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'''''I Love Lucy''''' is an [[United States|American]] [[television]] [[situation comedy]], starring [[Lucille Ball]], [[Desi Arnaz]], [[Vivian Vance]] and [[William Frawley]]. The series originally ran from [[October 15]], [[1951]], to [[May 6]], [[1957]], on [[CBS]] (181 episodes, including the "lost" Christmas episode and original pilot). Then, the show introduced three more seasons of a total of 13 one-hour specials, running from 1957 to 1960, known first as ''[[The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show]]'' and later in reruns called ''[[The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour]]''. ''I Love Lucy'' won five [[Emmy Awards]] and received numerous nominations. In 2002, it was ranked #2 on ''[[TV Guide]]'s'' top-50 greatest shows, behind ''[[Seinfeld]]'' and ahead of ''[[The Honeymooners]]''<ref name=top50shows>{{cite news | title = TV Guide Names Top 50 Shows | url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/26/entertainment/main507388.shtml |publisher = CBS News | date= 2002-04-26 | accessdate = 2007-10-06}}</ref>. In 2007, it was placed on ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's unranked list of the 100 best TV shows.<ref name=times100best>{{cite web |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/completelist/0,,1651341,00.html |title=The 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME |accessdate=2007-09-09 |publisher=''Time'' magazine}}</ref> Also in 2007, the Washington Post named "I Love Lucy" as the second best TV Rerun, attesting to its longevity and sustained popularity.[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/community/groups/index.html?plckForumPage=Forum&plckForumId=Cat%3aa70e3396-6663-4a8d-ba19-e44939d3c44fForum%3a95506f69-7a33-45cc-a0f8-59fdb98c0f92]

''I Love Lucy'' was the most-watched show in the United States in four of its six seasons, and was the first to end its run at the top of the ratings (to be matched only by ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' and ''[[Seinfeld]]''), although it did not have a formal series finale episode. Episodes of ''I Love Lucy'' are still [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] in dozens of languages across the world.