On July 21, Netflix debuted Sunday Best, a documentary about The Ed Sullivan Show —the longest-running variety show in U.S.

Born in New York City's Harlem neighborhood in 1901, Sullivan started out as a sports journalist in the 1920s and pivoted to TV host with The Ed Sullivan Show. He died in 1974 at age 73, three ...

*Starting Monday, July 21, Netflix will debut “Sunday Best,” a powerful new documentary about Ed Sullivan. The film reveals how Sullivan used his hit TV show to spotlight Black artists and ...

Watching his talents more closely here, I have a real appreciation for what he was doing — and how he did it — during a ...

Whether it’s Nat King Cole, Elvis, James Brown, The Beatles or The Jackson 5, The Ed Sullivan Show was one of the defining places for an artist to perform throughout the late 1940s, ‘50s and ...

A 'Shameful,' Racist NYU Sports Incident Led to Ed Sullivan Championing Black Talent on “The Ed Sullivan Show ” (Exclusive) The life and career of the groundbreaking host is examined in the ...

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Andrew Solt says "Ed Sullivan was important because he gave us great pleasure," while the show's story is "the story of how we got where we are." Maybe it's just as simple as that.

Vince Calandra, ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ Talent Booker Who Helped Bring on The Beatles, Dies at 91 After working as a cue-card guy, he spent nearly 14 years on the CBS program, where he told Jim ...

The life and career of legendary TV host Ed Sullivan is examined in the Netflix documentary 'Sunday Best', which also looks at the racist NYU sports incident that inspired him to champion Black ...

The Ed Sullivan Show, which ran from 1948 to 1971, famously helped launch Elvis Presley and the Beatles to stardom in the '50s and '60s. It was also one of the first programs to champion Black ...