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The Best Seasons of The Ed Sullivan Show

Every season of The Ed Sullivan Show ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of The Ed Sullivan Show!

Top season
Season 10
8.4avg
Best episode
S17E19 Beatles (1st appearance) / Oliver Broadway cast
9.279 votes
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#1

Season 10

51 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1956

8.4/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE16 · Elvis Presley (3rd appearance) / Carol Burnett / Sugar Ray Robinson 9.2
#2

Season 11

50 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1957

8.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE10 · Buddy Holly and the Crickets / Sam Cooke / Bobby Helms 8.2
#3

Season 17

42 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1963

7.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE19 · Beatles (1st appearance) / Oliver Broadway cast 9.2

Other Seasons

#4

Season 22

40 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1968

7.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE23 · Janis Joplin / Chet Atkins / Floyd Cramer & Boots Randolph 7.6
#5

Season 16

42 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1962

7.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE12 · Barbra Streisand / Liberace / Clancy Brothers 7.4
#6

Season 24

26 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1970

7.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · The Georgie Awards: Barbra Streisand / Blood Sweat & Tears / Tom Jones 7.5
#7

Season 19

43 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 1965

7.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · The Beatles (4th live appearance) / Cilla Black 7.8
#8

Season 23

36 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1969

7.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE13 · The Swinging, Soulful Sixties - Diana Ross & the Supremes, etc. 8.2
#9

Season 9

52 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1955

6.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE41 · John Huston salute: Gregory Peck; Orson Welles; Lauren Bacall; Edward G. Robinson 6.0
#10

Season 18

40 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1964

6.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE31 · Rolling Stones / Dusty Springfield / Tom Jones 5.3
#11

Season 21

39 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1967

6.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE2 · The Doors / Yul Brynner / Rodney Dangerfield 8.1
#12

Season 20

42 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1966

6.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Rolling Stones / Louis Armstrong / Robert Goulet 6.5
#13

Season 8

54 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1954

3.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE22 · The Columbia Pictures Story with Kim Novak; Eddie Fisher; Maureen O'Hara 6.5
#14

Season 1

12 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 1948

N/A/ 10
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#15

Season 2

53 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1948

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#16

Season 3

52 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1949

N/A/ 10
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#17

Season 4

51 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1950

N/A/ 10
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#18

Season 5

53 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1951

N/A/ 10
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#19

Season 6

52 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1952

N/A/ 10
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#20

Season 7

51 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1953

N/A/ 10
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#21

Season 12

52 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1958

N/A/ 10
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#22

Season 13

49 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1959

N/A/ 10
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#23

Season 14

40 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1960

N/A/ 10
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#24

Season 15

46 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1961

N/A/ 10
Average Rating

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Top-rated The Ed Sullivan Show episodes

  1. #1Beatles (1st appearance) / Oliver Broadway cast S17E199.2
  2. #2Elvis Presley (3rd appearance) / Carol Burnett / Sugar Ray Robinson S10E169.2
  3. #3Beatles (2nd appearance) / Mitzi Gaynor S17E208.3
  4. #4The Swinging, Soulful Sixties - Diana Ross & the Supremes, etc. S23E138.2
  5. #5Beatles (3rd appearance) / Cab Calloway S17E218.3

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