![]() Ball also wanted to co-star in a series with her two teenage children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. However, she decided she didn’t want to star in a show she didn’t own. Ball’s current series, The Lucy Show, was still a big hit at the time of the sale, finishing in second place in the Nielsen ratings. When the sale was complete Gulf + Western rebranded Desilu Productions as Paramount Television. ![]() She had been running the company by herself for the previous six years. Ball had bought out her ex-husband, Desi Arnaz, in 1962. Origin of the Series In 1968, Lucille Ball sold her production company, Desilu Productions, to American conglomerate Gulf + Western for $17 million dollars. Lucille Ball and Ginger Rogers on the set of “Here’s Lucy” (1971). ![]() In this article we will look at the last of these series to entertain audiences, Here’s Lucy. Beginning with I Love Lucy (1951-57) and continuing with The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957-60), The Lucy Show (1962-68), and finally Here’s Lucy (1968-74) she had the best track record of any star in making a hit television show. Introduction From the early 1950s through the mid-1970s Lucille Ball was the Queen of television. ![]()
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