The Ed Sullivan Show ratings (TV show, 1948-1971)

Name: The Ed Sullivan Show
Genre: Comedy, Music, Family, Talk-show
Released: 1948
Rating: 6.3

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Rank	20,689 / 30,251
Trend	0
Genres	Comedy, Music, Family, Talk-show
Seasons	20
Episodes	147
Total votes	2,048
Average votes	14
Average rating	6.3 / 10

Ed Sullivan's show was straight out of old vaudeville; brief acts of every description, from slapstick comedy to operatic arias. At least once, he showed a film, the only known film of Anna Pavlova (doing her Swan Dance). The Muppets' first TV appearance was on Ed Sullivan. Stiff and expressionless, with a peculiar voice and a talent for mispronunciation, Sullivan was at least as recognizable as Cronkite to early 60's viewers.

Directors: Byron Paul, Robert Bleyer, Robert Precht, Tim Kiley Writers: Buddy Arnold, Frank Shuster, Jerry Bresler, Jerry Juhl, Joe Bigelow, Johnny Wayne, Leslie Stevens, Lester A. White, Lyn Duddy, Norman Corwin, Robert Mott, Robert Precht

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