"I always felt that they, the public, needed a show that had a beginning, a middle, and a happy ending. Something they could depend on."

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Who doesn't love Lucy? CBS didn't at first ~ they almost didn't pick it up. {Who'd believe a white woman had a Cuban husband? Never mind that Lucy and Desi really were married.} The 2 took their concept, a television version of Lucy's radio show "My Favorite Husband," on the road in a vaudeville show to test its appeal. It did the trick, and "I Love Lucy" first aired in October 1951. No surprise the wildly popular show has been on television ever since {it did pioneer the rerun, after all!}.

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