Sullivan said, “While hosting the show, I never asked performers about their religion, race, or politics. I contracted ...

Famed TV variety show host Ed Sullivan was frustrated. It was Oct. 25, 1964 — 60 years ago tonight — and the latest “British Invasion” rock band, the Rolling Stones, had just performed on his Sunday ...

Throughout its 23-year run, The Ed Sullivan Show repeatedly made history with its penchant for marking the debut of a wide array of musical artists. Between 1948 and 1971, the variety series pulled in ...

American R&B group The Supremes (L-R: Cindy Birdsong, Mary Wilson and Diana Ross) pose with host Ed Sullivan on stage on 'The Ed Sullivan Show,' New York, N.Y., Dec. 20, 1969. Credit - CBS Photo ...

Pioneering television host Ed Sullivan is the subject of Netflix's "Sunday Best," a documentary that examines the groundbreaking impact of Black artists featured on his iconic eponymous variety show ...

A new Netflix documentary, "Sunday Best," looks back at how Ed Sullivan fought to showcase Black performers at a time when discrimination was rampant on TV. Sullivan featured stars like James Brown, ...

On July 21, Netflix debuted Sunday Best, a documentary about The Ed Sullivan Show—the longest-running variety show in U.S. broadcast history—and how it featured Black American performers at a time ...