In 1948, producer Marlo Lewis convinced CBS to hire Sullivan to host a weekly Sunday-night television variety show, Toast of the Town, which later became The Ed Sullivan Show.

Ed Sullivan, American television personality who was best known as the master of ceremonies for the immensely popular early TV variety program known as Toast of the Town (1948–55) and …

Biography The beloved Impresario of TV variety from 1948 to 1971, Ed Sullivan originally made his name as a newspaper sportswriter, radio broadcaster and theater columnist for the New …

Ed Sullivan had been in a near-fatal car accident and Charles Laughton was the substitute host. The show was seen by a record 60 million people – the largest single audience in television …

Jul 21, 2025 · In the documentary, entertainment greats like Belafonte and Smokey Robinson talk about the influence of Sullivan’s show, and through a recreation of Ed Sullivan’s voice, Sunday …

Jul 29, 2025 · Everyone knows the stories about the respective Ed Sullivan Show appearances of Elvis and the Beatles, and how his immensely popular Sunday night program inspired several …

Edward Vincent Sullivan (September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974) was an American, entertainment writer and television host, best known as the emcee of the popular and …

Ed Sullivan, who entertained hundreds of millions of Americans over his long career as Broadway columnist and host of the long-running televised Sunday evening variety show, died last night of...

Jul 25, 2025 · In an era when Black entertainers were scarce on TV, Ed Sullivan was truly a colour blind showman. He introduced North American audiences to the hottest acts, period, …

Jul 29, 2025 · Long before HBO turned Sunday night into TV-monoculture ground zero, there was Ed Sullivan. Born in Harlem and raised in Port Chester, New York, the sportswriter, syndicated …