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Desilu Productions, Inc. ( / ˈdɛsiluː /) 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.
Dec 7, 2021 · His coffers boosted by the sale of Lucy episodes to CBS for $4.3 million in 1956, Arnaz turned around and acquired RKO Studios in late 1957 for around $6 million. One year later, Desilu became...
The studio and backlot acreage changed hands again in 1958, after it was was purchased by Desilu Productions, the studio formed in 1951 by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. For the next ten years, 40 Acres would provide exterior locations for the company's television productions, including The Untouchables , Star Trek , Mission: Impossible ...
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.
Jul 8, 2016 · 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 Hollywood...
In 1962, Lucille Ball bought Desi Arnaz’s interest in the company and became the first woman to preside over a Hollywood studio. Her leadership successfully steered Desilu into the evolving media landscape of the 1960s.
Visit the Lucy Desi Museum and explore the lives, careers and legacies of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, and celebrates the #1 Greatest TV Show of all time, I Love Lucy. Learn More.
Dec 13, 2021 · Together, Ball and Arnaz created the most popular television show of the 1950s, “I Love Lucy,” and formed Desilu Studios – one of the first major independent television studios and what would...
This new edition of Desilu features a special commentary by Pulitzer Prize-winning TV critic Tom Shales, and includes a brand-new preface and never-before-seen photographs.
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Dec 21, 2021 · The couple pushed back by launching their own television company, Desilu Productions, and creating “I Love Lucy,” which premiered on CBS in 1951. “I Love Lucy” became the nation’s No. 1...
