The Ed Sullivan Show
scheduled: Sid Caesar; Connie Francis; Joan Sutherland
TV Flash files “scheduled: Sid Caesar; Connie Francis; Joan Sutherland” as hour 309 of 690 in the TV Flash guide — The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971) on CBS, season 15, episode 12, aired 1961-12-03, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S15E12: listed hour 309 of 690 in the The Ed Sullivan Show guide, hour 12 of 45 in season 15. It aired 1961-12-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “scheduled: Richard Boone; Jackie Mason; Sophie Tucker” (S15E11). Next is “scheduled: Sarah Vaughan; Al Hirt; Vic Damone; Gary Morton; Edgar Bergen” (S15E13). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does scheduled: Sid Caesar; Connie Francis; Joan Sutherland sit in the The Ed Sullivan Show guide?
S15E12 is listed hour 309 of 690 — hour 12 of 45 in season 15, season 15 episode 12.
When did The Ed Sullivan Show S15E12 air?
scheduled: Sid Caesar; Connie Francis; Joan Sutherland aired 1961-12-03 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.
In the series
Why this series still plays
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…
Filed against
- Ed Sullivan as Host
Ed Sullivan ruled Sunday night variety as the stone-faced kingmaker who put the Beatles — and every comic who needed a break — in American living rooms. Booking wars and censorship dust-ups made him hero or villain depending on the week.…
- Ray Bloch as Orchestra leader
Ray Bloch led the orchestra on The Ed Sullivan Show — Sunday as a rope line with strings, a bandleader under twenty-three years of living-room gatekeeping. Booking was foreign policy; the downbeat was Bloch’s. TV Flash still hears the…
- Ralph Paul as Announcer
Ralph Paul announced The Ed Sullivan Show — the Sunday-night voice that told a nation who was about to be loud. Booking was foreign policy; the clipboard was Ed’s. Paul was the rope line’s spoken architecture. TV Flash still hears the…
Also in season 15
- S15E01 First show of the 15th Season
- S15E02 From Las Vegas: Danny Thomas; Della Reese; Crosby Brothers
- S15E03 Phil Silvers / Brigitte Bardot (filmed interview) / Peter Nero / McGuire Sisters
- S15E04 Taped in West Berlin: Louis Armstrong; Connie Francis; Van Cliburn
- S15E05 2nd Berlin show: Louis Armstrong; Sid Caesar; Shari Lewis
- S15E06 Chubby Checker / Phil Silvers / Nancy Walker