What is The Ed Sullivan Show?
{{italictitle}} [[File:Ed Sullivan.jpg|left|thumb|The shows host, [[Ed Sullivan]].]] [[File:Beatles with Ed Sullivan.jpg|thumb|[[Ed Sullivan]] and [[The Beatles]] on the show in 1964. From the left side of the screen to the right side of the screen; [[Ringo Starr]], [[George Harrison]], Ed Sullivan, [[John Lennon]], [[Paul McCartney]].]] '''''The Ed Sullivan Show''''' was an American [[television program|television]] [[variety show]] that ran on [[CBS]] from June 20, 1948, to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by [[New York City|New York]] entertainment columnist [[Ed Sullivan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edsullivan.com/about-ed-sullivan |title=Ed Sullivan Biography &#124; Ed Sullivan Show |website=Edsullivan.com |access-date=2016-10-28}}</ref> The show was originally known as '''''Toast Of The Town''''' in the 1940s and in the 1950s. The Ed Sullivan Show was known for introducing and giving a bigger name for acts such as [[Elvis Presley]], [[The Jackson 5]], and more infamously, [[The Beatles]]. It was replaced in September 1971 by the ''[[CBS Sunday Movie|CBS Sunday Night Movie]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.getty.net/texts/tv-67-83.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314052510/http://www.getty.net/texts/tv-67-83.txt |archive-date=2008-03-14 |format=TXT |title=Prime Time TV Schedule : 1967 Season |website=Web.archive.org |access-date=2016-10-28}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/26/entertainment/main507388.shtml |title=TV Guide Names Top 50 Shows |publisher=Cbsnews.com |date=2009-02-11 |access-date=2011-09-24 |archive-date=2002-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020802082054/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/26/entertainment/main507388.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{TV-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ed Sullivan Show, The}} [[Category:CBS network shows]] [[Category:Engl