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Desilu Productions, Inc. (/ ˈ d ɛ s i l uː /) was an American television production company founded and co-owned by husband and wife Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. The company is best known for shows such as I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Mannix, The Untouchables, Mission: Impossible and Star Trek.
- December 29, 1967; 55 years ago
- Television production
- 1950; 73 years ago
Founded and co-owned by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Desilu Studios created pop cultural touchstones like I Love Lucy, Mission: Impossible, and Star Trek, and was the production hub for dozens of beloved television shows including The Andy Griffith Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show.
- Ball and Arnaz Created A Touring Act to Show They Could Work Together
- Arnaz Acquired Full Ownership of ‘I Love Lucy’ Episodes
- ‘I Love Lucy’ Broke Ground on and Off The screen
- Arnaz Rapidly Expanded The Company
- Ball Divorced Arnaz Before Taking Over Desilu
- Ball Struggled to Run The Studio on Her Own
As told in Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, CBS sought to build on the success of My Favorite Husband by adapting it for the small screen. Ball informed the network that she would be happy to do a televised version, provided her real-life husbandwas signed to play the part of the fictional one. This was a no-go for CBS executives, ...
While enthusiasm for what became I Love Lucywas high, a few sizeable details remained that threatened to derail the entire endeavor. For starters, Ball and Arnaz had no intention of leavingtheir comfy suburban-L.A. ranch to move to New York City, then the center of the TV production industry. When executives balked at the idea of the dominant East ...
I Love Lucy hit the ground running in the fall of 1951, with any worries about the pairing of a mixed-race couple quickly muted by the favorable response to the emotional back-and-forth between Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. With a helping hand from supporting characters Fred (William Frawley) and Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance), I Love Lucy surged to the top ...
While Ball was up to virtually any challenge that made use of her comedic abilities before an audience, cementing the show's stranglehold on the top spot in the ratings, Arnaz proved equally fearless when it came to expanding Desilu. He immersed himself in the business, launching the successful TV adaptations of Our Miss Brooks and December Brideby...
Having assembled a TV production empire, Arnaz's expenditures also enabled him to achieve many of his creative dreams. His long-favored preference for airing Lucy programming as hour-long, monthly specials materialized with the Lucille Ball–Desi Arnaz Show in fall 1957. The following year, he launched the ambitious Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, an...
After more than a decade of ceding business decisions to Arnaz, Ball attempted to run the operation with a few trusted deputies while meeting the demands of carrying a highly ranked TV show. It was an uphill battle from the get-go, as she sorely missed her ex-husband's affinity for numbers, people skills and storytelling capabilities. While Desilu ...
1 nov 2022 · Desilu Productions grew into the world’s largest and most productive television operation of its time. Several classic television shows got their start thanks to Desilu Productions.
- Barry Silverstein
The Walter Winchell File. Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse. Whirlybirds. Willy (TV series) Wire Service. Categories: American television series by studio. Desilu Productions. Television series by CBS Studios.
8 lug 2016 · Advertisement. The comedy icon's company, Desilu Productions, was responsible for Gene Roddenberry's original "Star Trek" series. Desilu was one of the largest independent production companies in ...
Arnaz and Lucille Ball co-founded and ran the television production company called Desilu Productions, originally to market I Love Lucy to television networks. After I Love Lucy ended, Arnaz went on to produce several other television series, at first with Desilu Productions, and later independently, including The Ann Sothern Show ...
