The Ed Sullivan Show (1955) — Watch, Cast & Overview

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Country: United States · Type: Variety

Genres: Comedy, Family, Reality

Years: 1955 - 1971

Seasons: 24 · Status: Ended

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From 1949 until its cancelation in 1971, the show ran on CBS every Sunday night from 8–9 p.m. E.T., and is one of the few entertainment shows to have run in the same weekly time slot on the same network for more than two decades. (During its first season, it ran from 9–10 p.m. E.T.) Virtually every type of entertainment appeared on the show; opera singers, popular artists, songwriters, comedians, ballet dancers, dramatic actors performing monologues from plays, and circus acts were regularly fe…

Seasons (24)

Season 1 · Toast of the Town

20 Jun 1948 · 1 episode

1Rodgers and Hammerstein, Monica Lewis, José Ferrer, Ruby Goldstein20 Jun 1948

Season 2 · Toast of the Town

18 Sep 1949 · 1 episode

1Sep. 18, 194918 Sep 1949

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

7 Nov 1954 · 1 episode

9Nov 7, 19547 Nov 1954

Season 9 · The Ed Sullivan Show

25 Sep 1955 – 16 Sep 1956 · 52 episodes

1Robert Mitchum / Lillian Gish / Rocky Marciano25 Sep 1955
2Nat King Cole / Fanny cast / Josh Logan2 Oct 1955
3Johnny Carson / June Valli / on film: Frank Sinatra; Marlon Brando9 Oct 1955
4scheduled: Edward R. Murrow; Dave Brubeck; Ed Begley; Tony Randall16 Oct 1955
5scheduled: Nat King Cole & wife Maria; Jack Palance; Rod Steiger23 Oct 1955
6Andy Griffith / Jean Simmons / Orson Bean30 Oct 1955
7scheduled: Phil Silvers; Liberace; Rise Stevens6 Nov 1955
8Edith Piaf / Shirley Booth / Al Hibbler / Arthur Worlsey13 Nov 1955
9Bo Diddley / Laverne Baker / Five Keys / Rod Steiger & Jack Palance20 Nov 1955
10scheduled: Pearl Bailey; Dick Shawn; Licia Albanese27 Nov 1955
11scheduled: Abbott & Costello; Lillian Roth / Burt Lancaster (on film)4 Dec 1955
12Sugar Ray Robinson / Teresa Brewer / Joyce Grenfell11 Dec 1955
13scheduled: Orson Welles; James Mason & daughter; Orson Bean18 Dec 1955
14scheduled: Gary Cooper & Rod Steiger; Jay Nemeth / Also: Ice Show remote25 Dec 1955
15scheduled: Roger Williams; The Dreamweavers; Dick Duane1 Jan 1956
16scheduled: Pearl Bailey; Lily Pons; Lone Ranger & Silver8 Jan 1956
17scheduled: Jean Carroll; Billy Williams Quartet; The Matchmaker cast15 Jan 1956
18ASCAP salute: Cab Calloway; John Raitt; Helen Kane; Mitch Miller22 Jan 1956
19scheduled: Kim Novak & Susan Strasberg; Gracie Fields29 Jan 1956
20Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz / Rodgers & Hammerstein / Orson Welles / Ames Brothers5 Feb 1956
21Shirley Jones / Pearl Bailey / Carl Sanberg / Hal Holbrook12 Feb 1956
22scheduled: Hermione Gingold; Billy DeWolfe; The Goofers; Jean Madeira19 Feb 1956
23scheduled: Fred Waring; Lilian Roth; Al Capp, Rube Goldberg26 Feb 1956
24Edith Piaf / Walt Disney; James Cagney; Jack Lemmon; Susan Hayward4 Mar 1956
25scheduled: Roger Williams; Dick Duane; Jimmie Komack; Enzio Stuarti11 Mar 1956
26sched: Marcel Marceau; Eli Wallach; Nat King Cole; Cesare Siepe18 Mar 1956
27scheduled: Nat King Cole; Jack Carter; Reese & Davis25 Mar 1956
28scheduled: Bob Crosby; Lili Palmer; Gloria & Carter DeHaven1 Apr 1956
29scheduled: Noel Coward; Mitzi Gaynor; Andre Kostelanetz8 Apr 1956
30scheduled: Helen Traubel; Ed Gardner / On film: Grace Kelly & Ralph Meeker15 Apr 1956
31schedul: Ames Brothers; Senor Wences; Marion Marlowe; Sam Levenson22 Apr 1956
32scheduled: Kate Smith; Eve Arden; Peters Sisters; Jean Carroll29 Apr 1956
33scheduled: Tony Martin; Nat King Cole; Edie Adams; the Lovers; Will Jordan6 May 1956
34Robert Young with the Mother of the Year Awards / Carlos Ramirez13 May 1956
35Marcel Marceau / Jack Paar / Teresa Brewer / David Whitfield20 May 1956
36scheduled: Kate Smith; Senor Wences; David Whitfield; Marion Marlowe27 May 1956
37scheduled: Burt Lancaster & Tony Curtis; Helen Wood; Lily Ponds3 Jun 1956
38scheduled: Nat King Cole; Bob Hope (on film); Jack Carter / film: A Short Vision10 Jun 1956
39All-Army Talent Show with Gary Crosby, Charlie Applewhite & Richard Hayes17 Jun 1956
408th Anniversary: Harry Belafonte; Shelley Winters; Gregory Peck; Phil Silvers24 Jun 1956
41John Huston salute: Gregory Peck; Orson Welles; Lauren Bacall; Edward G. Robinson1 Jul 1956
42scheduled: Constance Bennett; Senor Wences; Cell Block 7; Patachou8 Jul 1956
43Julie Andrews / Louis Armstrong / Bing Crosby (on film)15 Jul 1956
44Jack Paar (guest host) / Ames Brothers / Ted Lewis / Prof. Backwards22 Jul 1956
45sched: Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus' Top Acts (incl. Emmett Kelly)29 Jul 1956
46scheduled: U.S. Air Force talent show5 Aug 1956
47A Tribute to the Yankees / Phil Silvers / Teresa Brewer12 Aug 1956
48scheduled: Frank Sinatra; Jeannie Carson; Don Cornell19 Aug 1956
49scheduled: U.S. Navy talent show - with guest host Kirk Douglas26 Aug 1956
50Patti Page (guest host) / Kay Ballard / Maria Neglia2 Sep 1956
51Elvis Presley (1st appearance) / Charles Laughton / Dorothy Sarnoff9 Sep 1956
52The Four Aces / Marion Marlowe / Brooklyn Dodgers, Milwaukee Braves16 Sep 1956

Season 10

23 Sep 1956 – 15 Sep 1957 · 51 episodes

1scheduled: Edward G. Robinson; Edith Piaf; Helen Traubel; Jean Carroll23 Sep 1956
2Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz / Yogi Berra / Gisele MacKenzie / Joyce Grenfell30 Sep 1956
3scheduled: Eartha Kitt; Kate Smith; Joe E. Lewis; Ricky Layne;Richardi7 Oct 1956
4Dedication of the Henry & Edsel Ford Auditorium / Johnny Carson14 Oct 1956
5scheduled: Jack Paar / On film: Robert Mitchum; Rita Hayworth; Jack Lemmon21 Oct 1956
6Elvis Presley (2nd appearance) / Senior Wences / Joyce Grenfell28 Oct 1956
7scheduled: Maurice Evans; Nelson Eddy; Patti Page; Henri Salvador; Elliot Reed4 Nov 1956
8Life Magazine Tribute with Julie Andrews; Bing Crosby; Phil Silvers11 Nov 1956
9Fats Domino / Guy Mitchell / Elvis Presley (film clip)18 Nov 1956
10Maria Callas & Rudolf Bing / Clark Gable (filmed interview)25 Nov 1956
11Rosemary Clooney / Sophie Tucker / Anthony Newley / Modern Screen Awards2 Dec 1956
12sched: Kate Smith; Sam Levenson; Joyce Grenfell; Gaelic Singers9 Dec 1956
13scheduled: Rise Stevens; Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy; Jack Paar; Jo Sullivan16 Dec 1956
14scheduled: Gracie Fields; Kaye Ballard; Dolores Wilson; Annie Cordy23 Dec 1956
15scheduled: Look Award winners: Sid Caesar; Edward R. Murrow; Walt Disney30 Dec 1956
16Elvis Presley (3rd appearance) / Carol Burnett / Sugar Ray Robinson6 Jan 1957
17scheduled: Imogene Coca; Kate Smith; Professor Backwards13 Jan 1957
18Sonny James / Fess Parker / Ivory Joe Hunter20 Jan 1957
19scheduled: Louis Armstrong; Ella Fitzgerald; Dorothy Kirsten; Mario del Monaco27 Jan 1957
20scheduled: Vic Damone; Jose Greco; Al Hibbler3 Feb 1957
21scheduled: Benny Goodman; Victor Borge; Charlotte Rae10 Feb 1957
22scheduled: Hugh O'Brian; Robert Wagner; Jeannie Carson17 Feb 1957
23Lena Horne; Xavier Cugat; Abbe Lane; Doretta Morrow24 Feb 1957
24Lerner & Loewe Tribute: Gene Kelly; Leslie Caron; Fred Astaire3 Mar 1957
25scheduled: Henry Fonda (on film); Wilt Chamberlain; Don Ameche10 Mar 1957
26scheduled: Robert Mitchum; Ames Brothers; Edie Adams17 Mar 1957
27scheduled: Julie London; Rodgers and Hammerstein; Ella Fitzgerald24 Mar 1957
28Fred Astaire / Fredric March / Peggy Wood / Buddy Knox / Ferlin Husky7 Apr 1957
29scheduled: Judy Holliday; Henry Fonda; Alan King; Alma Cogan14 Apr 1957
30scheduled: Buster Keaton; Donald O'Connor; Chester Gould14 Apr 1957
31Bill Haley & the Comets / Lena Horne / Tony Perkins28 Apr 1957
32Johnnie Ray / Walter Pidgeon / Sugar Ray Robinson5 May 1957
33scheduled: Navy talent show / Bob & Ray / Jack Dempsey12 May 1957
34scheduled: Tommy Sands; Rise Stevens; Glenn Miller Band (led by Ray McKinley)19 May 1957
35Jayne Mansfield / Jack Webb / Sam Snead / Dolores Grey / Gene Austin26 May 1957
36scheduled: Tony Martin; Sarah Vaughn; Janet Blair2 Jun 1957
37scheduled: Joni James; Alan King; Harry Belafonte (on film)9 Jun 1957
38Johnny Mathis / Polly Bergen / Rusty Draper / Bing Crosby (on film)16 Jun 1957
39scheduled: Burt Lancaster; Gene Kelly; Helen Wood23 Jun 1957
40Everly Brothers / Frances Farmer / Nancy Whiskey / Prince & the Showgirl premiere30 Jun 1957
41Louis Armstrong / Teresa Brewer / Jack Paar / Gary Cooper / Betty Madigan7 Jul 1957
42scheduled: Sal Mineo; Diahann Carroll; Don Cherry14 Jul 1957
43scheduled: Ernie Kovacs; Myron Cohen; Four Aces21 Jul 1957
44scheduled: Dan Dailey (guest host); the Crew Cuts; Roger Williams28 Jul 1957
45Dan Dailey (guest host) / The Everly Brothers4 Aug 1957
46U.S. Army Show with Jayne Mansfield; Carol Burnett; Buddy Knox11 Aug 1957
47scheduled: Cab Calloway; Janet Blair; Sue Carson; Dick Contino18 Aug 1957
48Sal Mineo / Guy Mitchell / Carman McRae / Wes Harrison25 Aug 1957
49The Del Vikings / Joe Dimaggio / Mickey Mantle / Willie Mays1 Sep 1957
501958 Ice Capades / Della Reese / Jimmie Rodgers / Paul Anka8 Sep 1957
51Andrews Sisters / Nick Todd / Billy Ward & the Dominos15 Sep 1957

Season 11

22 Sep 1957 – 7 Sep 1958 · 50 episodes

1Betty Grable / Carol Channing / Harry James / Bobby Helms / George Raft22 Sep 1957
2scheduled: George Burns & Gracie Allen; Johnnie Ray; Ida Lupino & Howard Duff29 Sep 1957
3scheduled: Eva Marie Saint; Everly Brothers; Danny Thomas; Bob & Ray6 Oct 1957
4The Sparkletones / Mills Brothers / Georgia Gibbs / Sammy Kaye20 Oct 1957
5The Platters / Frances Farmer / Jane Morgan27 Oct 1957
6Sam Cooke / Jimmie Rodgers / Paul Anka / Sparkletones3 Nov 1957
7Robert Wagner & Joan Collins / Sarah Vaughan / Roger Williams / Billy Eckstine10 Nov 1957
8Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps / Georgia Gibbs / Carol Burnett17 Nov 1957
9scheduled: Rex Harrison; Kay Kendall; Tony Martin; the Four Aces; Barbara McNair24 Nov 1957
10Buddy Holly and the Crickets / Sam Cooke / Bobby Helms1 Dec 1957
11The Platters / Noel Coward / Ray Peterson8 Dec 1957
12scheduled: Tony Bennett; Della Reese; Eddie Foy; Barbara Perry15 Dec 1957
1310th Christmas Show - Frankie Lymon; Rise Stevens; Carol Lawrence22 Dec 1957
14scheduled: Red Buttons; Roberta Sherwood / John Wayne (on film)29 Dec 1957
15scheduled: The Everly Brothers; Johnnie Ray5 Jan 1958
16Bing Crosby (on film) / James Arness / Mike Kellin & Sondra Lee12 Jan 1958
17Mario Lanza (on film, interview) / Kirby Stone Quartet / Marissa Alotsio19 Jan 1958
18Buddy Holly & the Crickets (2nd appearance) /Jimmie Rodgers / Ted Lewis26 Jan 1958
19scheduled: Ted Lewis; Helen Gallagher; Georges Guetary2 Feb 1958
20scheduled: Gina Lollobrigida; Sally Ann Howes; Jack Carter; Billy Kenny9 Feb 1958
21scheduled: Vic Damone; Anna Magnani (on film, tour of Rome)16 Feb 1958
22LaVern Baker / Victor Moore / Tina Robin23 Feb 1958
23scheduled: Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; The Everly Brothers; Charles Manna2 Mar 1958
24Everly Brothers / Jo Stafford / The Sparkletones9 Mar 1958
25St. Patrick's Day / scheduled: Mickey Shaughnessy; Myron Cohen; Sue Carson16 Mar 1958
26Rodgers & Hammerstein / Bert Lahr / The Rays / Four Preps23 Mar 1958
27scheduled: Della Reese; Frankie Vaughan; Jane Morgan30 Mar 1958
28Maurice Chevalier / Carol Burnett / Conrad Hilton6 Apr 1958
29scheduled: Nat King Cole; Mickey Mantle; Yogi Berra; Jack Norworth13 Apr 1958
30The Champs (Tequila) / Vivian Blaine / Hermoine Gingold20 Apr 1958
31Everly Brothers / Sal Mineo / Patachou / Teresa Brewer27 Apr 1958
32Lillian Roth / The Chordettes / David Seville / Helen Gallagher / Denise Darcel4 May 1958
33scheduled: Eleanor Roosevelt; Connie Francis; Tony Martin11 May 1958
34scheduled: Maurice Chevalier; Sophie Tucker; Carol Lawrence; Jack E. Leonard18 May 1958
35scheduled: Frankie Lymon; Alan King; Hermione Gingold25 May 1958
36scheduled: Wayne and Shuster; Jimmie Rodgers; Edie Adams1 Jun 1958
37scheduled: Alan King; Hugh O'Brian; Jack E. Leonard; Roberta Sherwood8 Jun 1958
38The Brussels World's Fair / Sophia Loren / The Platters15 Jun 1958
3910th Anniversary Show (clips from past shows)22 Jun 1958
40Moscow's Moiseyev Ballet29 Jun 1958
41Esther Williams / Frank Sinatra (on film) / Princess Grace (film)6 Jul 1958
42scheduled: Ann Blyth; The Four Preps; Anna Maria Alberghetti13 Jul 1958
43scheduled: The 5th Annual Army talent show; Teresa Brewer (guest host)20 Jul 1958
44Ernie Kovacs / Sheb Wooley / Gordon MacRae / Bobby Van27 Jul 1958
45scheduled: Wayne and Shuster; Dolores Gray; Margaret Tynes3 Aug 1958
46scheduled: 4th Annual U.S. Navy Talent Contest with guest host Sam Levenson10 Aug 1958
47Gregory Peck (cameo) / Teresa Brewer / Carol Lawrence17 Aug 1958
48scheduled: Frankie Lymon; Georgie Kaye; Wayne & Shuster24 Aug 1958
49Dick Powell / Jack E. Leonard / Air Force Talent Show31 Aug 1958
50Georgia Gibbs / Ice Capades / scheduled: Johnny Ray; Jane Morgan7 Sep 1958

Season 12

14 Sep 1958 – 13 Sep 1959 · 52 episodes

1Tommy Edwards / West Side Story Broadway cast / Mickey Rooney14 Sep 1958
2scheduled: The stars of the upcoming TV season21 Sep 1958
3Shecky Green / Mickey Mantle / Yogi Berra / Sacha Distel28 Sep 1958
4scheduled: Danny Thomas; Frankie Laine; Milwaukee Braves players5 Oct 1958
5scheduled: Carol Channing; Genevieve; Line Renaud12 Oct 1958
6Tony Martin / Roger Williams / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane19 Oct 1958
7Esther Williams (guest host) / Johnny Mathis / Janet Blair26 Oct 1958
8Itzhak Perlman / Carol Lawrence & Larry Kert / Film: Ed Sullivan Visits Jerusalem2 Nov 1958
9Friar's Club roasts Ed Sullivan w/Walter Cronkite; Maury Amsterdam; Joey Bishop9 Nov 1958
10scheduled: William Shatner; Lou Costello; Dody Goodman16 Nov 1958
11Kathryn Grayson / Herb Shriner / The Four Coins23 Nov 1958
12scheduled: Teresa Brewer; Hal March; Jean Carroll30 Nov 1958
13From Alaska: Dody Goodman; Jill Corey; Dick Lord Buckley7 Dec 1958
14scheduled: Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Flower Drum Song cast14 Dec 1958
15scheduled: Jose Ferrer & Lois Smith; David Seville; Rise Stevens21 Dec 1958
16Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward / Maurice Gosfield & Joe E. Ross28 Dec 1958
17Imogene Coca / Shelley Berman / Trude Adams / Phil Ford & Mimi Hines4 Jan 1959
18Fidel Castro (on film) / Jason Robards / George Grizzard / Alan King11 Jan 1959
19Edith Piaf / Celeste Holm / Betty Comden & Adolph Green / Pat Suzuki18 Jan 1959
20scheduled: Charlton Heston; Eartha Kitt; Georgia Gibbs25 Jan 1959
21Johnny Cash / Frankie Laine / Richard Boone8 Feb 1959
22scheduled: Itzhak Perlman; Dody Goodman; Jack Carter; Jane Morgan15 Feb 1959
23scheduled: Dennis Weaver; Roger Williams; Pat Henning22 Feb 1959
24The Platters / scheduled: Abbe Lane; Xavier Cugat; Carol Lawrence1 Mar 1959
25Fred MacMurray / Jane Russell / David Seville / Samuel Goldwyn (on film)8 Mar 1959
26Edward Mulhare / Myron Cohen / Paul O'Keefe15 Mar 1959
27From Portugal: Maurice Chevalier; The Ames Brothers22 Mar 1959
28scheduled: Shelley Winters; Connie Francis / James Stewart & Lee Remick (on film)29 Mar 1959
29The Fleetwoods / Billy Williams Quartet / Jean Carroll5 Apr 1959
30Johnnie Ray / Brook Benton / Gertrude Berg / Teresa Brewer12 Apr 1959
31scheduled: Tallulah Bankhead; Della Reese; Betty Comden & Adolph Green19 Apr 1959
32Johnny Mathis / Rod Steiger / Henny Youngman26 Apr 1959
33scheduled: Lionel Hampton; Gogi Grant; Billy Daniels3 May 1959
34Louis Prima & Keely Smith / Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy / Andy Griffith10 May 1959
35Louis Prima & Keely Smith / Shelly Berman / Jack Carter17 May 1959
36Fabian / Myron Cohen / Ed Wynn / Carol Lawrence24 May 1959
37Bobby Darin / Edith Piaf / Wayne & Shuster31 May 1959
38James Cagney tribute / Johnny Horton / Al Martino7 Jun 1959
39Brook Benton / Connie Francis / Wayne & Shuster / Henny Youngman14 Jun 1959
40Fabian / Georgia Gibbs / Kirby Stone Four / John Wayne (on tape)21 Jun 1959
41Duke Ellington / Lloyd Price / Frankie Avalon / Jean Carroll28 Jun 1959
42scheduled: Ames Brothers; Patachou; Alan King; Ford & Hines5 Jul 1959
43Carol Channing / Georgia Gibbs / Wayne & Shuster / Bob Lewis12 Jul 1959
44Spoleto Festival (taped in Italy): Sir John Gielgud; Eileen Farrell19 Jul 1959
45Eartha Kitt / Charlton Heston (on film) / Roger Williams26 Jul 1959
46The Platters / scheduled: Roberta Peters; Shelley Berman2 Aug 1959
47Jane Russell / Sid Kroft / Shecky Greene / Toni Arden9 Aug 1959
48scheduled: Lionel Hampton; Teresa Brewer; Jan Murray16 Aug 1959
49scheduled: Luise Rainer; Alan King; Dolores Wilson23 Aug 1959
50Army Talent Show with Steve Lawrence; Henny Youngman30 Aug 1959
51Bobby Darin / Frankie Laine / Teresa Brewer6 Sep 1959
52scheduled: Edith Piaf; Itzhak Perlman; Jack Carter13 Sep 1959

Season 13

20 Sep 1959 – 11 Sep 1960 · 49 episodes

1Louis Armstrong / Rosemary Clooney / Jose Ferrer / Alan King20 Sep 1959
2Invitation to Moscow27 Sep 1959
3Danny Thomas / Eartha Kitt / Julius LaRosa4 Oct 1959
4Mario Lanza (on film) / Ethel Merman / Larry Blyden11 Oct 1959
5Harry Belafonte (on film) / Ames Brothers / Wilt Chamberlain18 Oct 1959
6scheduled: Della Reese; Wayne & Shuster; Betty Johnson25 Oct 1959
7Paul Anka / The Step Brothers / Castle Sisters1 Nov 1959
8Johnny Mathis / Gracie Fields / Jan Murray8 Nov 1959
9scheduled: Suzanne Pleshette; Tom Poston; Georgia Gibbs15 Nov 1959
10scheduled: Carol Channing; Count Basie; Joe Williams22 Nov 1959
11Dick Van Dyke & Bess Halliday / Dorothy Collins / Marion Marlowe29 Nov 1959
12scheduled: Lionel Hampton; Teresa Brewer; Jack Carter6 Dec 1959
13Dorothy Dandridge / Brook Benton / David Seville / Ames Brothers13 Dec 1959
14Polly Bergen / Gertrude Berg / Paul O'Keefe / Harry Simeone Chorale20 Dec 1959
15Charlton Heston / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Leon Bibb27 Dec 1959
16Bobby Darin & Connie Francis / Edgar Bergen / Gene Krupa & Sal Mineo3 Jan 1960
17Wayne & Shuster (guest hosts) / Frankie Avalon / Birgit Nilsson10 Jan 1960
18scheduled: Rosemary Clooney; Nelson Eddy; Carol Lawrence17 Jan 1960
19Takarazuka Dance Theater / Ford & Hines / Kim Sisters24 Jan 1960
20scheduled: Teresa Brewer; Rowan & Martin; Carol Lawrence7 Feb 1960
21Charles Laughton / Dorothy Dandridge / Harry James / Wayne & Schuster14 Feb 1960
22scheduled: Jack Carter; Myron Cohen; Earl Grant; Barry Sisters21 Feb 1960
23Bobby Darin / Connie Francis / Della Reese / Senor Wences28 Feb 1960
24scheduled: Eartha Kitt; Leon Bibb; Anna Maria Alberghetti6 Mar 1960
25scheduled: Eileen Brennan; Pat Rooney; Sean O'Casey; Barry Fitzgerald13 Mar 1960
26Circus Stars from All Over the World20 Mar 1960
27Dorothy Dandridge / Teresa Brewer / Jack Carter / Myron Cohen27 Mar 1960
28scheduled: Chris Connor; Ames Brothers; Jill Corey10 Apr 1960
29David Seville / Mahalia Jackson / Wayne & Shuster17 Apr 1960
30scheduled: Red Buttons; Rowan & Martin; Ames Brothers24 Apr 1960
31Charlton Heston / Johnny Horton / Dean Jones1 May 1960
32scheduled: Nina Simone; The Browns; Bess Myerson8 May 1960
33scheduled: James Cagney; Robert Montgomery; Jane Froman; Julie Wilson15 May 1960
34scheduled: Nelson Eddy & Gale Sherwood; Brothers Four; Wayne & Shuster22 May 1960
35scheduled: Count Basie; Joe Williams; Chita Rivera29 May 1960
36Jack Lemon / Louis Prima & Keely Smith / Bert Lahr5 Jun 1960
37Louis Prima & Keely Smith / Connie Francis / Dick Van Dyke12 Jun 1960
38Ann Miller / Della Reese / Don Adams / Benny Goodman All-Star Band19 Jun 1960
39scheduled: Rise Stevens; Ames Brothers; Gene Krupa Orchestra26 Jun 1960
40Rosemary Clooney / Phil Foster / Dave Barry / Happy Jesters3 Jul 1960
41scheduled: Red Buttons; Georgia Gibbs; Rowan & Martin10 Jul 1960
42scheduled: Dick Van Dyke; Chris Connor; Edgar Bergen17 Jul 1960
43scheduled: Lloyd Price; Blossom Seeley; Jan Murray; Bob Lewis24 Jul 1960
44scheduled: Harry James; Henny Youngman; Wayne & Shuster31 Jul 1960
45Sophia Loren & Clark Gable (on film) / Jack Carter7 Aug 1960
46scheduled: Kirby Stone Four; Roberta Peters; Carol Haney14 Aug 1960
47scheduled: Lionel Hampton; Sam Levene; Four Preps; Dewey Markham21 Aug 1960
48Oscar Hammerstein tribute: Della Reese; Georgia Gibbs; Jill Corey4 Sep 1960
49Nina Simone / Eartha Kitt / Noelle Adam11 Sep 1960

Season 14

25 Sep 1960 – 30 Jul 1961 · 40 episodes

1David Seville & the Chipmunks (puppets) / Red Buttons / Patachou25 Sep 1960
2Bob Newhart / Mickey Rooney / Danny Thomas / McGuire Sisters2 Oct 1960
3scheduled: Johnny Mathis; Peggy Lee; the Dave Brubeck Quartet; Mort Sahl16 Oct 1960
4scheduled: Jack Carter; Gordon & Sheila MacRae; Crosby Bros.; Erroll Garner23 Oct 1960
5From Chicago: Charlton Heston; Benny Goodman; Mahalia Jackson; Bob Newhart6 Nov 1960
6Dick Van Dyke / Chita Rivera / Shirley Bassey13 Nov 1960
7Jerry Lewis / Connie Francis / Sophie Tucker20 Nov 1960
8scheduled: Tony Martin; Anna Maria Alberghetti; Shecky Greene27 Nov 1960
9Jackie Wilson / Mort Sahl / Jane Morgan4 Dec 1960
10scheduled: Teresa Brewer; Myron Cohen; Billy Eckstine; Guy Marks11 Dec 1960
11Mahalia Jackson / Roger Williams / Jack Carter / Hal March / Limeliters18 Dec 1960
12Roberta Peters / Odetta / Alfred Drake / Robert Shaw Chorale25 Dec 1960
13scheduled: Tammy Grimes; Earl Grant; George Jessel1 Jan 1961
14Bob Newhart / Bob & Ray / Sal Mineo / Damita Jo8 Jan 1961
15scheduled: Belafonte Folk Singers; Edgar Bergen; Don Adams22 Jan 1961
16Carmen McRae / scheduled: Carol Channing; Nat King Cole29 Jan 1961
17Dorothy Dandridge / George Jessel / Pete Fountain / Barry Sisters / Errol Garner5 Feb 1961
18Henry Fonda / Peggy Lee / Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks / Paul Anka12 Feb 1961
19Lucille Ball / Rowan & Martin / Wayne & Shuster / Jack Carter19 Feb 1961
20scheduled: Spike Jones; Henny Youngman; Frank Gorshin; Shari Lewis26 Feb 1961
21scheduled: Louis Armstrong & band; Bob Newhart; Joan Fairfax5 Mar 1961
22scheduled: Tammy Grimes; Pat O'Brien; Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem12 Mar 1961
23Salute to Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe: Julie Andrews; Richard Burton19 Mar 1961
24scheduled: Della Reese; Johnny Carson; Alfred Drake26 Mar 1961
25Charlton Heston / Roger Williams / Anita Bryant / Dick Roman2 Apr 1961
26scheduled: Jan Peerce; Corbett Monica; Smith & Dale9 Apr 1961
27Pearl Bailey / Jerry Orbach / Anna Maria Alberghetti / George Kirby16 Apr 1961
28Harpo Marx; Allen & Rossi; Dick Haymes & Fran Jeffries23 Apr 1961
29scheduled: Dizzy Gillespie; Rowan & Martin; McGuire Sisters; Eileen Farrell30 Apr 1961
30scheduled: Al Hirt; Rosemary Clooney; Earl Grant7 May 1961
31scheduled: Teresa Brewer; Gene Barry; Three Stooges14 May 1961
32Jerry Lewis / Sandy Stewart / Phil Harris21 May 1961
33Jackie Wilson / Sophia Loren / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane28 May 1961
34scheduled: Roger Williams; Mort Sahl; the Limeliters4 Jun 1961
35Mahalia Jackson / Jack Carter / Delores Gray / Mike Clifford11 Jun 1961
36scheduled: Connie Francis; Al Hirt; Robert Goulet18 Jun 1961
37scheduled: Nancy Walker; Nancy Dussault; Earl Grant; Conrad Buckner25 Jun 1961
38Louis Armstrong / Teresa Brewer / Myron Cohen / Joan Halloway2 Jul 1961
39scheduled: Phyllis Diller; the Brothers Four; Joey Adams; Felicia Sanders9 Jul 1961
40scheduled: Pearl Bailey; Edgar Bergen; etc.30 Jul 1961

Season 15

17 Sep 1961 – 19 Aug 1962 · 45 episodes

1First show of the 15th Season17 Sep 1961
2From Las Vegas: Danny Thomas; Della Reese; Crosby Brothers24 Sep 1961
3Phil Silvers / Brigitte Bardot (filmed interview) / Peter Nero / McGuire Sisters1 Oct 1961
4Taped in West Berlin: Louis Armstrong; Connie Francis; Van Cliburn8 Oct 1961
52nd Berlin show: Louis Armstrong; Sid Caesar; Shari Lewis15 Oct 1961
6Chubby Checker / Phil Silvers / Nancy Walker22 Oct 1961
7scheduled: Everly Brothers; Robert Goulet; George Gobel29 Oct 1961
8scheduled: Jimmy Dean; Art Carney; Al Hirt; Julius LaRosa5 Nov 1961
9Pearl Bailey / Brenda Lee / Ames Brothers / Frank Gorshin / Myron Cohen12 Nov 1961
10Steve Lawrence / Jerry Lewis / Dorothy Louden / Martha Perez19 Nov 1961
11scheduled: Richard Boone; Jackie Mason; Sophie Tucker26 Nov 1961
12scheduled: Sid Caesar; Connie Francis; Joan Sutherland3 Dec 1961
13scheduled: Sarah Vaughan; Al Hirt; Vic Damone; Gary Morton; Edgar Bergen10 Dec 1961
14Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington / Paul Anka17 Dec 1961
15Linda Scott / Shari Lewis / The Baird Puppets24 Dec 1961
16scheduled: Slappy White; Matt Monro; Smith & Dale31 Dec 1961
17Jimmy Durante / Rosemary Clooney / Bob Newhart / Gary Morton7 Jan 1962
18Mickey Rooney / Timi Yuro / Rip Taylor / Ken Murray14 Jan 1962
19Jackie Wilson / Robert Goulet / Kate Smith / Wayne & Shuster21 Jan 1962
20Sid Caesar / Connie Francis / Frank Gorshin / Franco Corelli28 Jan 1962
21scheduled: Brook Benton; Pearl Bailey; George Gobel; Bobby Rydell4 Feb 1962
22scheduled: Carl Sandburg; Paul Anka; Shelley Berman; McGuire Sisters11 Feb 1962
23The Everly Brothers / Timi Yuro / Al Hirt18 Feb 1962
24scheduled: Lloyd Bridges; Damita Jo; The Crosby Brothers; Jan Murray25 Feb 1962
25Art Carney / Fats Domino / Phyllis Diller / Connie Stevens / Tommy Sands4 Mar 1962
26Henry Fonda & Olivia de Havilland / Maureen O'Hara11 Mar 1962
27Rowan & Martin / Robert Goulet / Dick Haymes & Fran Jefferies18 Mar 1962
28Sid Caesar / Jackie Mason / Diahann Carroll / Richard Kiley25 Mar 1962
29Jackie Wilson / Patti Page / Wayne & Shuster / Ann-Margret (on film)1 Apr 1962
30scheduled: Cyd Charisse; Lionel Hampton; Jack Carter8 Apr 1962
31Sophia Loren / Mahalia Jackson / Teresa Brewer / Maximillian Schell15 Apr 1962
32Harry Belafonte / Miriam Makeba / Thelma Lee22 Apr 1962
33Johnny Mathis / Jackie Mason / Rip Taylor / McGuire Sisters29 Apr 1962
34scheduled: Bobby Darin; Diahann Carroll; Corbett Monica6 May 1962
35scheduled: Joan Sutherland; Pegleg Bates; Joey Adams13 May 1962
36Peggy Lee / Jackie Robinson / Slappy White / Brothers Four20 May 1962
37Jackie Wilson / Connie Francis / Red Buttons27 May 1962
38Rudy Vallee / Paul Anka / Chita Rivera / Peter Nero3 Jun 1962
39Larry Storch / Danny Lewis / Mickey Mantle & Roger Maris10 Jun 1962
40Dave Brubeck / Frank Gorshin / Gloria Lynne17 Jun 1962
4114th Anniversary Show: Bing Crosby; Jerry Lewis; Theresa Brewer24 Jun 1962
42Taped at the Moulin Rouge, Paris: Connie Francis; Johnny Halliday1 Jul 1962
43Patti Page / Rowan & Martin / Billy Eckstine22 Jul 1962
44Burt Lancaster / Dion / Diahann Carroll / Abbe Lane12 Aug 1962
45scheduled: talented newcomers making their TV debuts19 Aug 1962

Season 16

30 Sep 1962 – 18 Aug 1963 · 42 episodes

1Eddie Fisher / Al Hirt / Mickey Mantle & Whitney Ford30 Sep 1962
2scheduled: Paul Anka; Vaughn Meader; Yolanda White7 Oct 1962
3scheduled: Connie Francis; Louis Prima; Jerry Van Dyke14 Oct 1962
4scheduled: Cliff Richard, Kate Smith; Wayne & Schuster; Rip Taylor21 Oct 1962
5Louis Prima / Jackie Mason / Steve Allen28 Oct 1962
6Tribute to Richard Rodgers with Peggy Lee; Diahann Carroll; Roberta Peters4 Nov 1962
7scheduled: Robert Goulet; Phyllis McGuire; Rowan & Martin11 Nov 1962
8Van Johnson / Kaye Stevens / Paul Lynde / Bob Lewis18 Nov 1962
9Tony Bennett / Rosemary Clooney / Jackie Mason / Jack Carter25 Nov 1962
10Pearl Bailey / Al Hirt / Phil Foster / Pat Henry2 Dec 1962
11Four Seasons / Peggy Lee / Anthony Newley / Jose Greco9 Dec 1962
12Barbra Streisand / Liberace / Clancy Brothers16 Dec 1962
13From Guantanamo Naval Base: Connie Francis / Louis Armstrong23 Dec 1962
14Italy's Podrecca's Piccoli Theater (puppets)30 Dec 1962
15Sammy Davis Jr./ Barry Sisters / Vaughn Meader / Pat Carroll6 Jan 1963
16Brenda Lee / Jackie Mason / Robert Goulet13 Jan 1963
17scheduled: the McGuire Sisters, Georgia Brown; Sergio Franchi20 Jan 1963
18Neil Sedaka / Wayne & Shuster / Janet Blair / Dave Astor27 Jan 1963
19International performers: Franco Corelli; Eve Boswell; Hannah Ahroni3 Feb 1963
20Hal Holbrook / Patti Page / Three Stooges / Dave Madden10 Feb 1963
21From Las Vegas: Jimmy Durante; Eddie Jackson; Sonny King24 Feb 1963
22scheduled: Mike Clifford; Kate Smith; Bob Newhart; Nancy Walker3 Mar 1963
23Kaye Stevens / Wayne & Shuster / Leon Bibb / Guy Lombardo Orchestra10 Mar 1963
24Sid Caesar / Paul Anka / Chad Mitchell Trio / McGuire Sisters17 Mar 1963
25Barbra Streisand / Chubby Checker / Woody Herman24 Mar 1963
26Jackie Wilson / The McGuire Sisters31 Mar 1963
27scheduled: Frankie Avalon; Stiller & Meara; Lee Evans Jazz Trio7 Apr 1963
28From London: Judy Garland / Peter O'Toole / Cliff Richard14 Apr 1963
29scheduled: Liza Minnelli; Anthony Quinn; Della Reese21 Apr 1963
30Connie Francis / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Wayne & Shuster28 Apr 1963
31Lucille Ball & Bob Hope / Ella Fitzgerald / Jackie Mason5 May 1963
32scheduled: Vivien Leigh; Brenda Lee; Ann-Margret; Al Hirt12 May 1963
33Ann-Margret / Steve Lawrence / Kate Smith19 May 1963
34scheduled: Cab Calloway; Eydie Gorme; Frank Fontaine; Sergio Franchi26 May 1963
35scheduled: Sammy Davis, Jr.; Janet Blair; Rowan & Martin; Kim Sisters2 Jun 1963
36Barbra Streisand / Stiller & Meara / McGuire Sisters9 Jun 1963
37Eartha Kitt / Jackie Mason / Wayne & Shuster / Kaye Ballard16 Jun 1963
3815th Anniversary Show with clips from past shows: Elvis Presley, Gary Cooper23 Jun 1963
39Al Hirt / Totie Fields / Geula Gill / Alberto Rochi30 Jun 1963
40On tape: Wayne & Shuster; Kay Stevens; Marion Marlowe; Bill Dana14 Jul 1963
41On tape: Kate Smith; Jackie Mason; Joya Sherrill4 Aug 1963
42Matt Monro / Joan Sutherland / Della Reese18 Aug 1963

Season 17

29 Sep 1963 – 6 Sep 1964 · 42 episodes

1Jimmy Durante / Frank Sinatra Jr. / Pied Pipers29 Sep 1963
2Dick Dale / The Angels / Totie Fields6 Oct 1963
3Lesley Gore / Tony Bennett / Frank Gorshin13 Oct 1963
4Scheduled: Cliff Richard; Eydie Gorme20 Oct 1963
5Moscow State Circus27 Oct 1963
6Richard Burton / Morecombe & Wise / Arthur Worsley3 Nov 1963
7scheduled: The Jane Russell, Connie Haines and Beryl Davis trio; Allen & Rossi10 Nov 1963
8scheduled: Tommy Sands & Nancy Sinatra; Robert Horton17 Nov 1963
9The Obratsov Russian Puppet Theatre1 Dec 1963
10Ginger Rogers / Burt Lanchester (on film)8 Dec 1963
11Burt Lancaster / Al Hirt / Milton Berle / Georgia Brown15 Dec 1963
12scheduled: Buster Keaton; Teresa Brewer; Tessie O'Shea22 Dec 1963
13Hank Williams Jr. / Janet Blair / cast of Twice Over Nightly29 Dec 1963
14Count Basie Orchestra / Keely Smith / Sister Sourie (Singing Nun)5 Jan 1964
15Connie Francis / Frank Sinatra, Jr. / Stiller & Meara12 Jan 1964
16Bobby Vinton / Juliet Prowse / Pat Buttram19 Jan 1964
17scheduled: Eddy Arnold; Van Heflin; Sidney Blackmer26 Jan 1964
18Ella Fitzgerald / Sammy Davis Jr.2 Feb 1964
19Beatles (1st appearance) / Oliver Broadway cast9 Feb 1964
20Beatles (2nd appearance) / Mitzi Gaynor16 Feb 1964
21Beatles (3rd appearance) / Cab Calloway23 Feb 1964
22George Raft / Jack Carter / John Byner1 Mar 1964
23Dave Clark Five / A Salute to American Composers8 Mar 1964
24Dave Clark Five / Peter O'Toole / Jack Jones15 Mar 1964
25Bobby Vinton / Van Johnson / The Ladybugs22 Mar 1964
26Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers29 Mar 1964
27The Searchers / scheduled: Rowan & Martin; Senor Wences5 Apr 1964
28Moscow State Circus (taped in Minneapolis, MN)12 Apr 1964
29Al Hirt / Roberta Peters / Itzhak Perlman / Kim Sisters26 Apr 1964
30Stevie Wonder / Gerry and the Pacemakers3 May 1964
31Dusty Springfield / Gerry & the Pacemakers / Itzhak Perlman10 May 1964
32scheduled: Paul Anka; McGuire Sisters; Rita Pavone17 May 1964
33Liza Minnelli / Duke Ellington / The Beatles (on film)24 May 1964
34Dave Clark Five / Bill Cosby / Helen Hayes31 May 1964
35Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas / Alec Guinness7 Jun 1964
36Sammy Davis Jr./ A filmed tour of the JFK Library exhibit14 Jun 1964
37Debbie Reynolds (on film) / Trini Lopez / Harve Presnell21 Jun 1964
38Bobby Vinton / Connie Francis / Frank Sinatra / Ferrante & Teicher28 Jun 1964
39scheduled: Kay Stevens; Myron Cohen; Jerry Vale; Allen & Rossi5 Jul 1964
40Steve Lawrence / Helen Shapiro / Geula Gill26 Jul 1964
41Della Reese / the Highwaymen16 Aug 1964
42Bert Lahr / Rita Pavone / The Kim Sisters6 Sep 1964

Season 18

27 Sep 1964 – 29 Aug 1965 · 40 episodes

1Beach Boys / Alan King / Robert Goulet27 Sep 1964
2Louis Armstrong / Sid Caesar / Abbe Lane / Pat Boone4 Oct 1964
3Roy Orbison / Connie Francis / Harlem Globetrotters11 Oct 1964
4The Animals / Van Johnson / Jackie Mason18 Oct 1964
5Rolling Stones / Jack Jones / Stiller & Meara25 Oct 1964
6Dave Clark Five / Rex Harrison / Alan King1 Nov 1964
7Jimmy Durante / Jean Paul Vignon / Nipsey Russell8 Nov 1964
8Peter and Gordon / Sammy Davis Jr. / Kaye Stevens15 Nov 1964
9scheduled: Tony Bennett; Leslie Uggams; Victor Borge22 Nov 1964
10scheduled: Ella Fitzgerald; Gordon and Sheila MacRae29 Nov 1964
11scheduled: Piccola Pupa; Mitchell Trio; Sid Caesar6 Dec 1964
12Julie Harris / Stiller & Meara / Alan King / Robert Preston13 Dec 1964
13Jack Jones / Allen & Rossi / Charlie Manna20 Dec 1964
14The Supremes / Serendipity Singers / Leslie Uggams27 Dec 1964
15scheduled: Liza Minnelli, Jean Paul Vignon, Totie Fields3 Jan 1965
16scheduled: Sid Caesar; Wayne Newton; Betsy Palmer; Shari Lewis10 Jan 1965
17The Animals / Alan King / Shari Lewis / Allen & Rossi24 Jan 1965
18Lesley Gore / Burt Lancaster / Mickey Rooney / Miriam Makeba31 Jan 1965
19Jimmy Durante / scheduled: Leslie Uggams; Stiller & Meara; Jean Carroll7 Feb 1965
20Dave Clark Five / Rowan & Martin / Steve Lawrence14 Feb 1965
21scheduled: Sid Caesar; Roberta Peters; Betsy Palmer; Frank Gorshin21 Feb 1965
22scheduled: Wayne Newton; Juliet Prowse; Alan King; Bill Dana28 Feb 1965
23Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald / Rita Pavone / Stiller & Meara7 Mar 1965
24Petula Clark / Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem / Nancy Walker & Bert Lahr14 Mar 1965
25Gary Lewis & the Playboys / Connie Francis / Tony Bennett / Melinda Marx21 Mar 1965
26Little Anthony and the Imperials / Bobby Vinton28 Mar 1965
27scheduled: Vince Edwards; Cilla Black; Alan King; Abbe Lane; George Kirby4 Apr 1965
28Gerry & the Pacemakers / Maurice Chevalier / Soupy Sales11 Apr 1965
29John Huston / Sam Snead / Soupy Sales18 Apr 1965
30Freddie & the Dreamers / Sean Connery (on film) / Eydie GormÃ©25 Apr 1965
31Rolling Stones / Dusty Springfield / Tom Jones2 May 1965
32scheduled: Della Reese; the Three Stooges; Richard Pryor; Juliet Prowse9 May 1965
33Petula Clark / Rudolf Nureyev / Alan King16 May 1965
34Liza Minnelli / Rudolf Nureyev & Margot Fonteyn / the Bachelors23 May 1965
35The Animals / scheduled: Bert Lahr; Connie Francis; Wayne Newton30 May 1965
36Herman's Hermits / scheduled: Tommy Steele; Trini Lopez6 Jun 1965
37Tom Jones / The Seekers / Dee Dee Sharp / Sid Caesar13 Jun 1965
38Dave Clark Five / scheduled: Cab Calloway; Soupy Sales20 Jun 1965
39Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas / Tony Bennett27 Jun 1965
40Gerry & the Pacemakers / Jerry Vale / The Womenfolk29 Aug 1965

Season 19

12 Sep 1965 – 7 Aug 1966 · 42 episodes

1The Beatles (4th live appearance) / Cilla Black12 Sep 1965
2series now in COLOR: Red Skelton / Dino, Desi & Billy19 Sep 1965
3Sonny and Cher / Leslie Uggams / Gertrude Berg26 Sep 1965
4Judy Garland / Tom Jones / Peter Sellers3 Oct 1965
5Supremes / Petula Clark / Woody Allen / Wayne Newton10 Oct 1965
6Sam the Sham / The Animals / Sid Caesar / Pat Boone17 Oct 1965
7Marvin Gaye / Herman's Hermits / Duke Ellington24 Oct 1965
8Barry McGuire / scheduled: Liza Minnelli; Harlem Globetrotters31 Oct 1965
9Righteous Brothers / Peggy Lee / Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass7 Nov 1965
10Dave Clark Five / scheduled: Woody Allen; Bert Lahr14 Nov 1965
11scheduled: Johnny Mathis; Mort Sahl; Peter Nero21 Nov 1965
12Petula Clark / Glenn Yarbrough / Sammy Kaye28 Nov 1965
13Martha & the Vandellas / Tom Jones5 Dec 1965
14The Byrds / Al Hirt / Alan King / Wayne Newton12 Dec 1965
15Stars of the Circus World (from Munich, Germany)19 Dec 1965
16The Remains / Stiller & Meara / Jack Carter26 Dec 1965
17Four Seasons / Leslie Uggams / King Family / Brigitte Bardot (on film)2 Jan 1966
18scheduled: The Lettermen, Stiller & Meara; Mike Douglas16 Jan 1966
19Rick Nelson / Duke Ellington / Maria Cole23 Jan 1966
21The Animals / Rosemary Clooney / Nancy Walker6 Feb 1966
22Rolling Stones / Hal Holbrook / Ethel Merman / Wayne Newton13 Feb 1966
23Diana Ross & the Supremes / Richard Kiley / Dave Clark Five20 Feb 1966
24Nancy Sinatra / Gary Lewis & the Playboys / Petula Clark27 Feb 1966
25Frankie Avalon & Annette Funicello / Tom Jones6 Mar 1966
26scheduled: Pearl Bailey; Wayne & Shuster; Clancy Brothers13 Mar 1966
27Young Rascals / Brenda Lee / Walter Cronkite20 Mar 1966
28Debbie Reynolds; Kirk Douglas; Cilla Black; Ed Ames27 Mar 1966
29scheduled: Count Basie; Stiller & Meara; Eydie Gorme3 Apr 1966
30Count Basie / Diahann Carroll / Alan King10 Apr 1966
31The Animals / Petula Clark / Jimmy Durante17 Apr 1966
32Dave Clark Five / Allan Sherman / Roberta Peters24 Apr 1966
33The Supremes / James Brown / 'Shot Of Five' composers1 May 1966
34The Black Sheep / Harry James / Henny Youngman8 May 1966
35scheduled: Alan King; Kate Smith; the Bachelors15 May 1966
36Nancy Sinatra / Mrs. Miller / Robert Merrill / Stiller & Meara22 May 1966
37The Thomas Group / scheduled: Bobby Vinton; Jane Morgan29 May 1966
38The Beatles (on film) / scheduled: Richard Pryor; Robert Goulet5 Jun 1966
39Dave Clark Five / Wayne Newton / Joey Adams / Jackie Vernon12 Jun 1966
40scheduled: Jerry Vale; Brigit Nilsson; Swinging Lads; Nancy Walker26 Jun 1966
41Simon & Garfunkel (I Am A Rock)17 Jul 1966
42U. S. Marines Tribute (Guadalcanal Anniversary) w/ clips from 3-Oct-657 Aug 1966

Season 20

11 Sep 1966 – 25 Jun 1967 · 42 episodes

1Rolling Stones / Louis Armstrong / Robert Goulet11 Sep 1966
2Jackie Mason / Herman's Hermits / The Peanuts18 Sep 1966
3Supremes / Nipsey Russell / Ethel Merman25 Sep 1966
4Four Seasons / Connie Francis / Gwen Verdon2 Oct 1966
5scheduled: Petula Clark; Richard Pryor; Allan & Rossi9 Oct 1966
6Four Tops / Eddie Albert / Carroll Baker / Allan Sherman16 Oct 1966
7scheduled: Peggy Lee; Duke Ellington; Jim Nabors23 Oct 1966
8James Brown / Nancy Sinatra / Stan Freberg / Mrs. Miller30 Oct 1966
9Lou Rawls / Nancy Ames / Corbett Monica6 Nov 1966
10scheduled: New Vaudeville Band; Noel Harrison; Johnny Hart; Joan Sutherland13 Nov 1966
11Dave Clark 5 / Bobby Vinton / Barbara McNair / Dick Cavett20 Nov 1966
12Leslie Uggams / Glenn Yarbrough / Muppets27 Nov 1966
13Supremes / Gary Lewis & the Playboys / Wayne & Shuster4 Dec 1966
14Mamas & the Papas / Joan Rivers / Morey Amsterdam11 Dec 1966
15scheduled: Count Basie; Dianne Carroll; Totie Fields; P. Gennaro18 Dec 1966
16scheduled: European Circus Acts (Krone Circus Arena, Munich)25 Dec 1966
17The New Vaudeville Band / Peter Nero / Joan Rivers1 Jan 1967
18Ethel Merman / Gordon MacRae / Flip Wilson / Serendipity Singers8 Jan 1967
19Rolling Stones / Petula Clark / Allan Sherman15 Jan 1967
20Lovin' Spoonful / Johnny Mathis / Ginger Rogers22 Jan 1967
21Mel Torme & the Woody Herman orchestra / George Carlin / Nipsy Russell29 Jan 1967
22Woody Allen / Lainie Kazan / Wayne & Shuster5 Feb 1967
23Young Rascals / Joan Rivers / Lola Falana / Nancy Walker12 Feb 1967
24The Four Tops / Pearl Bailey / Morey Amsterdam19 Feb 1967
25Nancy Sinatra / Henny Youngman / Xavier Cugat26 Feb 1967
26Dionne Warwick / Gwen Verdon / Rodney Dangerfield5 Mar 1967
27Lou Rawls / Nancy Ames / The Kessler Twins12 Mar 1967
28Lovin' Spoonful / Johnny Rivers / Cab Calloway19 Mar 1967
29Dave Clark Five / scheduled: Eddie Albert; Pat Buttram26 Mar 1967
30scheduled: Alan King; Henny Youngman; Wayne & Shuster2 Apr 1967
31scheduled: Richard Pryor; Ed Ames; Lana Cantrell; Davis & Reese9 Apr 1967
32Tony Bennett / Count Basie / Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood16 Apr 1967
33scheduled: Bobby Vinton; Bert Lahr; Jackie Mason; Joan Rivers23 Apr 1967
34Paul Revere & the Raiders / Jack Benny / Melina Mercouri30 Apr 1967
35Expo '67: The Supremes; Xavier Cugat with Charo7 May 1967
36The Turtles / Woody Allen / Leslie Uggams14 May 1967
37Expo '67: The Seekers; Petula Clark; Alan King21 May 1967
38The Temptations / Robert Goulet / Tessie O' Shea / Pickle Brothers28 May 1967
39The Young Rascals / Harry James Orchestra / Rodney Dangerfield4 Jun 1967
40Mamas and the Papas / Richard Pryor / Alan King11 Jun 1967
4120th Anniversary: Diahann Carroll; Spanky & Our Gang18 Jun 1967
42Connie Francis / Ronnie Dove / Henny Youngman25 Jun 1967

Season 21

10 Sep 1967 – 9 Jun 1968 · 39 episodes

1Young Rascals / Petula Clark / Red Skelton10 Sep 1967
2The Doors / Yul Brynner / Rodney Dangerfield17 Sep 1967
3Mamas & the Papas / Florence Henderson / John Byner24 Sep 1967
4Nancy Sinatra / Peggy Lee / George Carlin1 Oct 1967
5Jimmy Dean / Wayne & Shuster / Joan Rivers8 Oct 1967
6Lovin' Spoonful / Ethel Merman / David Frye15 Oct 1967
7Lulu / Eddie Fisher / McGuire Sisters / Norm Crosby22 Oct 1967
8The Cowsills / Polly Bergen / Don Ameche29 Oct 1967
9Shirley Bassey / Tony Bennett / Woody Herman Orchestra5 Nov 1967
10The Turtles / Johnny Mathis / Joan Rivers12 Nov 1967
11The Supremes / The Temptations / Flip Wilson19 Nov 1967
12The Beatles (on film) / Connie Francis / Al Hirt26 Nov 1967
13Ray Charles & Billy Preston / Bill Dana3 Dec 1967
1420th Anniversary Show: Gwen Verdon; Pearl Bailey; Robert Merrill10 Dec 1967
15Spanky & Our Gang / Richard Pryor / Patti Page17 Dec 1967
16The Cowsills / Bobbie Gentry / George Carlin / Arthur Godfrey24 Dec 1967
17Jay & the Techniques / Buddy Rich / Miriam Makeba31 Dec 1967
18Dionne Warwick / Norm Crosby / Morecambe & Wise7 Jan 1968
19Vanilla Fudge / scheduled: Duke Ellington; Flip Wilson14 Jan 1968
20Johnny Mathis / Melvyn Douglas / Pert Kelton21 Jan 1968
21scheduled: Fifth Dimension; Al Martino; Nancy Ames28 Jan 1968
22scheduled: Michele Lee; Stiller & Meara; Morecombe & Wise; Stu Gilliam4 Feb 1968
23Vincent Price / Eddie Albert / Lennon Sisters11 Feb 1968
24scheduled: Bobbie Gentry; George Chakiris; Jane Powell; Paul Mauriat18 Feb 1968
25Gladys Knight & the Pips / Jackie Mason / Dinah Shore25 Feb 1968
26scheduled: Lou Rawls; Alan King; Morecambe & Wise3 Mar 1968
27Fifth Dimension / Liza Minnelli / Allen & Rossi10 Mar 1968
28The Bee Gees / Lucille Ball / George Hamilton17 Mar 1968
29Spanky & Our Gang / Supremes / Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood24 Mar 1968
30Smokey Robinson & the Miracles / Frankie Laine / Charlton Heston31 Mar 1968
31scheduled: Eddie Albert, Norm Crosby, Joan Rivers14 Apr 1968
32Tom Jones / Patty Duke / Totie Fields / The Muppets21 Apr 1968
33Richard Harris / Ella Fitzgerald / Stiller & Meara28 Apr 1968
3480th Birthday salute to Irving Berlin: Diana Ross & Supremes; Bing Crosby5 May 1968
35Gary Puckett and the Union Gap / Richard Pryor / Rodney Dangerfield12 May 1968
36Fifth Dimension / Joel Gray / Joan Rivers / Morey Amsterdam19 May 1968
37Spanky & Our Gang / Nancy Sinatra / Mike Douglas26 May 1968
3820th Anniversary Show - scheduled: Alan King; Jerry Vale; Lana Cantrell2 Jun 1968
39Robert F. Kennedy Tribute - Dionne Warwick; Duke Ellington; Charlton Heston9 Jun 1968

Season 22

29 Sep 1968 – 31 Aug 1969 · 40 episodes

1Jefferson Airplane / Diana Ross & the Supremes / Red Skelton29 Sep 1968
2scheduled: Dionne Warwick; Tiny Tim; Tony Bennett6 Oct 1968
3The Beach Boys / Richard Pryor / Peter O'Toole13 Oct 1968
4The Fifth Dimension / Steve McQueen (on film) / Joan Rivers20 Oct 1968
5Mary Hopkin / Gary Lewis and the Playboys / George Carlin27 Oct 1968
6scheduled: Alan King, George Hamilton, Connie Francis, Stiller & Meara3 Nov 1968
7Dusty Springfield / Jackie Mason / Nancy Wilson24 Nov 1968
8Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass / Engelbert Humperdinck / Tiny Tim1 Dec 1968
9Ray Charles / The Association / Richard Pryor8 Dec 1968
10Stevie Wonder / Brooklyn Bridge / Jane Morgan15 Dec 1968
11The Vogues / Patti Page / Mike Douglas22 Dec 1968
12Eddie Albert / Sly and the Family Stone / Lainie Kazan29 Dec 1968
13Diana Ross & the Supremes / Johnny Mathis / Henry Mancini5 Jan 1969
14The Chambers Brothers / Gina Lollobrigida / Don Rickles12 Jan 1969
15Gary Puckett & the Union Gap / Liza Minnelli / John Davidson19 Jan 1969
16Tommy James & the Shondells / George Hamilton / Shirley Bassey26 Jan 1969
17Vanilla Fudge / Temptations / James Earl Jones2 Feb 1969
18scheduled: Leslie Uggams; Joan Rivers, Barbara Eden9 Feb 1969
19Blood, Sweat & Tears / Caterina Valente / Arthur Godfrey16 Feb 1969
205th Dimension / Harold Prince tribute / Herschel Bernardi23 Feb 1969
21scheduled: Paul Anka; Checkmates; Alan King2 Mar 1969
22Creedence Clearwater Revival / The Association / Jeannie C. Riley9 Mar 1969
23Janis Joplin / Chet Atkins / Floyd Cramer & Boots Randolph16 Mar 1969
24Sly and the Family Stone / Dionne Warwick / George Burns23 Mar 1969
25Cast of Hair / Peter Nero / Steve & Eydie30 Mar 1969
26Peggy Lee / Tony Bennett / Duke Ellington Band6 Apr 1969
27Chambers Brothers / scheduled: Norm Crosby, Ken Berry20 Apr 1969
28Joe Cocker & the Grease Band / scheduled: Connie Francis, Alan King27 Apr 1969
29Richie Havens / scheduled: Joel Grey; Vikki Carr4 May 1969
30Diana Ross & the Supremes / Ed Ames / Lana Cantrell11 May 1969
31Fifth Dimension / Liza Minnelli / George Carlin18 May 1969
32Mary Hopkin (Goodbye) / Sam & Dave25 May 1969
33Smokey Robinson & the Miracles / Lesley Gore / Mason Williams1 Jun 1969
34scheduled: Jerry Vale; the Serendipity Singers; Burns & Schreiber8 Jun 1969
35The Everly Brothers / Phil Crosby / Marilyn Maye15 Jun 1969
36scheduled: Sonny James; Flip Wilson; Jackie Mason22 Jun 1969
37Bobby Vinton / Lainie Kazan / The Sugar Shoppe6 Jul 1969
38scheduled: Vikki Carr; Henny Youngman; Clara Ward Gospel Singers27 Jul 1969
39Steppenwolf / Nancy Ames / Stiller & Meara17 Aug 1969
40Sam & Dave / Roslyn Kind / Jackie Mason31 Aug 1969

Season 23

28 Sep 1969 – 14 Jun 1970 · 36 episodes

123rd Season Premiere: Barbra Streisand / The Temptations28 Sep 1969
2Gladys Knight & the Pips / Clint Eastwood (on film)5 Oct 1969
3Lee Marvin / Woody Allen / Oliver / Shirley Bassey12 Oct 1969
4Smith / Cyd Charisse / Joan Rivers / Lana Cantrell19 Oct 1969
5Santana / Liza Minnelli / Henry Mancini26 Oct 1969
6The Band / Petula Clark / Pearl Bailey / Buck Owens2 Nov 1969
7The Association / Nancy Wilson / Jack Jones9 Nov 1969
8Creedence Clearwater Revival / Jerry Lee Lewis16 Nov 1969
9The Rolling Stones / Ella Fitzgerald / Eddie Albert23 Nov 1969
10Neil Diamond / Julie Budd / Sergio Franchi30 Nov 1969
11Fifth Dimension / Imogene Coca / Ferrante & Teicher7 Dec 1969
12Jackson Five / Lainie Kazan / John Davidson14 Dec 1969
13The Swinging, Soulful Sixties - Diana Ross & the Supremes, etc.21 Dec 1969
14scheduled: Charlie Manna; Your Father's Moustache28 Dec 1969
15scheduled: Temptations; Oliver; Roy Rogers & Dale Evans4 Jan 1970
16Ike & Tina Turner Revue / Sonny James / Tiny Tim11 Jan 1970
17Muhammad Ali / June Allyson / Buddy Greco18 Jan 1970
18Little Anthony & the Imperials / B.J. Thomas / Robert Klein25 Jan 1970
19scheduled: Bob Newhart; Gwen Verdon; George Carlin1 Feb 1970
20Bobby Goldsboro / Richard Pryor / George Carlin8 Feb 1970
21Supremes (without Diana Ross) / Joe Frazier / Robert Klein15 Feb 1970
22Beatles Songbook with Beatles (on film); Dionne Warwick; Duke Ellington1 Mar 1970
23Nancy Sinatra / Cast of Hair / Rodney Dangerfield / Bobby Vinton8 Mar 1970
24Holiday on Ice Salute / Ed Ames / Lana Cantrell15 Mar 1970
25scheduled: Liza Minnelli, Rod McKuen, Liberace22 Mar 1970
26Gladys Knight & the Pips / Bobbie Gentry / Buck Owens29 Mar 1970
27The Temptations / George Hamilton / Buddy Rich5 Apr 1970
28scheduled: Florence Henderson, Joan Rivers, Young Saints, Muppets12 Apr 1970
29Paul McCartney (on film) / Bill Medley (scheduled guest)19 Apr 1970
30Richie Havens / Lesley Gore / John Gary26 Apr 1970
31Jackson Five / Clint Eastwood (on film) / Don Rickles10 May 1970
32scheduled: Phyllis Newman; Rodney Dangerfield; Pat Cooper17 May 1970
33scheduled: Barbara McNair; Sergio Franchi: Karen Wyman24 May 1970
34scheduled: Al Martino; Rich Little; Bob Lewis; Voices of East Harlem31 May 1970
35Connie Francis / Roslyn Kind / Morey Amsterdam7 Jun 1970
36Tommy James & the Shondells / Stiller & Meara / Moms Mabley14 Jun 1970

Season 24

20 Sep 1970 – 28 Mar 1971 · 25 episodes

1The Georgie Awards: Barbra Streisand / Blood Sweat & Tears / Tom Jones20 Sep 1970
2Bobby Vinton / Rare Earth / Holiday on Ice27 Sep 1970
3Melanie / Engelbert Humperdinck / Tiny Tim4 Oct 1970
4scheduled: Arthur Godfrey; Loretta Lynn11 Oct 1970
5Carpenters / B.B. King / Tony Bennett18 Oct 1970
6U.N. 25th Anniversary: The New Seekers / Ravi Shankar25 Oct 1970
7Bobbie Gentry / Melba Moore / Roy Clark1 Nov 1970
8Four Tops / Carpenters / Freda Payne8 Nov 1970
9Tommy Roe / Billy Joe Royal / Joe South15 Nov 1970
10Richard Rogers Tribute: Shirley Jones; Cass Elliott22 Nov 1970
11scheduled: Buck Owens; Joan Rivers; Norm Crosby29 Nov 1970
12Grass Roots / Joey Heatherton / Pat Cooper6 Dec 1970
13scheduled: Bobby Sherman; New Seekers; Robert Merrill13 Dec 1970
14The Great Santa Claus Switch with Art Carney and the Muppets20 Dec 1970
15scheduled: Bobbie Gentry; Friends of Distinction; Peter Nero27 Dec 1970
16scheduled: Rodney Dangerfield; Lana Cantrell; O.C. Smith3 Jan 1971
17scheduled: Gary Puckett; Tony Bennett; Judy Carne17 Jan 1971
18B.J. Thomas / Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Nancy Ames24 Jan 1971
19Temptations / Connie Stevens / Albert Brooks31 Jan 1971
20Gladys Knight & the Pips / Sid Caesar & Carol Channing7 Feb 1971
21Fifth Dimension / Tiny Tim & Miss Vickie / Connie Stevens21 Feb 1971
22Everly Brothers / George Carlin / Shirley Bassey28 Feb 1971
23Armed Forces Music Festival: Jeannie C. Riley; Teresa Graves7 Mar 1971
24Bernadette Peters / George Hamilton / Oliver21 Mar 1971
25Melanie; David Frye; Sandler & Young28 Mar 1971