Last Updated: February 12, 2000 Compiled by: Ted Nesi Thank you: Breck Richardson, Bart Andrews, Tom Watson, Kathryn Brady, Mike Elliott, CHICKA2@aol.com, Ed Slonina, Coyne Steven Sanders, Tom Gilbert, the Library of Congress, Ric Wyman, David Torresen, Jim Johnson, Larry Abels, the Bing Crosby Internet Museum and Eric Schwarz This page a listing of appearances and specials Lucille Ball made on television. This is the closest thing to a complete listing available, but I'm always adding new information and new appearances. If you know of some, please tell me at swing4243@yahoo.com. Some special's titles are links; that means you can click to see a page of detailed information. |
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The Phil Silvers Show
"Bilko's Ape Man"
CBS
Lucille Ball, Herbie Faye, Paul Ford, Maurice Gosfield, Harvey Lembeck,
Phil Silvers
Friday, March 20, 1959 at 9:00PM
The Ann Sothern Show
"The Lucy Story"
CBS
Lucille Ball, Jack Mullaney, Don Porter, Ann Sothern, Ann Tyrell
Monday, October 5, 1959 at 9:30PM
The Milton Berle Special
NBC
Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Milton Berle
November 1, 1959
Desilu Playhouse
"The Desilu Revue"
CBS
Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, William Frawley, Betty Furness, Vivian Vance
Friday, December 25, 1959 at 9:00PM
Westinghouse
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
NBC
January 10, 1960
Bob Hope Sports Awards
NBC
February 15, 1961
The Ed Sullivan Show
CBS
Lucille Ball, Ed Sullivan
Sunday, February 20, 1961 at 8:00PM
Twelve Star Salute
Salute to the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies
ABC
December 9, 1961
The Bob Hope Show
NBC
Lucille Ball, Les Brown, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Juliet Prowse
October 24, 1962
The Good Years
CBS
Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda
January 12, 1962
The Greatest Show on Earth
"Lady in Limbo"
ABC
Lucille Ball, Robert C. Carmel, Stu Erwin, Dabbs Greer, Billy Mumy, Jack Palance, Robert F. Simon, Irene Tedrow
Tuesday, December 10, 1963 at 9:00PM
The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour: Mr. and Mrs.
CBS
Lucille Ball, Gale Gordon, Bob Hope
April 19, 1964
Lever Brothers
The Jack Benny Program
"The Paul Revere Sketch"
NBC
Lucille Ball, Jack Benny
Friday, October 2, 1964 at 9:30PM
State Farm Insurance
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater
"Have Girls - Will Travel"
NBC
Lucille Ball
Friday, October 16, 1964 at 8:30PM
Chrysler
The Danny Kaye Show
CBS
Lucille Ball, Laurie Ichino, Danny Kaye, Harvey Korman, Victoria Meyerink,
Joyce Van Patten
Wednesday, November 4, 1964 at 10:00PM
The Steve Lawrence Show
Premiere
CBS
Lucille Ball, Steve Lawrence, Steve Nelson Reilly, Betty Walker
Monday, September 13, 1965 at 10:00PM
A Salute to Stan Laurel
CBS
November 23, 1965
The Danny Thomas Special: The Wonderful World of Burlesque
II
NBC
December 8, 1965
A Bob Hope Comedy Special
NBC
September 28, 1966
Lucy in London
CBS
Lucille Ball, The Dave Clark Five, Buster Keaton, Anthony Newley
Monday, October 24, 1966
Carol Plus Two
CBS
January 15, 1967
Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Zero Mostel
The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour
CBS
January 22, 1967
Probably a repeat of Mr. and Mrs., from 1964.
The Carol Burnett Show
CBS
Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence,
Gloria Loring, Lyle Waggoner
Monday, October 2, 1967 at 10:00PM
The Ed Sullivan Show
CBS
Lucille Ball, Ed Sullivan, the eighteen kids from Yours, Mine and
Ours
Sunday, March 17, 1968 at 8:00PM
Jack Benny's Carnival Nights
NBC
Jack Benny, Lucille Ball, Johnny Carson
Wednesday, March 20, 1968
The Carol Burnett Show
CBS
Eddie Albert, Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence,
Lyle Waggoner, Nancy Wilson
Monday, October 4, 1968 at 10:00PM
Jack Benny's Birthday Special
NBC
Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, John Blocker, Dennis Day, Lawrence Welk,
Don Wilson
February 17, 1969
The Dinah Shore Special: Like Hep
NBC
April 13, 1969
Lucille Ball, Dinah Shore
From Hollywood with Love: The Ann-Margret Special
CBS
Lucille Ball, Ann-Margret, Dean Martin, Larry Storch, the Watts City
Choir
Saturday, December 6, 1969 at 8:30PM
The Carol Burnett Show
CBS
Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Mel Torme,
Lyle Waggoner
Monday, October 19, 1970 at 10:00PM
The Bob Hope Show
NBC
November 16, 1970
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
NBC
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Mel Blanc, Dennis
Day, Bob Hope, Dinah Shore, Don Wilson
November 16, 1970
Super Comedy Bowl
CBS
Sunday, January 10, 1971
Make Room for Granddaddy
ABC
Lucille Ball, Angela Cartwright, Hans Conried, Roosevelt Grier, Marjorie
Lord, Sid Melton, Danny Thomas
Thursday, January 21, 1971 at 9:00PM
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Jack Benny--but
Were Afraid to Ask
NBC
Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, George Burns, Phil Harris, Dr. David Ruben,
John Wayne
March 10, 1971
Swing Out, Sweet Land
NBC
April 8, 1971
A Salute to Television's 25th Anniversary
ABC
September 10, 1972
Steve and Eydie...On Stage
NBC
April 8, 1971
Show Business Salute to Milton Berle
NBC
December 4, 1973
The Bob Hope Show
NBC
December 9, 1973
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
CBS
Lucille Ball, Art Carney
October 19, 1974
Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Lucille Ball
NBC
February 7, 1975
Lucy Gets Lucky
CBS
Lucille Ball, Dean Martin
March 1, 1975
The 27th Annual Emmy Awards
CBS
May 19, 1975
Three for Two
CBS
Lucille Ball, Tammi Bula, Jackie Gleason, Paul Linke
Wednesday, December 3, 1975 at 10:00PM
Shirley MacLaine Special: Gypsy in My Soul
CBS
Lucille Ball, Shirley MacLaine
January 20, 1976
What Now Catherine Curtis?
CBS
Lucille Ball, Joseph Bologna, Art Carney
Tuesday, March 30, 1976 at 10:00PM
Texaco Presents Bob Hope's World of Comedy
NBC
October 29, 1976
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
CBS
Eddie Albert, Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Milton Berle, George
Burns, Carol Burnett, Richard Burton, Johnny Carson, Willaim Frawley, Gale
Gordon, William Holden, Bob Hope, Danny Kaye, Dean Martin, Harpo Marx,
Red Skelton, Jimmy Stewart, Danny Thomas, Vivian Vance, John Wayne
Sunday, November 28, 1976 at 8:00PM
Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Danny Thomas
NBC
Wednesday, December 15, 1976
Texaco Presents Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Tribute
to Vaudeville
NBC
March 25, 1977
Cher and Other Fantasies
NBC
April 3, 1977
Lucy Calls the President
CBS
Lucille Ball, Lillian Carter, Mary Jane Croft, Ed McMahon, Mary Wickes,
Vivian Vance
November 21, 1977
The Second Annual Circus of the Stars
CBS
December 5, 1977
The Barbara Walters Special
ABC
December 6, 1977
The Fabulous '50s
NBC
March 5, 1978
Gene Kelly...An American in Pasadena
CBS
March 13, 1978
The American Film Institute Salute to Henry Fonda
CBS
March 15, 1978
A Tribute to "Mr. Television" Milton Berle
NBC
March 26, 1978
CBS: On the Air
CBS
March 27, 1978
Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart
NBC
March 27, 1978
Happy Birthday, Bob
NBC
May 29, 1978
General Electric All-Star Anniversary
ABC
September 29, 1978
Lucy Comes to Nashville
CBS
Lynn Anderson, Lucille Ball, Archie Campbell Barbara Mandrell, the
Oak Ridge Boys, Ronnie Milsap, Mel Tillis
Sunday, November 19, 1978 at 9:00PM
The Mary Tyler Moore Hour
Premiere
CBS
Lucille Ball, Dody Goodman, Michael Keaton, Michael Lombard, Bobby
Ramsen, Mary Tyler Moore, Joyce Van Patten
Sunday, March 4, 1979 at 10:00PM
Sinatra -- The First 40 Years
NBC
Paul Anka, Lucille Ball, Tony Bennett, Milton Berle, Sammy Cahn, Charlie
Calles, Lillian Carter, Sammy Davis Jr., Glenn Ford, Cary Grant, Pat Henry,
Gene Kelly, Harry James, Rich Little, Dean Martin, Robert Merrill, Don
Rickles, Red Skelton, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra Jr., Nancy Sinatra,
Tina Sinatra, Jilly Styne, Jimmy Van Heusen, Dionne Warwick, Orson Welles,
William B. William
January 30, 1980
Lucy Moves to NBC
NBC
Robert Alda, Lucille Ball, Johnny Carson, Gary Coleman, Gloria DeHaven,
Gale Gordon, Bob Hope, Gary Imhoff, Gene Kelly, Jack Klugman, Ruta Lee,
Micki McKenzie, Sidney Miller, Donald O'Connor, Scotty Plummer, Doris Singleton,
Ivery Wheeler
Friday, February 8, 1980 at 8:30PM
Bob Hope's 30th Anniversary TV Special
NBC
January 18, 1981
Three's Company
"The Best of Three's Company"
ABC
Lucille Ball, John Ritter
May 18, 1982
Clips from the series are shown, but Lucy and John appear in newly filmed linking segments.
The Merv Griffin Show
Syndicated
June 24, 1982 (in most areas)
Lucille Ball, Hal David, Merv Griffin, Jerry Herman, Ethel Merman, Ginger Rogers, Jule Styne
Bob Hope on the Road to Hollywood
NBC
March 2, 1983
Happy Birthday, Bob
NBC
May 23, 1983
The Television Academy Hall of Fame
NBC
March 4, 1984
Bob Hope's Who Makes the World Laugh, Part 2
NBC
April 4, 1984
Body Language
CBS
September 10, 1984
Lucille Ball, Tom Kennedy, Charles Nelson Reilly
Body Language
CBS
September 11, 1984
Lucille Ball, Tom Kennedy, Charles Nelson Reilly
Body Language
CBS
September 12, 1984
Lucille Ball, Tom Kennedy, Charles Nelson Reilly
Body Language
CBS
September 13, 1984
Lucille Ball, Tom Kennedy, Charles Nelson Reilly
Body Language
CBS
September 14, 1984
Lucille Ball, Tom Kennedy, Charles Nelson Reilly
Bob Hope's Unrehearsed Antics of the Stars
NBC
September 28, 1984
All-Star Party for Lucille Ball
CBS
Sunday, December 9, 1984
Desi Arnaz Jr., Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Sid Caesar, Joan Collins, Sammy Davis Jr., Mike Frankovich (cameo w/o speaking), Cary Grant, Monte Hall, Carl Lewis (cameo w/o speaking), Shelley Long, Dean Martin, Vicki McClure, Gary Morton, Carl Reiner, Burt Reynolds, John Ritter, Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra, Frank Sinatra,
James Stewart
Body Language
CBS
December 24, 1984
Lucille Ball, Tom Kennedy, Robert Morse, Richard Simmons, Isabel Sanford
Body Language
CBS
December 26, 1984
Lucille Ball, Tom Kennedy, Robert Morse, Richard Simmons, Isabel Sanford
Body Language
CBS
December 27, 1984
Lucille Ball, Tom Kennedy, Robert Morse, Richard Simmons, Isabel Sanford
Body Language
CBS
December 28, 1984
Lucille Ball, Tom Kennedy, Robert Morse, Richard Simmons, Isabel Sanford
The Second Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame
NBC
April 22, 1985
Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett (Honoree), Sid Caesar (Honoree), Walter Cronkite (Honoree), Joyce Hall (Honoree), Tom Selleck, Rod Serling (Honoree), Ed Sullivan (Honoree), Sylvester "Pat" Weaver (Honoree)
Bob Hope Buys NBC
NBC
September 17, 1985
The Tonight Show
NBC
Lucille Ball, Joan Rivers, Doc Severinson
Friday, November 1, 1985 at 11:30PM
Stone
Pillow
CBS
Lucille Ball, Susan Batson, Anna Maria Horsford, Stephen Lang, Stefan
Schnabel, Daphne Zuniga
Tuesday, November 5, 1985 at 9:00PM
The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers
FOX
Lucille Ball, Clint Holmes, Michelle Lee, Nancy Reagan, Joan Rivers
October 30, 1986 at 11:00PM
The 9th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
CBS
Bea Arthur, Lucille Ball, Pam Dawber, Valerie Harper
December 26, 1986
All-Star Super Password Special
NBC
January 12, 1987
Lucille Ball, Bert Convy, Ann Dusenberry, Estelle Getty, Betty White
All-Star Super Password Special
NBC
January 13, 1987
Lucille Ball, Bert Convy, Ann Dusenberry, Estelle Getty, Betty White
All-Star Super Password Special
NBC
January 14, 1987
Lucille Ball, Bert Convy, Ann Dusenberry, Estelle Getty, Betty White
All-Star Super Password Special
NBC
January 15, 1987
Lucille Ball, Bert Convy, Ann Dusenberry, Estelle Getty, Betty White
All-Star Super Password Special
NBC
January 16, 1987
Lucille Ball, Bert Convy, Ann Dusenberry, Estelle Getty, Betty White
Happy Birthday Hollywood
ABC
May 18, 1987
Bob Hope's High-Flying Birthday Extravaganza
NBC
May 25, 1987 (Taped at Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, N.C.)
Alabama, Lucille Ball, Kirk Cameron, Glen Campbell, Phyllis Diller, Bob Hope, Dolores Hope, Don Johnson, Emmanuel Lewis, Barbara Mandrell, Phylicia Rashad, President Ronald Reagan, Brooke Shields
A Beverly Hills Christmas With James Stewart
FOX
December 14, 1987
Lucille Ball, The Bronson Brothers, George Burns, The Caroling Company, Chancel Choir, Allison Forter, Lee Greenwood, Walter Matthau, Bobby McFerrin, Jeffrey Osborne, Burt Reynolds, James Stewart, Nick Strimple, Denise Williams, Mason Williams
The 10th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
CBS
Lucille Ball, Sammy Davis Jr.
December 30, 1987
America's Salute to Bob Hope
NBC
March 5, 1988
Bob Hope's 85th Birthday Special
NBC
May 16, 1988
Super Password
CBS
November 7, 1988
Super Password
CBS
November 8, 1988
Super Password
CBS
November 9, 1988
Super Password
CBS
November 10, 1988
Super Password
CBS
November 11, 1988
Super Password
CBS
November 12, 1988
The 61st Annual Academy Awards
ABC
Lucille Ball, Bob Hope
March 29, 1989
I Love Lucy: The Very First Show
CBS
April 30, 1990