![]() ![]() ![]() Ball also wanted to co-star in a series with her two teenage children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. However, she decided she didn’t want to star in a show she didn’t own. Ball’s current series, The Lucy Show, was still a big hit at the time of the sale, finishing in second place in the Nielsen ratings. When the sale was complete Gulf + Western rebranded Desilu Productions as Paramount Television. She had been running the company by herself for the previous six years. Ball had bought out her ex-husband, Desi Arnaz, in 1962. Origin of the Series In 1968, Lucille Ball sold her production company, Desilu Productions, to American conglomerate Gulf + Western for $17 million dollars. Lucille Ball and Ginger Rogers on the set of “Here’s Lucy” (1971). In this article we will look at the last of these series to entertain audiences, Here’s Lucy. Beginning with I Love Lucy (1951-57) and continuing with The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957-60), The Lucy Show (1962-68), and finally Here’s Lucy (1968-74) she had the best track record of any star in making a hit television show. Introduction From the early 1950s through the mid-1970s Lucille Ball was the Queen of television. ![]()
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