TV series / 1948-1971

The Ed Sullivan Show

Original title: Toast of the Town

The Ed Sullivan Show is a TV series from 1948-1971. This page summarizes IMDb episode ratings across 14 seasons and 65 rated episodes.

14 seasons 65 rated episodes 7.0 average 1,464 episode votes

Ratings by Season

Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.

Episode	8	9	10	11	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
1								7.1	7.8	6.5			8.0	7.5
2											8.0
3								7.0
4									8.3					7.6
5								7.8	5.2
6			7.9				8.8	7.0		6.4
7
8							7.2	7.2
9													4.1
10				8.2					5.2
11
12						7.4							7.8
13							7.2			8.0			8.4
14
15
16			9.2
17											7.0
18
19							9.1			6.0
20							8.3		6.9	6.3			6.6	7.0
21							8.3		5.2
22	6.9								6.7	4.8				6.8
23							7.0			6.9		7.6	6.7
24
25						7.4								7.2
26					5.8
27
28										7.6
29											6.4
30													6.2
31							6.8	5.3					8.2
32										7.4	6.2
33							7.6					7.4
34
35	1.2										6.7
36										7.3
37
38						7.7
39
40			8.2							6.2
41		6.6
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51		7.8

Series summary

About The Ed Sullivan Show

The rated episodes of The Ed Sullivan Show have an average IMDb rating of 7.0 based on 1,464 episode votes. Season 10 has the highest average rating at 8.4 across 3 rated episodes. Season 8 has the lowest average rating at 4.0.

Genre: Music and Talk-Show
Runtime: 60 minute episodes
Principal cast: Ed Sullivan, The Ray Bloch Orchestra, Ray Bloch, and Ralph Paul
Writers: Buddy Arnold, Norman Corwin, and Leslie Stevens
Directors: John Moffitt, John Wray, and Tim Kiley
Also known as: El Show de Ed Sullivan, Ed Sullivan Show, and You're the Top

Highest rated

Best Episodes

S10E16: Elvis Presley, Carol Burnett, Lena Horne, Jackie Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, Don Budge, Will Jordan, Arthur Worsley The best episode of The Ed Sullivan Show is S10E16: Elvis Presley, Carol Burnett, Lena Horne, Jackie Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, Don Budge, Will Jordan, Arthur Worsley with a 9.2 rating / 28 votes
S17E19: Meet The Beatles 9.1 rating / 84 votes
S17E6: Richard Burton, Morecombe & Wise , Arthur Worsley and more 8.8 rating / 28 votes
S23E13: THE SWINGING, SOULFUL SIXTIES - Ed Sullivan reviews the decade in entertainment 8.4 rating / 43 votes
S17E20: The Beatles' Second Appearance 8.3 rating / 37 votes

Lowest rated

Worst Episodes

S8E35: Episode #8.35 The worse episode of The Ed Sullivan Show is S8E35: Episode #8.35 with a 1.2 rating / 122 votes
S23E9: The Rolling Stones, Ella Fitzgerald, Robert Klein, Ed Ames, Eddie Albert, Peter Gennaro, Topo Gigio 4.1 rating / 17 votes
S20E22: Episode #20.22 4.8 rating / 14 votes
S19E21: Rosemary Clooney, Alan King, Nancy Walker, The Animals 5.2 rating / 17 votes
S19E5: From Hollywood with guests Petula Clark, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Woody Allen, Wayne Newton, Kate Smith, The Step Brothers, Lilly Yokoi, Topo Gigio 5.2 rating / 14 votes

Episode	8	9	10	11	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
1								7.1	7.8	6.5			8.0	7.5
2											8.0
3								7.0
4									8.3					7.6
5								7.8	5.2
6			7.9				8.8	7.0		6.4
7
8							7.2	7.2
9													4.1
10				8.2					5.2
11
12						7.4							7.8
13							7.2			8.0			8.4
14
15
16			9.2
17											7.0
18
19							9.1			6.0
20							8.3		6.9	6.3			6.6	7.0
21							8.3		5.2
22	6.9								6.7	4.8				6.8
23							7.0			6.9		7.6	6.7
24
25						7.4								7.2
26					5.8
27
28										7.6
29											6.4
30													6.2
31							6.8	5.3					8.2
32										7.4	6.2
33							7.6					7.4
34
35	1.2										6.7
36										7.3
37
38						7.7
39
40			8.2							6.2
41		6.6
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51		7.8

Episode	8	9	10	11	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
1								7.1	7.8	6.5			8.0	7.5
2											8.0
3								7.0
4									8.3					7.6
5								7.8	5.2
6			7.9				8.8	7.0		6.4
7
8							7.2	7.2
9													4.1
10				8.2					5.2
11
12						7.4							7.8
13							7.2			8.0			8.4
14
15
16			9.2
17											7.0
18
19							9.1			6.0
20							8.3		6.9	6.3			6.6	7.0
21							8.3		5.2
22	6.9								6.7	4.8				6.8
23							7.0			6.9		7.6	6.7
24
25						7.4								7.2
26					5.8
27
28										7.6
29											6.4
30													6.2
31							6.8	5.3					8.2
32										7.4	6.2
33							7.6					7.4
34
35	1.2										6.7
36										7.3
37
38						7.7
39
40			8.2							6.2
41		6.6
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51		7.8

Episode	8	9	10	11	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
1								7.1	7.8	6.5			8.0	7.5
2											8.0
3								7.0
4									8.3					7.6
5								7.8	5.2
6			7.9				8.8	7.0		6.4
7
8							7.2	7.2
9													4.1
10				8.2					5.2
11
12						7.4							7.8
13							7.2			8.0			8.4
14
15
16			9.2
17											7.0
18
19							9.1			6.0
20							8.3		6.9	6.3			6.6	7.0
21							8.3		5.2
22	6.9								6.7	4.8				6.8
23							7.0			6.9		7.6	6.7
24
25						7.4								7.2
26					5.8
27
28										7.6
29											6.4
30													6.2
31							6.8	5.3					8.2
32										7.4	6.2
33							7.6					7.4
34
35	1.2										6.7
36										7.3
37
38						7.7
39
40			8.2							6.2
41		6.6
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51		7.8