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Here's Lucy

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About This Show

From Wikipedia:

Here's Lucy is Lucille Ball's third network television sitcom. It ran on CBS from 1968 to 1974. 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. 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. As a result, it is currently the only show starring Ball that is not owned by PTV's successor CBS Television Studios (PTV gained rights to her final show, Life with Lucy, after then-parent Viacom acquired co-producer Spelling Entertainment).

Created by Ray Singer

Starring

Lucille Ball

Gale Gordon

Lucie Arnaz

Desi Arnaz, Jr.

Mary Jane Croft

No. of seasons 6

No. of episodes 144

Producer(s)

Lucille Ball Productions

Cleo Smith

Tommy Thompson

Running time 30 minutes per episode

Original channel CBS

Original run 23 September 1968 – 18 March 1974

People Who Talked About This Show

  • Andy Griffith
  • Don Knotts
  • Doris Singleton
  • Larry Rhine
  • Madelyn Pugh Davis
  • Ricardo Montalban

Featured Content

Video clip: Here's Lucy promo from 1968

Video link: Here's Lucy excerpt from YouTube, "Lucy Meets the Burtons"

Resources

Here's Lucy - Lucille Ball DVD

DVD: Here's Lucy - Best Loved Episodes from the Hit TV Series

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People Talking About This Show

  • Andy Griffith
    • Andy Griffith on the difficulty of appearing on the 3-camera Here's Lucy show in "Lucy Meets Andy Griffith" (airdate: October 29, 1973) (01m 25s)
  • Don Knotts
    • Don Knotts on Lucille Ball (whom he worked with on Here's Lucy) (00m 33s)
  • Ricardo Montalban
    • Ricardo Montalban on guest starring (as Prince Phillip Gregory Hennepin Of Montalbania) on Here's Luc y in the episode "Lucy and Her Prince Charming" (airdate: November 27, 1972) (00m 36s)
  • Madelyn Pugh Davis
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on their work on Here's Lucy (02m 20s)
  • Larry Rhine
    • Writer Larry Rhine on the Here's Lucy episode "Lucy the Skydiver" (03m 26s)
    • Larry Rhine on writing for Here's Lucy (02m 35s)
  • Doris Singleton
    • Doris Singleton on working on Here's Lucy and The Lucy Show (02m 22s)
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