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Was ‘I Love Lucy’ the first TV show to do these things or not?
The iconic sitcom broke barriers in front of and behind the camera.
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Lucille Ball cemented her namesake sitcom's place in television history with her hilarious and endlessly rewatchable performances alone. But I Love Lucy also broke barriers, becoming the first TV show to achieve many things both in front of and behind the camera.
Here are ten television firsts. Can you guess which ones were accomplished by I Love Lucy… and which ones weren’t?
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The first TV show starring a real-life married couple.
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The first TV show featuring an interracial couple.
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The first TV show to feature a real pregnant woman onscreen.
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The first TV show to feature the birth of a child.
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The first TV show to have an actress (and her real-life baby) on the cover of 'TV Guide.'
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The first TV show to feature a toilet onscreen.
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The first TV show that made its actors millionaires.
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The first TV show from a studio and production company owned by a woman.
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The first TV show to feature the death of a main character.
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The first TV show to use lights hung directly above the set to allow for easier filming with three cameras and a live audience.
Was ‘I Love Lucy’ the first TV show to do these things or not?
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* Child actors who portrayed Little Ricky NEVER got name credit leading viewers to falsely believe it was Desi Junior.
This one was pretty easy.
7/10
I had no idea that "Leave It to Beaver" was the first to "partially" show a toilet on tv!! How scandalous!!! LOL
* Yet in early 1970s a Paducah KY NBC affiliate banned Dom DeLuise's LOTSA LUCK because he was seen installing a toilet seat. ☺
8/10 - And I second the request to bring I Love Lucy back to MeTV!
9 out of 10. I Love Lucy is my favorite show ever! Please air it again on MeTV!
9/10
The first show where a regular character repeatedly went, "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
7/10 Terrible lol
7/10
8 of 10 not bad
You got 7 out of 10
Cheers to you! Great job!
Cheers to you! Great job!
7 out of 10; the answers to the first three questions were new to me! 🙂
7 out of 10. Not bad considering that I missed the first 3.
9-10
NOW where's my cookie? :)
now who the heck is Mary Kay and johnny?
NOW where's my cookie? :)
now who the heck is Mary Kay and johnny?
7/10
* 1st filmed TV sitcom was The Trouble With Father (aka Stu Erwin Show) which had no studio audience and no laugh track. We the viewers had to know when to laugh! ☺
7/10
8/10 I never heard of that Mary Kay and Johnny????