The Ed Sullivan Show was a spectacular showcase of talent that for twenty-three years entertained the American family. Each Sunday night from 1948 to 1971, more than thirty million viewers tuned in to this grab bag of popular culture.

A Really Big Shew: A Visual History of the Ed Sullivan Show is the first book to chronicle, in lavish photographs and text, the program that truly defined the golden age of television. This book contains more than 350 photographs of these great stars and legendary moments. Drawn from classic stills, most of the photographic material, until recently, has never been seen by the public. Witty, nostalgic, and visually evocative, A Really Big Shew captures a much-missed era in television entertainment.