The Ed Sullivan Show — Season 8
54 episodesFirst aired 12 September 1954
E1The Darryl F. Zanuck Story
Sept 19541h
- E2
A Salute to the U.S. Navy (with All-Navy talent)
Sept 19541h
- E3
Salute to the Cleveland Indians; Los Chavales De Espagna; Happy Wanderers
Sept 19541h
- E4
Salute to Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz
Oct 19541h
- E5
Patti Page; Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane. Plus: "A Star Is Born" preview
Oct 19541h
- E6
Bing Crosby (on film); Irving Berlin; Liberace; Orson Bean
Oct 19541h
- E7
Pearl Bailey; Robert Merrill; Carol Haney; the Treniers
Oct 19541h
- E8
Grantland Rice tribute / Nat King Cole / Bert Lahr & Art Carney / D. Fairbanks Jr.
Oct 19541h
- E9
The Mills Brothers; Eddie Fisher; Kitty Kallen; Dane Clark
Nov 19541h
E10Elaine Stritch / Julius LaRosa / Elizabeth Taylor & Van Johnson interview
Nov 19541h
- E11
Roberta Peters; Jimmy Boyd / Gregory Peck (on film)
Nov 19541h
- E12
Florence Henderson; Josh Logan; Teresa Brewer
Nov 19541h
- E13
Kirk Douglas; Eartha Kitt; Ames Brothers; Jackie Miles; Carol Haney
Dec 19541h
- E14
The Crew-Cuts ("Sh-Boom"); Virginia Mayo; Sophie Tucker
Dec 19541h
- E15
The Chordettes / Patti Page / On film: Frank Sinatra, Robert Michum & other stars
Dec 19541h
- E16
Cab Calloway / Carl Ballantine / Hermione Gingold / Billy DeWolfe
Dec 19541h
- E17
Pearl Bailey; Ted Lewis; June Valli; Sam Levenson; Maria Neglia
Jan 19551h
- E18
Grace Kelly; James Michener; Guy Mitchell; Forrest Tucker; Jose Greco
Jan 19551h
- E19
Esther Williams; Alice Pearce; Hermione Gingold; Gloria Lane
Jan 19551h
- E20
Robert Taylor; Roberta Peters; William Warfield; Viveca Lindfors
Jan 19551h
- E21
A Cavalcade of Radio, 1920 - 1955 (with many stars from radio)
Jan 19551h
- E22
The Columbia Pictures Story with Kim Novak; Eddie Fisher; Maureen O'Hara
Feb 19551h
- E23
Les Paul & Mary Ford; Pearl Bailey & her brother Bill
Feb 19551h
- E24
Tribute to Gertrude Lawrence with Sarah Churchill; Helen Hayes; Dorothy Sarnoff
Feb 19551h
- E25
Eartha Kitt; the DeJohn Sisters; Shirl Conway; Nancy Andrews; etc.
Feb 19551h
- E26
Lillian Roth; the Fontane Sisters; Roy Franklin; Mata & Hari; etc.
Mar 19551h
- E27
Broadcast from Chicago: The Ice Capades; Victor Borge; Peg Leg Bates
Mar 19551h
- E28
Sarah Vaughan / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Sam Levenson
Mar 19551h
- E29
Tribute to Rodgers & Hammerstein w/Celeste Holm; John Raitt; Florence Henderson
Mar 19551h
- E30
Fred Astaire / Dorothy Dandridge / Sammy Davis Jr. / Julius LaRosa
Apr 19551h
- E31
Rosemary Clooney; James Cagney; Willie Mays; David Whitfield; etc
Apr 19551h
- E32
James Stewart; Louis Armstrong; Joey Bishop; Robert Merrill; etc.
Apr 19551h
- E33
Harry Belafonte; Marion Marlowe; Carol Haney; Jackie Miles
Apr 19551h
- E34
Eartha Kitt; Georgia Gibbs; Lionel Hampton; Phil Foster
May 19551h
- E35
Eddie Fisher; filmed interviews with Hollywood stars
May 19551h
- E36
Louis Armstrong; Will Mastin Trio (Sammy Davis Jr.); Senor Wences
May 19551h
- E37
Shown from the USS Wisconsin: Burl Ives; Jack E. Leonard; June Valli
May 19551h
- E38
Andy Griffith / Pat Henning / Betty & Jane Kean / Lew Parker
May 19551h
- E39
Ricardo Montalban; Julius LaRosa; Gloria DeHaven; Carol Haney
Jun 19551h
- E40
U.S. Army Talent Contest Finalists
Jun 19551h
- E41
Mister Roberts salute with Henry Fonda; James Cagney, Jack Lemmon
Jun 19551h
- E42
7th Anniversary Show: Bob Hope; Pearl Bailey; Will Jordan
Jun 19551h
- E43
From the USS Antietam: Chordettes /scheduled: Step Brothers; Priscilla Wright
Jul 19551h
- E44
Marion Marlowe (guest host); Eartha Kitt; Joey Bishop; Joan Holloway
Jul 19551h
- E45
Ethel Merman (guest host); Russell Nype; Jimmy Edmonson (Prof. Backwards)
Jul 19551h
- E46
Guy Mitchell (guest host); Polly Bergen; Arthur Worsley
Jul 19551h
- E47
"Tops in Blue" (U.S. Air Force acts)
Jul 19551h
- E48
Bill Haley & His Comets / Jack Palance/ Christopher Plummer / Roddy McDowall
Aug 19551h
- E49
The Mills Brothers / The Four Aces / Interviews with Sports Celebrities
Aug 19551h
- E50
Rosalind Russell, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Albert, Tony Bennett
Aug 19551h
- E51
Eartha Kitt; Jay Lawrence; The Mariners; The Chicago Festival Singers
Aug 19551h
- E52
Georgia Gibbs / 1956 Ice Capades / Donna Atwood
Sept 19551h
- E53
Jane Russell & Jeanne Crain / Phil Silvers & "Bilko" cast / Ames Brothers
Sept 19551h
- E54
Julius LaRosa & the Winners of the Navy's World Wide Talent Contest
Sept 19551h
