| Alt Name: | "Sealtest Big Top" |
| Genre: | Family Television |
| Starring: | Jack Sterling Dan Lurie Ed McMahon Chris Keegan |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Company: | WCAU Philadelphia |
| Channel: | CBS |
Big Top is a children's television show that aired on CBS from July 1, 1950, to September 21, 1957. The cast included Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson's future sidekick, as Ed the Clown and America's Most Muscular Man Dan Lurie as "Sealtest Dan The Muscle Man". The program originally aired live from the Camden, New Jersey's first "Convention Hall" on Memorial Avenue at Line Street. When the Convention Hall burned down in June of 1953, the show moved and instead aired from the 32nd St. and Lancaster Ave. Philadelphia Armory.
The series debuted on July 1, 1950, and ran at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday until September 1950, when it moved to 6:30 p.m. Eastern on Friday, where it remained through January 6, 1951.[1] It then moved to Saturday at noon, where it remained through the end of its run on September 21, 1957.[1]