the beatles first appeared on ed sullivan on september 1965.
when did the beatles first appear on ed sullivan?
september 1965
in september 1965, cbs started televising the program in compatible color, as all three major networks began to switch to 100 percent color prime time schedules. cbs had once backed its own color system, developed by peter goldmark, and resisted using rca's compatible process until 1954. at that time, it built its first new york city color tv studio, studio 72, in a former rko movie theater at 2248 broadway (81st street). one "ed sullivan show" was broadcast on august 22, 1954, from the new studio, but it was mostly used for one-time-only specials such as rodgers and hammerstein's march 31, 1957 "cinderella". (the facility was later acquired by teletape productions and notably became the first studio where the pbs children's program "sesame street" was produced.) cbs studio 72 was demolished in 1986 and replaced by an apartment house. cbs studio 50 was finally "colorized" in 1965. the 1965–66 season premiere starred the beatles in an episode airing on september 12, which was the last episode to air in black and white. this occurred because the episode was taped at the beatles' convenience on august 14, the eve of their shea stadium performance and a two-week tour of north america, slightly before the program was ready for color transmission.
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