lindfors
Jan 23, 1955
21: A Cavalcade of Radio, 1920 - 1955 (with many stars from radio)
Jan 30, 1955
22: The Columbia Pictures Story with Kim Novak; Eddie Fisher; Maureen O'Hara
Feb 6, 1955
23: Les Paul & Mary Ford; Pearl Bailey & her brother Bill
Feb 13, 1955
24: Tribute to Gertrude Lawrence with Sarah Churchill; Helen Hayes; Dorothy Sarnoff
Feb 20, 1955
25: Eartha Kitt; the DeJohn Sisters; Shirl Conway; Nancy Andrews; etc.
Feb 27, 1955
26: Lillian Roth; the Fontane Sisters; Roy Franklin; Mata & Hari; etc.
Mar 6, 1955
27: Broadcast from Chicago: The Ice Capades; Victor Borge; Peg Leg Bates
Mar 13, 1955
28: Sarah Vaughan / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Sam Levenson
Mar 20, 1955
29: Tribute to Rodgers & Hammerstein w/Celeste Holm; John Raitt; Florence Henderson
Mar 27, 1955
30: Fred Astaire / Dorothy Dandridge / Sammy Davis Jr. / Julius LaRosa
Apr 3, 1955
31: Rosemary Clooney; James Cagney; Willie Mays; David Whitfield; etc
Apr 10, 1955
32: James Stewart; Louis Armstrong; Joey Bishop; Robert Merrill; etc.
Apr 17, 1955
33: Harry Belafonte; Marion Marlowe; Carol Haney; Jackie Miles
Apr 24, 1955
34: Eartha Kitt; Georgia Gibbs; Lionel Hampton; Phil Foster
May 1, 1955
35: Eddie Fisher; filmed interviews with Hollywood stars
May 8, 1955
36: Louis Armstrong; Will Mastin Trio (Sammy Davis Jr.); Senor Wences
May 15, 1955
37: Shown from the USS Wisconsin: Burl Ives; Jack E. Leonard; June Valli
May 22, 1955
38: Andy Griffith / Pat Henning / Betty & Jane Kean / Lew Parker
May 29, 1955
39: Ricardo Montalban; Julius LaRosa; Gloria DeHaven; Carol Haney
Jun 5, 1955
40: U.S. Army Talent Contest Finalists
Jun 12, 1955
41: Mister Roberts salute with Henry Fonda; James Cagney, Jack Lemmon
Jun 19, 1955
42: 7th Anniversary Show: Bob Hope; Pearl Bailey; Will Jordan
Jun 26, 1955
43: From the USS Antietam: Chordettes /scheduled: Step Brothers; Priscilla Wright
Jul 3, 1955
44: Marion Marlowe (guest host); Eartha Kitt; Joey Bishop; Joan Holloway
Jul 10, 1955
45: Ethel Merman (guest host); Russell Nype; Jimmy Edmonson (Prof. Backwards)
Jul 17, 1955
46: Guy Mitchell (guest host); Polly Bergen; Arthur Worsley
Jul 24, 1955
47: "Tops in Blue" (U.S. Air Force acts)
Jul 31, 1955
48: Bill Haley & His Comets / Jack Palance/ Christopher Plummer / Roddy McDowall
Aug 7, 1955
49: The Mills Brothers / The Four Aces / Interviews with Sports Celebrities
Aug 14, 1955
50: Rosalind Russell, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Albert, Tony Bennett
Aug 21, 1955
51: Eartha Kitt; Jay Lawrence; The Mariners; The Chicago Festival Singers
Aug 28, 1955
52: Georgia Gibbs / 1956 Ice Capades / Donna Atwood
Sep 4, 1955
53: Jane Russell & Jeanne Crain / Phil Silvers & "Bilko" cast / Ames Brothers
Sep 11, 1955
54: Julius LaRosa & the Winners of the Navy's World Wide Talent Contest
Sep 18, 1955
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