Ex-“Late Show” host joined Colbert for a blistering segment that mocked network and its new ownership group days before Colbert’s final broadcast.

Sixty-three years ago today, Bob Dylan chose to walk out of a major TV appearance after censors asked him to play a different song.

"The Ed Sullivan Show" on CBS brought the evolution of rock music into America's living rooms. More than 50 years after Sullivan died, he's getting the ultimate rock 'n' roll honor.

For 23 years, more than 10,000 performers graced the stage of The Ed Sullivan Show, including some of the world’s most notable musicians and stars. With acts from The Beatles to Elvis Presley, the variety show was one of the most prominent in the history ...

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 during the Civil Rights Era. CBS Photo Archive via Getty ...

Most of us know Ed Sullivan as, well, Ed Sullivan—the legendary host of “The Ed Sullivan Show,” which ran from 1948 to 1971, and was responsible for playing a role in introducing some of the most iconic music stars in history from Nat King Cole ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ed Sullivan wasn’t kidding when he’d announce, “We have a really big ‘shoe’ tonight.” Over the variety show's 24 seasons and over 1,000 episodes, the who's who of music ...

Ed Sullivan (center) with the Beatles (from left: Ringo Starr, George Harrison, John Lennon and Paul McCartney) in 1964. Ed Sullivan has gone down in history as one of the most influential figures in rock & roll — without playing an instrument or singing ...

Stephen Colbert and David Letterman blew off some network steam and smashed some network stuff last night in a funny and oddly poignant call-back to one of Letterman’s signature late-night bits: Throwing things from the roof of the Ed Sullivan Theater.

Ed Sullivan with the Beatles as they make debut appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in New York, February 9, 1964. Left to right: Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Sullivan, John Lennon, Paul McCartney. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images) It’s a ...

As Time recounts, Dylan, 21, performed his song "Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues," which Ed Sullivan approved during his audition. A producer, however, heard him singing during the dress rehearsal and thought the track was too controversial. Fearing public backlash and/or a defamation lawsuit, the show pushed back on Dylan's song choice.