Andrews Sisters / Nick Todd / Billy Ward & the Dominos

Name: Andrews Sisters / Nick Todd / Billy Ward & the Dominos
Released: 1957-09-15

TV Flash files “Andrews Sisters / Nick Todd / Billy Ward & the Dominos” as the last listed hour of season 10 — The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971) on CBS, season 10, episode 51, aired 1957-09-15, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S10E51: listed hour 106 of 690 in the The Ed Sullivan Show guide, last listed hour of season 10. It aired 1957-09-15 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “1958 Ice Capades / Della Reese / Jimmie Rodgers / Paul Anka” (S10E50). Next is “Betty Grable / Carol Channing / Harry James / Bobby Helms / George Raft” (S11E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

No original recap on file. TV Flash does not invent plots for missing hours. Title, airdate, and the hour filing above are the magazine record for this leaf.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Andrews Sisters / Nick Todd / Billy Ward & the Dominos sit in the The Ed Sullivan Show guide?

S10E51 is listed hour 106 of 690 — last listed hour of season 10, season 10 episode 51.

When did The Ed Sullivan Show S10E51 air?

Andrews Sisters / Nick Todd / Billy Ward & the Dominos aired 1957-09-15 and is listed at 60 minutes.

Where should I start?

If you want heat, start with Elvis’s first 1956 booking, then the Beatles on February 9, 1964. If you want the machine itself, glance at the 1948 opener, then jump to the crime scenes.

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Filed by Vivian Cross · The Carpet Report · Show package

Sunday as a rope line: Sullivan’s clipboard decided who got to be loud in the living room. Watch the bookings as foreign policy — Elvis cropped, Beatles admitted, lyrics policed — and the feuds that still read like a publicist calling a freeze-out a scheduling conflict.

Flash: it is Sunday, the set is a Sunday best, and a man who looks like your accountant is about to decide whether America gets to scream. The Ed Sullivan Show was not a variety hour. It was a rope line with a full orchestra. Booking was foreign policy. One slot could mint a legend; one freeze-out could send a comic back to the Catskills with a publicist already calling it a misunderstanding. The museum wants a civic story about shared culture. I want the clipboard. Who got the eight o’clock heat. Who got the…

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