The Ed Sullivan Show
Overview
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV
variety show
that originally ran on CBS
from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York
entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan
.
In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time
.
From 1949 until its cancellation in 1971, the show ran on CBS
every Sunday night from 8–9 p.m. ET, and is one of the few entertainment shows to have been run in the same weekly time slot on the same network for more than two decades.
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
variety show
Variety show
A variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts, especially musical performances and sketch comedy, and normally introduced by a compère or host. Other types of acts include magic, animal and circus acts, acrobatics, juggling...
that originally ran on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York
New York City
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entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan
Ed Sullivan
Edward Vincent "Ed" Sullivan was an American entertainment writer and television host, best known as the presenter of the TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show. The show was broadcast from 1948 to 1971 , which made it one of the longest-running variety shows in U.S...
.
In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time
TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time
TV Guides 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time is TV Guides list of the 50 most entertaining and influential television series in American pop culture...
.
From 1949 until its cancellation in 1971, the show ran on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
every Sunday night from 8–9 p.m. ET, and is one of the few entertainment shows to have been run in the same weekly time slot on the same network for more than two decades.
