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Season 8

54 episodes September 12, 1954

Episodes

1 The Darryl F. Zanuck Story Sep 12, 1954 No ratings 2 A Salute to the U.S. Navy (with All-Navy talent) Sep 19, 1954 No ratings 3 Salute to the Cleveland Indians; Los Chavales De Espagna; Happy Wanderers Sep 26, 1954 No ratings 4 Salute to Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz Oct 3, 1954 No ratings 5 Patti Page; Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane. Plus: "A Star Is Born" preview Oct 10, 1954 No ratings 6 Bing Crosby (on film); Irving Berlin; Liberace; Orson Bean Oct 17, 1954 No ratings 7 Pearl Bailey; Robert Merrill; Carol Haney; the Treniers Oct 24, 1954 No ratings 8 Grantland Rice tribute / Nat King Cole / Bert Lahr & Art Carney / D. Fairbanks Jr. Oct 31, 1954 No ratings 9 The Mills Brothers; Eddie Fisher; Kitty Kallen; Dane Clark Nov 7, 1954 No ratings 10 Elaine Stritch / Julius LaRosa / Elizabeth Taylor & Van Johnson interview Nov 14, 1954 No ratings 11 Roberta Peters; Jimmy Boyd / Gregory Peck (on film) Nov 21, 1954 No ratings 12 Florence Henderson; Josh Logan; Teresa Brewer Nov 28, 1954 No ratings 13 Kirk Douglas; Eartha Kitt; Ames Brothers; Jackie Miles; Carol Haney Dec 5, 1954 No ratings 14 The Crew-Cuts ("Sh-Boom"); Virginia Mayo; Sophie Tucker Dec 12, 1954 No ratings 15 The Chordettes / Patti Page / On film: Frank Sinatra, Robert Michum & other stars Dec 19, 1954 No ratings 16 Cab Calloway / Carl Ballantine / Hermione Gingold / Billy DeWolfe Dec 26, 1954 No ratings 17 Pearl Bailey; Ted Lewis; June Valli; Sam Levenson; Maria Neglia Jan 2, 1955 No ratings 18 Grace Kelly; James Michener; Guy Mitchell; Forrest Tucker; Jose Greco Jan 9, 1955 No ratings 19 Esther Williams; Alice Pearce; Hermione Gingold; Gloria Lane Jan 16, 1955 No ratings 20 Robert Taylor; Roberta Peters; William Warfield; Viveca Lindfors Jan 23, 1955 No ratings 21 A Cavalcade of Radio, 1920 - 1955 (with many stars from radio) Jan 30, 1955 No ratings 22 The Columbia Pictures Story with Kim Novak; Eddie Fisher; Maureen O'Hara Feb 6, 1955 No ratings 23 Les Paul & Mary Ford; Pearl Bailey & her brother Bill Feb 13, 1955 No ratings 24 Tribute to Gertrude Lawrence with Sarah Churchill; Helen Hayes; Dorothy Sarnoff Feb 20, 1955 No ratings 25 Eartha Kitt; the DeJohn Sisters; Shirl Conway; Nancy Andrews; etc. Feb 27, 1955 No ratings 26 Lillian Roth; the Fontane Sisters; Roy Franklin; Mata & Hari; etc. Mar 6, 1955 No ratings 27 Broadcast from Chicago: The Ice Capades; Victor Borge; Peg Leg Bates Mar 13, 1955 No ratings 28 Sarah Vaughan / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Sam Levenson Mar 20, 1955 No ratings 29 Tribute to Rodgers & Hammerstein w/Celeste Holm; John Raitt; Florence Henderson Mar 27, 1955 No ratings 30 Fred Astaire / Dorothy Dandridge / Sammy Davis Jr. / Julius LaRosa Apr 3, 1955 No ratings 31 Rosemary Clooney; James Cagney; Willie Mays; David Whitfield; etc Apr 10, 1955 No ratings 32 James Stewart; Louis Armstrong; Joey Bishop; Robert Merrill; etc. Apr 17, 1955 No ratings 33 Harry Belafonte; Marion Marlowe; Carol Haney; Jackie Miles Apr 24, 1955 No ratings 34 Eartha Kitt; Georgia Gibbs; Lionel Hampton; Phil Foster May 1, 1955 No ratings 35 Eddie Fisher; filmed interviews with Hollywood stars May 8, 1955 No ratings 36 Louis Armstrong; Will Mastin Trio (Sammy Davis Jr.); Senor Wences May 15, 1955 No ratings 37 Shown from the USS Wisconsin: Burl Ives; Jack E. Leonard; June Valli May 22, 1955 No ratings 38 Andy Griffith / Pat Henning / Betty & Jane Kean / Lew Parker May 29, 1955 No ratings 39 Ricardo Montalban; Julius LaRosa; Gloria DeHaven; Carol Haney Jun 5, 1955 No ratings 40 U.S. Army Talent Contest Finalists Jun 12, 1955 No ratings 41 Mister Roberts salute with Henry Fonda; James Cagney, Jack Lemmon Jun 19, 1955 No ratings 42 7th Anniversary Show: Bob Hope; Pearl Bailey; Will Jordan Jun 26, 1955 No ratings 43 From the USS Antietam: Chordettes /scheduled: Step Brothers; Priscilla Wright Jul 3, 1955 No ratings 44 Marion Marlowe (guest host); Eartha Kitt; Joey Bishop; Joan Holloway Jul 10, 1955 No ratings 45 Ethel Merman (guest host); Russell Nype; Jimmy Edmonson (Prof. Backwards) Jul 17, 1955 No ratings 46 Guy Mitchell (guest host); Polly Bergen; Arthur Worsley Jul 24, 1955 No ratings 47 "Tops in Blue" (U.S. Air Force acts) Jul 31, 1955 No ratings 48 Bill Haley & His Comets / Jack Palance/ Christopher Plummer / Roddy McDowall Aug 7, 1955 No ratings 49 The Mills Brothers / The Four Aces / Interviews with Sports Celebrities Aug 14, 1955 No ratings 50 Rosalind Russell, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Albert, Tony Bennett Aug 21, 1955 No ratings 51 Eartha Kitt; Jay Lawrence; The Mariners; The Chicago Festival Singers Aug 28, 1955 No ratings 52 Georgia Gibbs / 1956 Ice Capades / Donna Atwood Sep 4, 1955 No ratings 53 Jane Russell & Jeanne Crain / Phil Silvers & "Bilko" cast / Ames Brothers Sep 11, 1955 No ratings 54 Julius LaRosa & the Winners of the Navy's World Wide Talent Contest Sep 18, 1955 No ratings