The Ed Sullivan Show
S01E11: Lon Chaney, Jr., Count Basie and His Orchestra
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. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows.
In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
Episodes
S01E02 Irving Berlin, The Ink Spots, Peter Lind Hayes, Nan Wynn, Paul Winchell & Jerry Mahoney
S01E03 Joe DiMaggio, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
S01E04 Lena Horne, Joey Adams, Joe Howard, Jr., Tony Canzoneri
S01E05 Guests unknown
S01E06 Guests unknown
S01E07 Cab Calloway
S01E08 Peggy Lee, Harry Hershfield, The Howard Brothers, The DeMarco Sisters
S01E09 Irving Berlin, Nancy Donovan, Russ Morgan Orchestra, Vincent Lopez Orchestra
S01E10 Jan August
S01E11 Lon Chaney, Jr., Count Basie and His Orchestra
S01E12 Patricia Bright, Noro Morales
Cast
Ed Sullivan
Self - Host
