When Elvis Debuted On Sullivan…Neither One Were In Studio 50
On January 6, 2014
- TV History
When Elvis Debuted On Sullivan…Neither One Were In Studio 50
The Elvis photo below was taken September 9, 1956 at CBS Television City. This was his debut on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ but Ed was in the hospital recovering from a car crash which had occurred about a week before. Oscar winning actor Charles Laughton filled in as host that week as Sullivan watched from his bed. Elvis was shooting ‘Love Me Tender’ in LA and Laughton introduced him like he was there with them in New York.
By the way, the Elvis segment came from Studio 33 at Television City and was seen by 72,000,000 viewers.