According to The Hollywood Reporter, it only took I Love Lucy six months to become the No. 1 show in America when it debuted in 1951, and it remained the most-watched show for four of its six seasons.
With so much love from fans, it came as a surprise when I Love Lucy ended its run without a bang. On May 6, 1957, a regular episode served as a goodbye to the series. Titled “The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue,” the episode centered on a Revolutionary Day Celebration and Lucy Ricardo’s (Ball) attempt to remain stone-faced (literally) after she accidentally broke a statue that was set to be dedicated in the Westport, CT, town square.
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Unlike I Love Lucy, sponsorship for the hour-long episodes was a problem. In an interview with Woman’s World, Lucy historian Geoffrey Mark recalled, “Since I Love Lucy was the biggest show on television, one would have imagined an hour-long version every month or so would have had the sponsors screaming, ‘Choose me, choose me!’ But the only sponsor Desi could find was the Ford Motor Company and they would only do five of them.”
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Arnaz had a bittersweet recollection of the ‘I Love Lucy’ franchise.
"The very last [Lucy Desi Comedy Hour]) I did with Lucy, I was the director," Arnaz shared. "Our marriage had already ended. …Now I am supposed to kiss Lucy in the last second of the last scene. A kiss that wrapped up twenty years of love and jealousy and laughter and tears. We looked at each other. Then I kissed her. And then Lucy, knowing I was the directing, said to me, 'You're supposed to say 'Cut!' And I said, 'Darn it, I know. Cut!'"
“They already knew the divorce was happening; they just waited for that last episode to air,” Mark told Woman’s World. “After it did, they filed for divorce. They just didn’t want to squash ratings or hurt the characters of Lucy and Ricky. But at that point, it was over. All of it.”
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