I Love Lucy

1951–1957 · Comedy, Family · 6 seasons · ★ 7.9

Ended

Synopsis of I Love Lucy

Lucy Ricardo is a middle-class housewife who lives in a New York City apartment building with her husband, Ricky Ricardo, a singer and bandleader. Their best friends and landlords are Fred and Ethel Mertz, former vaudeville performers. Lucy is naive and ambitious, and dreams of stardom. She wants to break into show business and often tries to appear alongside Ricky at his nightclub, but she feels left out because her involvement in the business is limited compared to her husband's and the Mertzes'. Her schemes often get her and Ricky into trouble. The comedy stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, and aired on CBS from 1951 to 1957.

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6seasons

180episodes

26 minper episode

7.9audience scoreTMDB · 268 votes

8.5IMDb rating31,211 votes

Seasons of I Love Lucy

Season 11951 · 35 ep. · ★ 7.4

Season 21952 · 31 ep. · ★ 8.7

Season 31953 · 31 ep. · ★ 8.7

Season 41954 · 30 ep. · ★ 8.8

Season 51955 · 26 ep. · ★ 8.9

Season 61956 · 27 ep. · ★ 8.8

Cast by I Love Lucy

Lucille BallLucy Ricardo180 episodes

Desi ArnazRicky Ricardo180 episodes

Vivian VanceEthel Mertz180 episodes

William FrawleyFred Mertz180 episodes

Keith ThibodeauxLittle Ricky (uncredited)24 episodes

Louis NicolettiMaitre D'16 episodes

Bennett GreenOrderly15 episodes

Frank NelsonWaiter12 episodes

Elizabeth PattersonMrs. Trumbull11 episodes

Doris SingletonCarolyn10 episodes

Richard ReevesIndian #29 episodes

Kathryn CardMinnie Finch9 episodes

Bob JellisonBellboy8 episodes

Hazel PierceStore Customer (uncredited)8 episodes

Jerry HausnerStage Manager7 episodes

Mary Jane CroftCynthia Harcourt7 episodes

Barbara PepperShowgirl #26 episodes

Fred AldrichButcher (uncredited)5 episodes

Peggy ReaNurse4 episodes

Ross ElliottPublicity Man4 episodes

Herb VigranJoe4 episodes

William HamelHeadwaiter4 episodes

Kay WileyMartha4 episodes

Shepard MenkenStore Owner4 episodes

Charles LaneMr. Hickox4 episodes

Lee MillarEmcee4 episodes

Tyler McVeyOfficer4 episodes

Lou KrugmanDirector4 episodes

Ray KelloggAssistant DIrector4 episodes

Tennessee Ernie FordErnie Ford3 episodes

Shirley MitchellMarion3 episodes

Will WrightMr. Walters3 episodes

Margie LisztBetty3 episodes

Ruth PerrottClub Woman3 episodes

Allen JenkinsPoliceman3 episodes

Dayton LummisBill Parker3 episodes

Elvia AllmanNancy Graham3 episodes

Lawrence DobkinCounterman3 episodes

Harry BartellJewelry Thief3 episodes

Hazel BoynePassenger3 episodes

Technical Details

Created by: Bob Carroll Jr., Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh
Address: William Asher, Marc Daniels, James V. Kern
Writing: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, Bob Carroll Jr., Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller
Music: Wilbur Hatch
Production: Desi Arnaz, Jess Oppenheimer, Jack Aldworth
Production companies: Desilu Productions
Network or Platform: CBS
Country: United States
Original Language: English
Premiere: October 15, 1951
Last Episode: May 6, 1957 (6x27)
Status: Ended
Type: Fiction
Awards: Won 4 Emmy Awards; 11 wins and 26 nominations in total.
Links: IMDb · TMDB

Trivia about I Love Lucy

Each episode was recorded in front of a studio audience of 300 people, and Desi Arnaz hosted every taping as master of ceremonies.

The production company Arnaz reorganized to handle his music deals was called Desilu, combining the first names of both of them.

A colorized holiday episode drew more than eight million viewers when CBS aired it in prime time in 2013.

It was the first television fiction program shot on 35 mm film in front of a studio audience, with cinematographer Karl Freund leading the camerawork.

Reruns of first-season episodes proved to be a ratings hit, which led to the rerun as a television staple.

The series' original opening titles and commercial bumpers were animated cartoons of Ball and Arnaz.

The episode "Lucy Goes to the Hospital," which aired in January 1953, drew 44 million viewers, a figure higher than the television audience for President Dwight D. Eisenhower's inauguration the following day.

Over its six seasons, the series received 20 Emmy nominations and won two awards for Outstanding Sitcom, which Desi Arnaz accepted as executive producer.

Sources: Wikipedia (English)