It may not be the case today, but there was a time in the middle of the 20th century when a performance on a late-night talk show was the most important thing in show business. And if the host took a shine to you? Fuhgetaboutit—you were made in the shade. Such was the case when acts […]
The Ed Sullivan Show is still drawing a crowd, amassing more than two billion total views across all social channels, reaching the 670 thousand YouTube Subscribers milestone, and more than 450 million YouTube views. The Ed Sullivan Show holds the record as the longest-running primetime variety show in television history with a 23-year run on CBS. Sullivan […]
One year after hitting the one billion total views mark, The Ed Sullivan Show has amassed more than two billion total views across all channels (including YouTube, Apple Music and Facebook), in tandem with reaching the 670,000 YouTube Subscribers milestone and more than 450 million YouTube views. The long-running variety show, which kicked off its 75th Anniversary […]
There’s no debate that The Ed Sullivan Show led the way for other variety and talk shows to thrive. The show ran from 1948 until 1971 and featured host Ed Sullivan interacting with entertainment of all kinds including opera singers, comedians, singers, actors, and even circus acts. Sullivan himself was truly a one-of-a-kind entertainer, host, and reporter, who sadly […]
The Stones’ first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show shocked parents, thrilled kids, and gave many people their first glimpse of “the most historically important ‘Burst” – Keith Richards’ 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard. Guitar dealer Richard Henry retraces its history. On this day, in 1964, the Rolling Stones made their historical debut on The Ed […]
Ten of the most memorable and best-loved Motown performances in the distinguished broadcast history of The Ed Sullivan Show have been compiled in one seven-minute clip, on the long-running variety series’ official YouTube channel. They include unforgettable appearances by the Supremes and the Temptations, both together and separately the Jackson 5; the Four Tops; and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles. The clips cover […]
A short location feature in which Ed Sullivan visits actor Harry Belafonte on the set of the movie Odds Against Tomorrow is now available to view on the official YouTube channel of Sullivan’s celebrated variety series. The two-minute clip is taken from the October 18, 1959 edition of The Ed Sullivan Show. The October 1959 show also featured appearances by […]
The song rose to No.16 on the Billboard Hot 100, the group’s third Top 20 hit after the chart-topping ‘Good Lovin’ and ‘You Better Run.’ The Young Rascals’ vibrant performance of “I’ve Been Lonely Too Long” on The Ed Sullivan Show of February 12, 1967 has been added to the series’ official YouTube channel. The ever-expanding archive […]
Noted filmmakers Margo Precht Speciale and Andrew Solt joined host Kenneth Womack to talk about how the Beatles really got booked on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” the lasting legacy of the television program on its 75th anniversary and more on a special bonus episode of “Everything Fab Four,” a podcast co-produced by me and Womack (a music […]
It’s a television show that made history over and over again, on multiple levels. No one could have realized the impact The Ed Sullivan Show would have not only on TV, but on American culture when it debuted 75 years ago, on June 20th, 1948. For the next 23 years, the show featured live performances by those […]