The 2025 documentary "Sunday Best" looks at how he showcased black artists on his Sunday night variety show during the Civil Rights era.
Who is Ed Sullivan?

Hitchcock was the "Master of" it
(8 letters)
What is suspense?
Perhaps we're all related to this Mongoi emperor who pillaged & plundered from 1206 & 1227.
Who was Genghis Khan?
In 2020:
"This is my first Grammys... I grew up watching them & this is my brother, Finneas, & he's my best friend"
Who is Billie Eilish?
"Sunset Blvd." ends with faded film star Gloria Swanson saying, "All right Mr. DeMille", this line.
What is "I'm ready for my close up"?
Ed Bradley was best known for a quater century on this CBS show but was also a fixture onstage with Jimmy Buffett.
What is "60 Mintues"?

The "fishy" part of your shoe
(4 letters)
What is the sole?
South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela wrote "Bring Him Back Home", about this leader imprisoned for 27 years.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
At the 2012 Emmys:
"I don't see anything funny about me being vice president of the United States"
Who is Julia Louis-Dreyus?
Bruce Banner shares with cap:
"That's my secret..." These 3 words
What is "I'm always angry"?
On "The Office", he played Andy Bernard, proud Cornell alum & member of the a cappella group "Here Come Treble".
Who is Ed Helms?
Male deer who's a "party" animal
(4 letters)
What is a stag?
In July 1588, this fleet of ships under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia was spotted off the English coast.
What is the Spanish Armada?
At the Tonys:
"You let Daveed Diggs turn your couplet into a triplet/you give him the mic, he grips it & spits it, rips it & flips it"
Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda?
*DAILY DOUBLE*
In "A League of Their Own", Coach Jimmy Dugan gives right fielder Evelyn Gardner this line regarding a taboo in our national pastime.
What is "There's no crying in baseball"?
Eddie Murphy as him on "SNL": "I hope I get to live in your neighborhood someday. The problem is, is when I move in, y'all move away".
Who is Mister Robinson? (SNL sketch: "Mister Robinson's Neighborhood")
"Wise" seasoning
(4 letters)
What is sage?
*DAILY DOUBLE*
After making the mistake of shacking up with the wrong beefcake, she became the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt.
Who is Cleopatra?
*DAILY DOUBLE*
At the 2023 Golden Globes:
"Mike White.... you've given me a new beginning, even if this is the end - because you did kill me off"
Who is Jennifer Coolidge? (The White Lotus)
Dirty Harry in "Sudden Impact", staring down a bad guy with a gun: This 5-word line of instruction
What is "Go ahead, make my day"?
Long before he was Dr. Grant Linkletter on "Young Sheldon", he played Dr. Victor Ehrlich on "St. Elsewhere".
Who is Ed Begley Jr?
It precedes beauty, bag or sickness
(8 letters)
What is sleeping?
This 9th leader of the Aztec Empire tried to pay Herman Cortes in gold to stay away - Cortes kidnapped him.
Who is Montezuma?
On the Oscars stage:
"This moment is for Dorothy Dangridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll"
Who is Halle Berry?
When Johnny Fontane complains to the Godfather that it's too late, all the contracts have been signed, Don Corleone had this plan.
What is "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse"?