I love lucy

Sixty-nine years ago Thursday, on Oct. 15, 1951, “I Love Lucy” premiered, introducing the world at large to Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Both seasoned […]

A nice thing about being alive in this current moment in history is that one can say things like, “television is the great American art […]

Everybody — we mean everybody — knows I Love Lucy, but how many people really know its spinoff, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour or, as it […]

Pregnancies and births are not a new trope of television sitcoms. In fact, they’ve proven to be a tried-and-true means of bringing attention to a […]

There were a lot of scenarios in which Amy Poehler’s affectionate documentary “Lucy and Desi” might never have existed. As Lucille Ball herself recounts via […]

Desi Arnaz made sure to give his longtime love a final goodbye. The actor, who famously starred alongside his wife Lucille Ball as Cuban bandleader […]

Nina Arianda’s history with I Love Lucy stretches back long before she was even born. “When my family came to the United States, there was […]

Amazon Studios started principal photography on writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s drama Being the Ricardos this week in Los Angeles. Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem star as […]

Flame-haired Lucille Ball was TV magic. Her timing: spot-on (those wide-eyed reaction takes!). Her physical comedy: impeccable (an early start as a chorus girl helped). […]

If you’ve been enjoying this season of TCM’s “The Plot Thickens” podcast as much as I have, you already know that the tempestuous marriage of […]