The Ed Sullivan Show

1 - The Darryl F. Zanuck Story

Air Date: September 12, 1954

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

Air Date: September 19, 1954

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

Air Date: September 26, 1954

4 - Salute to Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz

Air Date: October 3, 1954

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

Air Date: October 10, 1954

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

Air Date: October 17, 1954

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

Air Date: October 24, 1954

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

Air Date: October 31, 1954

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

Air Date: November 7, 1954

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

Air Date: November 14, 1954

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

Air Date: November 21, 1954

12 - Florence Henderson; Josh Logan; Teresa Brewer

Air Date: November 28, 1954

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

Air Date: December 5, 1954

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

Air Date: December 12, 1954

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

Air Date: December 19, 1954

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

Air Date: December 26, 1954

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

Air Date: January 2, 1955

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

Air Date: January 9, 1955

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

Air Date: January 16, 1955

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

Air Date: January 23, 1955

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

Air Date: January 30, 1955

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

Air Date: February 6, 1955

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

Air Date: February 13, 1955

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

Air Date: February 20, 1955

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

Air Date: February 27, 1955

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

Air Date: March 6, 1955

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

Air Date: March 13, 1955

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

Air Date: March 20, 1955

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

Air Date: March 27, 1955

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

Air Date: April 3, 1955

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

Air Date: April 10, 1955

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

Air Date: April 17, 1955

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

Air Date: April 24, 1955

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

Air Date: May 1, 1955

35 - Eddie Fisher; filmed interviews with Hollywood stars

Air Date: May 8, 1955

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

Air Date: May 15, 1955

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

Air Date: May 22, 1955

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

Air Date: May 29, 1955

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

Air Date: June 5, 1955

40 - U.S. Army Talent Contest Finalists

Air Date: June 12, 1955

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

Air Date: June 19, 1955

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

Air Date: June 26, 1955

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

Air Date: July 3, 1955

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

Air Date: July 10, 1955

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

Air Date: July 17, 1955

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

Air Date: July 24, 1955

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

Air Date: July 31, 1955

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

Air Date: August 7, 1955

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

Air Date: August 14, 1955

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

Air Date: August 21, 1955

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

Air Date: August 28, 1955

52 - Georgia Gibbs / 1956 Ice Capades / Donna Atwood

Air Date: September 4, 1955

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

Air Date: September 11, 1955

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

Air Date: September 18, 1955

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