I Love Lucy
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| I Love Lucy | |
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| Written by | Jess Oppenheimer Madelyn Davis Bob Carroll, Jr. Bob Schiller Bob Weiskopf |
| Starring | Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Vivian Vance William Frawley Keith Thibodeaux |
| Theme music composer | Eliot Daniel Harold Adamson |
| Composer(s) | Eliot Daniel Wilbur Hatch Marco Rizo |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Originallanguage(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 181 (including the "lost" Christmas episode and original pilot) (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Jess Oppenheimer Desi Arnaz (executive) |
| Location(s) | Desilu Studios Los Angeles, California |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 23–26.5 minutes unedited, including opening and closing credits |
| Productioncompany(s) | Desilu Productions |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | October 15, 1951 – May 6, 1957[1] |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour |
I Love Lucy is an American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley. The black-and-white series originally ran from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, on CBS. After the series ended in 1957, however, a modified version continued for three more seasons with 13 one-hour specials, running from 1957 to 1960, known first as The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show and later in reruns as The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour.
The show, which was the first scripted television program to be shot on 35 mm film in front of a studio audience, won five Emmy Awards and received numerous nominations. Another award that the show won was the coveted George Foster Peabody Award for "recognition of distinguished achievement in television."[2] In 2012 it was voted the 'Best TV Show of All Time' in a survey conducted by ABC News and People Magazine.[3]
I Love Lucy was the most watched show in the United States in four of its six seasons, and was the first to end its run at the top of the Nielsen ratings (an accomplishment later matched by The Andy Griffith Show and Seinfeld). The show is still syndicated in dozens of languages across the world, and remains popular, with an American audience of 40 million each year.[4] A colorized version of its Christmas episode attracted more than eight million viewers when CBS aired it in prime time in 2013 – 62 years after the show premiered.[5]
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