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The Lucy Show (1962)

Comedy

The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star. The earliest scripts were entitled The Lucille Ball Show, but when this title was declined, producers thought of calling the show This Is Lucy or The New Adventures of Lucy, before deciding on the title The Lucy Show. Ball won consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' final two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68.

IMDb rating
7.2 (3,580 votes)
Episode average
7.4 ↑ +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons
6
Streaming (US)
Amazon Prime Video
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 6 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1962)

7.96 avg 30 episodes 7.6 → 8.3 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 145 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 112 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 100 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 104 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 103 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 86 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 107 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 92 votesEp 9: 8.9 · 114 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 89 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 95 votesEp 12: 8.7 · 117 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 141 votesEp 14: 7.5 · 85 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 95 votesEp 16: 8.0 · 84 votesEp 17: 7.6 · 77 votesEp 18: 8.6 · 170 votesEp 19: 7.2 · 94 votesEp 20: 8.5 · 78 votesEp 21: 8.2 · 74 votesEp 22: 7.4 · 75 votesEp 23: 8.1 · 84 votesEp 24: 7.7 · 69 votesEp 25: 8.4 · 97 votesEp 26: 7.8 · 84 votesEp 27: 7.7 · 77 votesEp 28: 7.4 · 62 votesEp 29: 7.5 · 74 votesEp 30: 8.3 · 80 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Lucy Waits Up for Chris7.6145
2Lucy Digs Up a Date8.0112
3Lucy Is a Referee7.5100
4Lucy Misplaces $2,0008.1104
5Lucy Buys a Sheep7.8103
6Lucy Becomes an Astronaut7.886
7Lucy Is a Kangaroo for a Day8.3107
8Lucy the Music Lover7.592
9Lucy Puts Up a TV Antenna8.9114
10Vivian Sues Lucy8.389
11Lucy Builds a Rumpus Room8.495
12Lucy and Her Electric Mattress8.7117
13Together for Christmas7.8141
14Chris's New Year's Eve Party7.585
15Lucy's Sister Pays a Visit8.195
16Lucy and Viv Are Volunteer Firemen8.084
17Lucy Becomes a Reporter7.677
18Lucy and Viv Put in a Shower8.6170
19Lucy's Barbershop Quartet7.294
20Lucy and Viv Become Tycoons8.578
21No More Double Dates8.274
22Lucy and Viv Learn Judo7.475
23Lucy Is a Soda Jerk8.184
24Lucy Drives a Dump Truck7.769
25Lucy Visits the White House8.497
26Lucy and Viv Take Up Chemistry7.884
27Lucy Is a Chaperone7.777
28Lucy and the Little League7.462
29Lucy and the Runaway Butterfly7.574
30Lucy Buys a Boat8.380

Season 2 (1963)

7.75 avg 28 episodes 7.1 → 8.2 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.1 · 79 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 71 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 69 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 70 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 69 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 77 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 71 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 82 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 67 votesEp 10: 6.8 · 79 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 71 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 72 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 82 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 76 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 82 votesEp 16: 7.9 · 69 votesEp 17: 7.3 · 72 votesEp 18: 7.9 · 80 votesEp 19: 7.5 · 69 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 73 votesEp 21: 8.1 · 69 votesEp 22: 7.4 · 74 votesEp 23: 7.6 · 62 votesEp 24: 7.6 · 76 votesEp 25: 7.5 · 68 votesEp 26: 6.9 · 57 votesEp 27: 7.8 · 68 votesEp 28: 8.2 · 77 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Lucy Plays Cleopatra7.179
2Kiddie Parties, Inc.8.171
3Lucy and Viv Play Softball7.369
4Lucy Gets Locked in the Vault8.470
5Lucy and the Safe Cracker8.169
6Lucy Goes Duck Hunting7.777
7Lucy and the Bank Scandal7.871
8Lucy Decides to Redecorate8.382
9Lucy Puts Out a Fire at the Bank7.567
10Lucy and the Military Academy6.879
11Lucy's College Reunion8.071
12The Loophole in the Lease8.472
13Lucy Conducts the Symphony7.782
14Lucy Plays Florence Nightingale8.376
15Lucy Goes to Art Class7.982
16Chris Goes Steady7.969
17Lucy Takes Up Golf7.372
18Lucy Teaches Ethel Merman to Sing7.980
19Ethel Merman and the Boy Scout Show7.569
20Lucy and Viv Open a Restaurant7.873
21Lucy Takes a Job at the Bank8.169
22Viv Moves Out7.474
23Lucy Is Her Own Lawyer7.662
24Lucy Meets a Millionaire7.676
25Lucy Goes Into Politics7.568
26Lucy and the Scout Trip6.957
27Lucy Is a Process Server7.868
28Lucy Enters a Baking Contest8.277

Season 3 (1964)

7.69 avg 26 episodes 8.4 → 8.0 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 73 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 85 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 68 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 76 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 69 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 76 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 69 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 67 votesEp 9: 7.4 · 59 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 79 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 59 votesEp 12: 7.5 · 67 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 68 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 71 votesEp 15: 7.1 · 56 votesEp 16: 8.6 · 79 votesEp 17: 8.2 · 66 votesEp 18: 7.3 · 77 votesEp 19: 7.3 · 69 votesEp 20: 7.6 · 65 votesEp 21: 6.9 · 64 votesEp 22: 7.5 · 69 votesEp 23: 6.5 · 63 votesEp 24: 7.0 · 54 votesEp 25: 7.2 · 60 votesEp 26: 8.0 · 61 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Lucy and the Good Skate8.473
2Lucy and the Plumber8.285
3Lucy and the Winter Sports7.868
4Lucy Gets Amnesia7.676
5Lucy and the Great Bank Robbery8.069
6Lucy, the Camp Cook7.776
7Lucy, the Meter Maid7.869
8Lucy Makes a Pinch7.967
9Lucy Becomes a Father7.459
10Lucy's Contact Lenses8.479
11Lucy Gets Her Maid7.959
12Lucy Gets the Bird7.567
13Lucy, the Coin Collector7.868
14Lucy and the Missing Stamp8.371
15Lucy Meets Danny Kaye7.156
16Lucy and the Ceramic Cat8.679
17Lucy Goes to Vegas8.266
18Lucy and the Monsters7.377
19Lucy and the Countess7.369
20My Fair Lucy7.665
21Lucy and the Countess Lose Weight6.964
22Lucy and the Old Mansion7.569
23Lucy and Arthur Godfrey6.563
24Lucy and the Beauty Doctor7.054
25Lucy the Stockholder7.260
26Lucy the Disc Jockey8.061

Season 4 (1965)

6.90 avg 26 episodes 6.6 → 6.7 30 min avg

Ep 1: 6.6 · 66 votesEp 2: 6.7 · 65 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 59 votesEp 4: 6.7 · 68 votesEp 5: 7.0 · 54 votesEp 6: 7.2 · 56 votesEp 7: 6.7 · 53 votesEp 8: 7.0 · 57 votesEp 9: 7.3 · 61 votesEp 10: 6.4 · 52 votesEp 11: 6.2 · 51 votesEp 12: 6.4 · 56 votesEp 13: 7.1 · 63 votesEp 14: 6.2 · 63 votesEp 15: 5.5 · 58 votesEp 16: 7.4 · 55 votesEp 17: 7.3 · 59 votesEp 18: 6.5 · 55 votesEp 19: 7.0 · 58 votesEp 20: 7.1 · 62 votesEp 21: 8.6 · 84 votesEp 22: 7.0 · 61 votesEp 23: 6.4 · 59 votesEp 24: 7.7 · 67 votesEp 25: 7.3 · 87 votesEp 26: 6.7 · 61 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Lucy at Marineland6.666
2Lucy and the Golden Greek6.765
3Lucy in the Music World7.359
4Lucy and Joan6.768
5Lucy the Stunt Man7.054
6Lucy and the Countess Have a Horse Guest7.256
7Lucy Helps Danny Thomas6.753
8Lucy Helps the Countess7.057
9Lucy and the Sleeping Beauty7.361
10Lucy and the Undercover Agent6.452
11Lucy and the Return of Iron Man6.251
12Lucy Saves Milton Berle6.456
13Lucy the Choirmaster7.163
14Lucy Discovers Wayne Newton6.263
15Lucy the Rain Goddess5.558
16Lucy and Art Linkletter7.455
17Lucy Bags a Bargain7.359
18Lucy Meets Mickey Rooney6.555
19Lucy and the Soap Opera7.058
20Lucy Goes to a Hollywood Premiere7.162
21Lucy Dates Dean Martin8.684
22Lucy and Bob Crane7.061
23Lucy the Robot6.459
24Lucy and Clint Walker7.767
25Lucy the Gun Moll7.387
26Lucy, the Superwoman6.761

Season 5 (1966)

7.28 avg 22 episodes 7.3 → 7.3 28 min avg

Ep 1: 7.3 · 92 votesEp 2: 6.5 · 72 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 77 votesEp 4: 6.8 · 73 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 82 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 99 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 129 votesEp 8: 7.4 · 102 votesEp 9: 7.1 · 96 votesEp 10: 7.0 · 156 votesEp 11: 7.4 · 90 votesEp 12: 7.2 · 75 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 83 votesEp 14: 7.7 · 82 votesEp 15: 7.3 · 105 votesEp 16: 7.1 · 91 votesEp 17: 7.6 · 87 votesEp 18: 6.6 · 58 votesEp 19: 7.7 · 73 votesEp 20: 6.4 · 66 votesEp 21: 7.5 · 89 votesEp 22: 7.3 · 59 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Lucy with George Burns7.392
2Lucy and the Submarine6.572
3Lucy the Bean Queen7.777
4Lucy and Paul Winchell6.873
5Lucy and the Ring-a-Ding Ring7.282
6Lucy Flies to London7.399
7Lucy Gets a Roommate8.4129
8Lucy and Carol in Palm Springs7.4102
9Lucy Gets Caught Up in the Draft7.196
10Lucy and John Wayne7.0156
11Lucy and Pat Collins7.490
12Lucy and the Monkey7.275
13Lucy and the Efficiency Expert7.783
14Lucy's Substitute Secretary7.782
15Viv Visits Lucy7.3105
16Lucy the Babysitter7.191
17Main Street U.S.A.7.687
18Lucy Puts Main Street on the Map6.658
19Lucy Meets the Law7.773
20Lucy the Fight Manager6.466
21Lucy and Tennessee Ernie Ford7.589
22Lucy Meets Sheldon Leonard7.359

Season 6 (1967)

6.92 avg 24 episodes 7.8 → 7.2 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 86 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 78 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 71 votesEp 4: 6.6 · 68 votesEp 5: 6.9 · 57 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 87 votesEp 7: 6.4 · 64 votesEp 8: 6.3 · 61 votesEp 9: 7.1 · 50 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 49 votesEp 11: 6.9 · 45 votesEp 12: 7.0 · 47 votesEp 13: 6.7 · 39 votesEp 14: 7.2 · 61 votesEp 15: 6.9 · 54 votesEp 16: 7.2 · 50 votesEp 17: 6.8 · 56 votesEp 18: 6.5 · 48 votesEp 19: 6.8 · 45 votesEp 20: 6.8 · 48 votesEp 21: 6.9 · 44 votesEp 22: 7.0 · 252 votesEp 23: 5.8 · 47 votesEp 24: 7.2 · 46 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Lucy Meets the Berles7.886
2Lucy Gets Trapped7.478
3Lucy and the French Movie Star7.371
4Lucy and the Starmaker6.668
5Lucy Gets Her Diploma6.957
6Lucy Gets Jack Benny's Account7.487
7Little Old Lucy6.464
8Lucy and Robert Goulet6.361
9Lucy Gets Mooney Fired7.150
10Lucy's Mystery Guest7.249
11Lucy, the Philanthropist6.945
12Lucy Sues Mooney7.047
13Lucy and the Pool Hustler6.739
14Lucy and Carol Burnett: Part 17.261
15Lucy and Carol Burnett: Part 26.954
16Lucy and Viv Reminisce7.250
17Lucy Gets Involved6.856
18Mooney's Other Wife6.548
19Lucy and the Stolen Stole6.845
20Lucy and Phil Harris6.848
21Lucy Helps Ken Berry6.944
22Lucy and the Lost Star7.0252
23Lucy and Sid Caesar5.847
24Lucy and 'The Boss of the Year' Award7.246
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