Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Fought to Keep “I Love Lucy” on the Air Through the Star's Pregnancy, Making TV History

The joyous news came at the height of her I Love Lucy fame. While Ball and husband/costar Desi Arnaz were delighted to be ...

Lucille Ball was the first woman to be pregnant on sitcom television — even if she couldn't say so

The joyous news came at the height of her I Love Lucy fame. While Ball and husband/costar Desi Arnaz were delighted to be ...
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With 'I Love Lucy' and beyond, Desi Arnaz helped shaped TV as we know it

When Desi Arnaz came to Hollywood in the 1940s, it seemed unlikely that a Cuban refugee with a thick accent would ever be accepted by American viewers — let alone star in one of the most popular TV ...
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Lucille Ball Didn’t Think Early ‘I Love Lucy’ Episodes Were Funny

Lucille Ball wouldn’t be the first actor, comic or otherwise, to cringe while watching herself on screen. But Ball wasn’t universally opposed to watching her own work — it was a specific part of her ...
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Why Lucille Ball’s Follow-Up to ‘I Love Lucy’ Was Only Supposed to Last 1 Season

On October 1, 1962, The Lucy Show made its debut on CBS. The sitcom starred Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael, a widowed mother of two kids (Candy Moore, Jimmy Garrett) who shared a house with her ...

I Love Lucy’s Last Living Star Recalls a ‘Very Demanding’ Lucille Ball

Keith Thibodeaux, the last living star from the hit 1951 sitcom I Love Lucy, recently opened up about his time working on the ...
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Bronson Pinchot Says He’ll Never Forget What His Idol Lucille Ball Told Him: ‘I Still Cry Thinking About It’ (Exclusive)

Bronson Pinchot will always remember the day in 1986 when comedy legend Lucille Ball invited him to visit her on the set of Life with Lucy. During an exclusive chat in Los Angeles at the March 19 ...