A Real Artifact…’I Love Lucy’ Daytime Debut Date Revealed In Promo Script
A Real Artifact…’I Love Lucy’ Daytime Debut Date Revealed In Promo Script
This is the CBS announce booth copy from Monday, December 29, 1958. Finally, we have the date that CBS added Lucy reruns to their morning roster…January 5, 1959. Until now, all we had was a year, but not a date.
‘The Lucy – Desi Comedy Hour’ debuted in November of 1957 and I don’t think ‘I Love Lucy’ reruns had been on the air since late 1957. The last new show of the original series was broadcast May 6 of ’57 and was followed by reruns until the new CBS fall schedule debuted.
The ‘December Bride’ promo reminds us that it too was a Desilu production. Thanks to our friend Gady Reinhold for sharing this with us. You never know where you’ll come across lost pieces of television’s history. Enjoy and share. – Bobby Ellerbee
I miss the era when stations and networks had booth announcers to do live reads of station IDs, commercial tags and promos. Television had an engaging, organic feel then. Today, TV feels artificial and lacks a sense of humanity.
I Love Lucy reran in Prime Time through 1957-58 and into 1959. It reran again in Prime Time in 1960.
Telop! Now that’s a word I haven’t heard in years.