Betty Grable / Carol Channing / Harry James / Bobby Helms / George Raft

Name: Betty Grable / Carol Channing / Harry James / Bobby Helms / George Raft
Released: 1957-09-22

TV Flash files “Betty Grable / Carol Channing / Harry James / Bobby Helms / George Raft” as the first listed hour of season 11 — The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971) on CBS, season 11, episode 1, aired 1957-09-22, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S11E01: listed hour 107 of 690 in the The Ed Sullivan Show guide, first listed hour of season 11. It aired 1957-09-22 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Andrews Sisters / Nick Todd / Billy Ward & the Dominos” (S10E51). Next is “scheduled: George Burns & Gracie Allen; Johnnie Ray; Ida Lupino & Howard Duff” (S11E02). 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 Betty Grable / Carol Channing / Harry James / Bobby Helms / George Raft sit in the The Ed Sullivan Show guide?

S11E01 is listed hour 107 of 690 — first listed hour of season 11, season 11 episode 1.

When did The Ed Sullivan Show S11E01 air?

Betty Grable / Carol Channing / Harry James / Bobby Helms / George Raft aired 1957-09-22 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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Ralph Paul as Announcer
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