I Love Lucy: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

I Love Lucy follows the antics of stay-at-home mom Lucy Ricardo as she tries to outsmart her Cuban band-leader husband, Ricky, and get into show business. Along the way she usually ends up dragging her landlords and best friends, Fred and Ethel Mertz, into one of her wacky schemes which can create some hilarious situations.

Series details

• Title: I Love Lucy
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1951-10-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 1957-05-06
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8.1/10
• TVMaze ID: 3824

Cast and credited roles

• Lucille Ball — Lucy Ricardo
• Desi Arnaz — Ricky Ricardo
• Vivian Vance — Ethel Mertz
• William Frawley — Fred Mertz
• Richard Keith — Ricky Ricardo, Jr.

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1951-10-15; final listed air date 1952-06-09; episode order: 35.
• Season 2: premiered 1952-09-15; final listed air date 1953-06-29; episode order: 31.
• Season 3: premiered 1953-10-05; final listed air date 1954-05-24; episode order: 31.
• Season 4: premiered 1954-10-04; final listed air date 1955-05-30; episode order: 30.
• Season 5: premiered 1955-10-03; final listed air date 1956-05-14; episode order: 26.
• Season 6: premiered 1956-10-01; final listed air date 1957-05-06; episode order: 27.

Source and licence

Adapted from I Love Lucy on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.