Life with Lucy (1986)

Name: Life with Lucy
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Lucille Ball, Gale Gordon, Ann Dusenberry, Larry Anderson, Jenny Lewis

Comedy

Life With Lucy is an American sitcom starring Lucille Ball. The show ran on the ABC network in 1986 not on the CBS network as her previous shows had and unlike Ball's previous programs, it was a critical and ratings flop. Only eight out of the thirteen episodes that were filmed aired before ABC cancelled the series. It is the very last sitcom she starred in before her death in 1989.

IMDb rating: 5.6 (487 votes)
Episode average: 6.2 +0.6 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1986)

6.15 avg 13 episodes 6.0 → 6.9 30 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	One Good Grandparent Deserves Another	6.0	35
2	Lucy Makes a Hit with John Ritter	6.4	41
3	Love Among the Two-by Fours	6.2	25
4	Lucy Gets Her Wires Crossed	6.3	26
5	Lucy Is a Sax Symbol	6.0	23
6	Lucy Makes Curtis Byte the Dust	6.2	26
7	Lucy, Legal Eagle	6.1	23
8	Mother of the Bride	7.3	35
9	Lucy and the Guard Goose	5.3	23
10	Lucy and Curtis Are Up a Tree	5.6	22
11	Lucy's Green Thumb	5.8	23
12	Breaking Up is Hard to Do	5.8	22
13	World's Greatest Grandma	6.9	23