Ed Sullivan doc producer Margo Precht Speciale

Ed Sullivan doc producer Margo Precht Speciale

Author: Bill Brioux August 4, 2025 Duration: 48:11
Send us Fan Mail Back in the 1950s and '60s, every Sunday night, families would gather around their living room TV and watch The Ed Sullivan Show. The variety hour ran 23 seasons, ending 54 years ago in 1971. Now streaming on Netflix, the documentary Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan is not just another "best of" blast of nostalgia. It recognizes Sullivan as a social game-changer. As network television's top-rated variety showman throughtout the 1950s and '60s he introduced Black e...

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