Former newspaper journalist Ed Sullivan was 62 years old and in his 16th year as a television host in 1964, but a single night ultimately defined his legacy.

McCartney was just one of the big-name celebrities who have dropped by the final few episodes of The Late Show. Tom Hanks, ...

Plus, Colbert sings obscure Elvis Costello song with its writer ...

Ahead of the series finale of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," we're revisiting the iconic Ed Sullivan Theater's storied past.

Back in 1964, Paul McCartney played The Ed Sullivan Show with The Beatles. And on Thursday night, he returned to the same venue to turn out the lights on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

The Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center on 34th Street was once his Manhattan Opera House, while another theater remains in his honor, if not still in his name. The Hammerstein, built by his ...

The Sears Silvertone television glowed with indistinct grays, whites and blacks as the hunched little man in a stockbroker’s suit announced in his oddly clipped cadence, “Ladies and gentlemen,” then, ...

Stephen Colbert bid farewell to The Late Show after over a decade on the air - but not without an epic final guest.

"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.

The Ed Sullivan Theater sits on New York’s famed Broadway (in between 53rd and 54th Streets), currently advertising CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on its marquee in vibrant royal blue and ...