"Life with Lucy" (1986) TV series

Creator:

Bob Carroll Jr.

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

20 September 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

This short-lived comedy series featured the legendary Lucille Ball as Lucy Barker, now a grandmother living with her daughter's family...

Plot Keywords:

Short Lived | Television Flop | Comeback | Mother Daughter Relationship | Character Name In Title

Cast

Lucille Ball	...	Lucy Barker (13 episodes, 1986)
Gale Gordon	...	Curtis McGibbon (13 episodes, 1986)
Ann Dusenberry	...	Margo Barker McGibbon (13 episodes, 1986)
Larry Anderson	...	Ted McGibbon (13 episodes, 1986)
Jenny Lewis	...	Becky McGibbon (13 episodes, 1986)
Philip Amelio	...	Kevin McGibbon (13 episodes, 1986)
Donovan Scott	...	Leonard Stoner (13 episodes, 1986)

Runtime:

30 min (13 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

South Pasadena, California, USA

Company:

Aaron Spelling Productions

Trivia:

Its premiere episode made the Nielsen's Top 20 for its week; however, following episodes dropped steadily in viewership, ultimately turning this show into one of the biggest flops in television history. Reportedly, its failure so deeply hurt Lucille Ball that she never completely recovered from it, convinced that the public no longer wanted her.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993) (TV)

Very Sad

Very, very, sad. At 75, Lucille Ball was coaxed from retirement to reprise the shenanigans of her former glory (and what glory it had been). With the help of her longtime writers Madelyn Pugh Davis and Bob Carroll Jr. and her old pal, actor Gale Gordon, Lucy joined the 1980's as though the world stopped spinning in 1974 when Here's Lucy has signed off. "I didn't know that moving me in could be such a turn-on!" said Ball's character (named Lucy, of course) after catching daughter Margo (Ann Dusenberry) kissing son-in-law Ted (Larry Anderson). The ancient slang was all too indicative of Life with Lucy, and as critics savaged the series, audiences ignored it. Lucy's fans expected more, and Lucy desevered better.