The Lucy Show

The Lucy Show
Logo used from season 3
Also known asThe Lucille Ball Show
GenreSitcom
Created by
Based onLife Without George
by Irene Kampen
Directed by
  • Jack Donohue
  • Maury Thompson
Starring
Narrated byRoy Rowan
Theme music composerWilbur Hatch
Composers
  • Wilbur Hatch
  • Julian Davidson
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes156 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Elliott Lewis (1962)
  • Tommy Thompson
  • Jack Donohue
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes per episode
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseOctober 1, 1962 (1962-10-01) –
March 11, 1968 (1968-03-11)
Related
I Love Lucy
Here's Lucy
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The original cast (l-r): Jimmy Garrett (Jerry Carmichael), Candy Moore (Chris Carmichael), Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Vivian Vance (Vivian Bagley), Ralph Hart (Sherman Bagley).
From the episode "Kiddie Parties, Inc." (1963)

The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962 to 1968. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the fourth season (1965–1966) divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star.

The earliest scripts were titled The Lucille Ball Show; but, when that title was rejected by CBS, producers thought of calling the show This Is Lucy or The New Adventures of Lucy, before deciding on the title The Lucy Show. Ball won consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' final two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68.