As of July 2026, The Ed Sullivan Show Season 12 aired in 1958 with 52 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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The Ed Sullivan Show Season 12

1958 52 Episodes Comedy · Talk ⭐ 7/10

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, The Ed Sullivan Show Season 12 is available on streaming right now. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. 23 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Ed Sullivan's performance alone is worth the time investment. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

The Ed Sullivan Show Season 12 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. The Ed Sullivan Show Season 12 does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. Season 12 of The Ed Sullivan Show includes 52 episodes. It aired from September 1958 to September 1959. This season stars Ed Sullivan. Ed Sullivan leads a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1958. The Ed Sullivan Show Season 12 earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

For viewers who want something light without wanting something stupid, The Ed Sullivan Show Season 12 respects your intelligence. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Ed Sullivan sets the tone, but the supporting cast is where a lot of the best moments come from. A reliable pick for any night you want quality comedy without the homework.

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🎬 The Ed Sullivan Show Season 12 — Episode Guide

E1
Tommy Edwards / West Side Story Broadway cast / Mickey Rooney
1958-09-14
Guests: --Tommy Edwards - ""It's All In the Game"" --Mickey Rooney and Joey Forman - appear together in a ""Candid Camera"" parody. --Mickey Rooney - talks about the film ""The Last Mile"" in an interview with Ed. --Jacquelyn McKeever (musical-comedy star) sings ""I Feel Pretty"" (from ""W...
E2
scheduled: The stars of the upcoming TV season
1958-09-21
Scheduled guests: --Wayne & Shuster (comedy team) --Alan King (comedian) Also, these stars of CBS's programs for the upcoming season were scheduled: --Steve McQueen (""Wanted-Dead or Alive"") --Jackie Gleason (""Jackie Gleason Show"") --Art Carney (DuPont Show of the Month's ""Harv...
E3
Shecky Green / Mickey Mantle / Yogi Berra / Sacha Distel
1958-09-28
Guests: --Julie Wilson - ""It's Great To Be Alive."" --Bobby Van (dancer) And Robert Maxwell (harpist) --Shecky Greene (Las Vegas comedian) - jokes about boxers, intellectual comics, Danny Thomas. Shecky then sings ""Autumn Leaves"" and lampoons band singers. --Los Chavales with Trini Reyes...
E4
scheduled: Danny Thomas; Frankie Laine; Milwaukee Braves players
1958-10-05
Scheduled guests: --Danny Thomas --Frankie Laine (singer) --Patachou (French singer) --Tina Robin (singer) --Little Buck (dancer) --Bambi Linn and Rod Alexander (dancing team) Baseball segment: --Milwaukee Braves: Warren Spahn, Henry Aaron, Eddie Matthews, Red Schoendienst and D...
E5
scheduled: Carol Channing; Genevieve; Line Renaud
1958-10-12
Scheduled guests: --Carol Channing (musical comedy star) --Genevieve (French singer) --Line Renaud (French singer) --The Talbot Brothers (vocal-insturmental trio from Bermuda) --George and Lydia (novelty ladder act from London, England)
E6
Tony Martin / Roger Williams / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane
1958-10-19
Guests: --Tony Martin (singer) - ""Gigi"" & ""Fire Down Below"" --Benny Fields, Blossom Seeley, Tony Martin - ""My Blushin' Rosie"" (Note: Benny Fields & Blossom Seeley were vaudevillians) --Xavier Cugat and his band with Abbe Lane - ""Dengoza I,"" ""Ain't Misbehavin'"" & ""Rockin' The Mam...
E7
Esther Williams (guest host) / Johnny Mathis / Janet Blair
1958-10-26
Guests: --Esther Williams (guest host) --Lisa Kirk - ""Anything Goes"" --Bob Hammond's Birds --Johnny Mathis - ""The Lady Is A Tramp"" & ""Call Me"" --The Martin Brothers (South American juggling act) - Esther Williams assists the jugglers. --Imogene Coca (comedian) - performs a scene ...
E8
Itzhak Perlman / Carol Lawrence & Larry Kert / Film: Ed Sullivan Visits Jerusalem
1958-11-02
Guests: --Itzhak Perlman (violinist, then a 13-year old child prodigy) - plays ""Polonaise Brilliante"" --Carol Lawrence (as Maria) and Larry Kert (as Tony) sing ""Tonight"" (the balcony scene from Broadway's ""West Side Story""). --Sam Levenson (stand-up comedian; performs a comedy routine ...
E9
Friar's Club roasts Ed Sullivan w/Walter Cronkite; Maury Amsterdam; Joey Bishop
1958-11-09
""The Friar's Club"" roasts Ed Sullivan Guests: --Joe E. Lewis - roasts Ed --Jack Carter (host / master of ceremonies, appears throughout the show) --Walter Cronkite (newsman) - tries to give Ed's history but is interrupted by Maury Amsterdam and Jack Carter. --F. M. Flynn (Ed's publisher ...
E10
scheduled: William Shatner; Lou Costello; Dody Goodman
1958-11-16
Scheduled guests: --William Shatner and France Nuyen (from the Broadway musical ""The World of Suzie Wong"") - appear in scenes from ""...Suzie Wong"" --William Shatner and France Nuyen, and members of the show's cast - perform a song written by Josh Logan, based on the Rodgers and Hart song "...
E11
Kathryn Grayson / Herb Shriner / The Four Coins
1958-11-23
Guests: --Beryozka Dance Company (Russian folk dancers in peasant costumes) --The Four Coins (vocal group) - ""World Outside"" --Pat Stanley & Russell Nype - ""All for Love for a Lady Like Me"" (song from Leroy Anderson's Broadway musical ""Goldilocks"") Staged by Agnes De Mille. --Tedd...
E12
scheduled: Teresa Brewer; Hal March; Jean Carroll
1958-11-30
Scheduled guests: --Teresa Brewer (singer) --Jean Carroll (comedian) --Hal March (comedian) --Monique Van Vooren (singer) - ""Thank Heaven"" --Rickie Layne (ventriloquist ) --The Keigo Imperial Japanese Dancers --Eddie Seifert and Company (balancing act)
E13
From Alaska: Dody Goodman; Jill Corey; Dick Lord Buckley
1958-12-07
Show filmed in Alaska (when Ed was in Alaska a few weeks earlier): Guests: --Dody Goodman (comedian) --Jill Corey (singer) - ""Sitting on Top of the World"" --Dick ""Lord"" Buckley (nightclub comedian) - ""Shooting Dan McGrew"" --Little Buck (dancer) --George Bruno (aerialist) -...
E14
scheduled: Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Flower Drum Song cast
1958-12-14
Scheduled guests: --Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (appear to promote their new musical ""Flower Drum Song""). --The entire cast of ""Flower Drum Song"" perform scenes from the play. --Xavier Cugat and his orchestra with Abbe Lane --Mario Del Monaco (Metropolitan Opera tenor) ...
E15
scheduled: Jose Ferrer & Lois Smith; David Seville; Rise Stevens
1958-12-21
Scheduled guests: --Jose Ferrer and Lois Smith - in scenes from their Broadway play ""Edwin Booth"" --Rise Stevens (operatic soprano) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) --David Seville (singer) --Dick Button (champion ice skater) - performs on the Rockefeller Plaza Ice Rink --Bob Consi...
E16
Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward / Maurice Gosfield & Joe E. Ross
1958-12-28
Guests (first half of show): --Maurice Gosfield (Private Doberman) and Joe E. Ross (Sgt. Ridzik) from ""The Phil Silvers Show"" (a.k.a. ""You'll Never Get Rich"" & ""Sergeant Bilko"") --Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward (actors) - in New York for the opening of their movie ""Rally Round the Flag Bo...
E17
Imogene Coca / Shelley Berman / Trude Adams / Phil Ford & Mimi Hines
1959-01-04
Guests: --Imogene Coca plays an opera singer in a comedy routine --Ivry Gitlis (Israeli violinist) --Trude Adams (singer) - ""He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"" & 1 other song. --Shelley Berman (stand-up comedian) --Phil Ford and Mimi Hines (night club entertainers) --Ray MacDo...
E18
Fidel Castro (on film) / Jason Robards / George Grizzard / Alan King
1959-01-11
--On film: Fidel Castro - 25 second clip at beginning of show. Later in show, a 6-minute film is shown: Ed introduces Castro, calls Castro and his soldiers ""Revolutionary Youngsters."" Film includes appearance by Che Guevara. Ed wishes Castro luck in his revolution. Other guests (live): --Jaso...
E19
Edith Piaf / Celeste Holm / Betty Comden & Adolph Green / Pat Suzuki
1959-01-18
Guests: --Edith Piaf (French singer) - ""Carousel"" and ""Gypsy and the Lady"" --Celeste Holm (actress) - scene from ""Third Best Sport"" (Comical scene with salesman & customer) --Pat Suzuki (musical-comedy star) - ""I Enjoy Being A Girl"" (from ""Flower Drum Song"") --Antonietta Stella (o...
E20
scheduled: Charlton Heston; Eartha Kitt; Georgia Gibbs
1959-01-25
Scheduled guests: --Charlton Heston (actor) --Eartha Kitt (actress-singer, star of the movie ""Anna Lucasta"") --Georgia Gibbs (singer) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) --Noelle Adam (French dancer) --Arthur Worsley (British ventriloquist)

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