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Here's Lucy
Format Sitcom
Created by Lucille Ball Productions
Starring Lucille Ball
Gale Gordon
Lucie Arnaz
Desi Arnaz, Jr.
Mary Jane Croft
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. Desilu Productions was a Los Angeles California based company jointly owned by American actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Lucille Ball (August 6 1911 – April 26 1989 was an American comedienne, film television stage and radio Actress, model, film Gale Gordon ( February 20, 1906 – June 30, 1995) was an American character actor Lucie Désirée Arnaz (born July 17, 1951) is an American Actress. Desi Arnaz Jr (born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV on January 19, 1953) is an American Actor and Musician and son of entertainers Mary Jane Croft ( February 15, 1916 - August 24, 1999) was an American actress best known for her role as Mary Jane The United States of America —commonly referred to as the  of episodes 144
Production
Running time 30 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original channel CBS
Original run September 23, 1968 – March 18, 1974
External links
IMDb profile

Here's Lucy was Lucille Ball's third network television sitcom. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Lucille Ball (August 6 1911 – April 26 1989 was an American comedienne, film television stage and radio Actress, model, film It ran on CBS from 1968 to 1974. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network.

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Background

Though The Lucy Show was still hugely popular during the previous (1967-68) season, finishing in the top five of the Nielsen Ratings (at #2), Ball opted to end that series at the end of that season and create a new show, as she had just sold Desilu Productions (which owned and produced The Lucy Show), to Gulf + Western. The Lucy Show is a Television series which ran from 1962 until 1968 Desilu Productions was a Los Angeles California based company jointly owned by American actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Ball did not wish to continue to star in a show that she no longer owned. Here's Lucy was produced by Ball's newly-created production company, Lucille Ball Productions. Desilu's successor Paramount Television (PTV) co-produced the first season, but sold its stake in the show to Ball afterwards. Paramount Television was an American Television production / distribution Company that was active from December 1967 to January As a result, it is currently the only show starring Ball that is not owned by PTV's successor CBS Paramount Television (PTV gained rights to her final show, Life with Lucy, after then-parent Viacom acquired co-producer Spelling Entertainment). CBS Paramount Television (formerly Desilu Productions, Paramount Television, among other companies is an American Television production Life with Lucy was Lucille Ball 's last Television series. The show ran on the ABC network in 1986, and unlike Lucy's previous Viacom ( ( short for " Vi deo & A udio Com munications" is an American Media conglomerate with various worldwide interests Founded by television producer Aaron Spelling in 1969, Spelling Television Inc

Premise

The program's premise changed from The Lucy Show. The Lucy Show is a Television series which ran from 1962 until 1968 Ball's character lived in Los Angeles, California and was named Lucy Carter. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West In this new incarnation, she had two children named Kim and Craig, played by her real life children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr. She worked for an employment agency run by her brother-in-law Harry, played by Gale Gordon in a role similar to his Mr. Mooney role from The Lucy Show. Lucie Désirée Arnaz (born July 17, 1951) is an American Actress. Desi Arnaz Jr (born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV on January 19, 1953) is an American Actor and Musician and son of entertainers Gale Gordon ( February 20, 1906 – June 30, 1995) was an American character actor Theodore J Mooney was a fictional character on the 1960s CBS Situation comedy The Lucy Show, he was portrayed by Gale Gordon. Mary Jane Croft, who had costarred on the last three seasons of The Lucy Show, also became a regular on the new series, and Ball's longtime costar Vivian Vance also made numerous guest appearances through the series' run. Mary Jane Croft ( February 15, 1916 - August 24, 1999) was an American actress best known for her role as Mary Jane Vivian Vance ( July 26 1909 – August 17 1979) When she was six years old her family moved to Independence Kansas, where she

Guest stars and notable episodes

Perhaps the most famous episode was one from 1970 in which Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor guest star in a storyline involving their famous diamond, which becomes stuck on Lucy's finger. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Burton, CBE (10 November 1925 &ndash 5 August 1984 was a Welsh multiple award-winning Actor. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Ball and Burton reportedly did not get along, as he found Ball's rigid perfectionism grating and he subsequently wrote about her in extremely unflattering terms in his memoir. During its run, Here's Lucy featured a number of famous guest stars, many of whom were Ball's real life friends, often playing themselves (as had also been the case during the final three years of The Lucy Show). Among the famous stars, Ann-Margret, Jack Benny, Milton Berle, George Burns, Carol Burnett, Johnny Carson, Petula Clark, Vincent Price, Tony Randall, Dinah Shore, Danny Thomas, Lawrence Welk, Flip Wilson and Shelly Winters all appeared during the run of the show. Ann-Margret (born April 28 1941 is a Swedish -born American actress singer Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky February 14, 1894 - December 26, 1974) was an American Comedian, vaudevillian Mendel "Milton Berle" Berlinger ( July 12, 1908 &ndash March 27, 2002) was an Emmy -winning American Comedian George Burns ( January 20 1896 &ndash March 9 1996; born Nathan Birnbaum) was an American comedian, Actor Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American Actress, Comedian, Singer, Dancer and John William “Johnny” Carson ( October 23, 1925 &ndash January 23, 2005) was an American Television host and Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932 is an English singer actress and Composer best known for her upbeat popular international hits Vincent Leonard Price Jr ( May 27 1911 &ndash October 25 1993) was an American Film Actor, remembered Tony Randall ( February 26, 1920 &ndash May 17, 2004) was an American comic and Actor. Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore February 29, 1916 - February 24, 1994) was an American Singer, Actress Danny Thomas ( January 6, 1912 - February 6, 1991) was an American nightclub Comedian and television and film Lawrence Welk ( March 11, 1903 &ndash May 17, 1992) was a Musician, Accordionist Bandleader, and Television Clerow Wilson Jr, known professionally as Flip Wilson, ( December 8, 1933 &ndash November 25, 1998) was an American Shelley Winters (August 18 1920 &ndash January 14 2006 was an American actress who appeared in dozens of films as well as on stage and television In addition, Lucille Ball appeared as herself (in an episode in which Lucy Carter enters a Lucille Ball look-alike contest; the episode featured then fairly new technology, enabling Ball to appear on screen with herself).

In 1972, Ball suffered a leg fracture in a skiing accident and as a result, spent much of the 1972-73 season in a full-leg cast. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (This was written into to the show, with the Lucy Carter character also breaking her leg. ) The "slapstick" was toned down for the remainder of the series, given Ball's decreased ability to perform physical comedy, as a result of her injury.

Final episode

Here's Lucy ceased production at the end of the 1973-74 season, thus ending nearly twenty-three continuous years of Ball appearing weekly on television. Though it was widely reported at the time that it was Ball's decision not to continue (as she wanted to pursue other projects), a number of sources through the years have stated that it was CBS that chose not to renew the series for the following season. The ratings had fallen during the final season, though Here's Lucy did still finish in the top thirty at the end of the 1974 season. [1] (The network was also in the process of reinventing its image, having already replaced much of their old guard television product with more contemporary fare like All in the Family and The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Ball was the last performer from TV's classic age who still had a weekly series at the beginning of 1974. The " Rural Purge " of American television networks was a series of cancellations of still-popular rural-themed or senior citizen-skewing shows All in the Family is an American Situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12 1971 to April The Mary Tyler Moore Show is an American Television sitcom created by James L )

Nielsen Ratings

Syndication

Here's Lucy was originally syndicated by Telepictures, and in turn the rights were later transferred to Warner Bros. Television Distribution (which acquired Telepictures' holdings). Telepictures is an American Television syndication firm established in 1978 by Michael Garin. Warner Bros Television Distribution is an American television distribution arm of Warner Bros Warner Bros. TV remains the distribution rights holder for all media except home video (Shout! Factory holds the DVD rights). Shout! Factory is an entertainment company founded in 2002 that was started by Richard Foos (co-founder of Rhino Records) Bob Emmer (former Warner Music Group It currently airs weekdays on Toronto's Sun-TV (CKXT-TV). CKXT-TV (known on air as SUN TV) is an independent broadcast Television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

DVD releases

External links

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