Life with Lucy
Life with Lucy is an American sitcom starring Lucille Ball. Created by Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis, the series aired for one season on ABC from September 20 to November 15, 1986. It is the only Lucille Ball sitcom to not air on CBS.
For the Irish celebrity show starring Lucy Kennedy, see Livin' with Lucy.Life with Lucy
- Martin Silvestri
- Jeremy Stone
- Joel Higgins
"Every Day Is Better Than Before" by Eydie Gorme
United States
English
1
13 (5 unaired)[a] (list of episodes)
- E. Duke Vincent
- Madelyn Davis
- Bob Carroll Jr.
- Linda Morris
- Vic Rauseo
30 minutes
- Lucille Ball Productions
- Aaron Spelling Productions
September 20 –
November 15, 1986
Developed amidst an industry-wide interest in comeback vehicles, ABC and producer Aaron Spelling coaxed Ball out of retirement for a new series. Unlike Ball's previous sitcoms, Life with Lucy was a failure in the ratings and poorly received by critics and viewers alike. Only eight out of the 13 episodes produced were aired before ABC cancelled the series. Its cancellation devastated her, and was the last television series or film she starred in before her death in 1989.
Premise[edit]
Ball plays a recently widowed grandmother who has inherited her husband Sam's half interest in a hardware store in South Pasadena, California, the other half being owned by his business partner, widower Curtis McGibbon (played by Gale Gordon). Lucy's character insists on "helping" in the store, even though when her husband was alive, she had taken no part in the business and hence knows nothing about it. The unlikely partners are also in-laws, her daughter Margo being married to his son Ted. And all of them, along with their young grandchildren Becky and Kevin, live together.