Watching Sunday Best is a bittersweet experience. From the beginning, the documentary is packed with archival footage in the highest quality it's ever been seen in. Within the first 20 or so minutes, ...

*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 push for ...

Ed Sullivan has gone down in history as one of the most influential figures in rock & roll — without playing an instrument or singing a single note. "When I first went on TV with our Toast of the Town ...

Elvis Presley was just 21 when he made his debut on The Ed Sullivan Show on September 9, 1956. The appearance catapulted him to superstardom and earned him a payday that outshone most performers of ...

Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who likes a dramatic comeback. Remember when Heidi Klum drilled into our reality TV heads that, in fashion, one day you’re in, and the next day ...

The documentary “Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan” on Netflix examines the pivotal role “The Ed Sullivan Show” played in spotlighting Black music and culture to TV audiences at a time when ...

Sacha Jenkins’s documentary, about the variety show trailblazer and his commitment to Black performers in the Civil Rights era, will keep you hooked. By Lisa Kennedy When you purchase a ticket for an ...

Long before HBO turned Sunday night into TV-monoculture ground zero, there was Ed Sullivan. Born in Harlem and raised in Port Chester, New York, the sportswriter, syndicated columnist and ...

After working as a cue-card guy, he spent nearly 14 years on the CBS program, where he told Jim Morrison not to sing “Girl, we couldn’t get much higher” and dealt with the Jackie Mason controversy. By ...

The life and career of the groundbreaking host is examined in the Netflix documentary 'Sunday Best' Jeremy Helligar is an Executive Editor at PEOPLE and an author (Is It True What They Say About Black ...

With 'The Late Show' leaving and no new occupant announced, the future of Broadway's most storied talk show stage is suddenly up in the air. By Thomas Doherty In the if-these-walls-could-talk ...

Vince Calandra, the charismatic Ed Sullivan Show talent booker who graduated from gofer and cue-card guy to bringing such talent as The Beatles, Julie Andrews, Alan King and Jackie Mason to the ...