The Lucy Show

TV Series
1962–1968
TV-PG
30m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

3.3K

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The wacky misadventures of a forever-scheming woman, her reluctant best friend, and her cantankerous boss.The wacky misadventures of a forever-scheming woman, her reluctant best friend, and her cantankerous boss.The wacky misadventures of a forever-scheming woman, her reluctant best friend, and her cantankerous boss.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

3.3K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,011

493

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 2 Primetime Emmys
- 2 wins & 10 nominations total

Episodes156

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Trivia
The series was originally intended to air for only one season. Ball and Desi Arnaz's studio, Desilu, was losing money. Arnaz persuaded Ball to return to series television only to help their studio become viable again. Ball agreed to do the show only if it aired on Monday nights like I Love Lucy (1951) had and if her former co-star, Vivian Vance, and her former writers would be involved.

Quotes
Vivian Bagley: Don't you remember your children? Mr. Mooney?
Lucy Carmichael: [With amnesia] I have a child named Mr. Mooney?

Alternate versions
When the series was first rerun in syndication in 1968, all episodes featured the season 4 opening sequence. These versions were also syndicated in the 1990s. When show was syndicated in the 1970s, the original versions were used.

Connections
Featured in The Steve Lawrence Show: Lucille Ball, Charles Nelson Reilly, Betty Walker (1965)

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Featured review

Started Out Good

Add my opinion to the others...Vivian Vance added a great deal of class to all the "Lucy" shows. None was more evident than in "The Lucy Show" when she departed (much too soon). After Vivian left the show it was apparent that Lucy needed a sidekick and various guest stars tried to fill Vivian's shoes but none came close. Once the show was broadcast in color, Lucy doing too much (such as running Desilu) started acting with too many broad strokes thinking that whatever she did would be funny. It wasn't. Some of the later shows were actually embarrassing to watch and you realized that not only were the writer's out of ideas but Lucy should have ended this show years before.