Word: lovingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Because it was the first to use film instead of live transmission--then the TV industry did not have the technology to save live shows for high quality rebroadcast--I Love Lucy invented the possibility of the rerun...
...Love Lucy was also innovative for the way in which it was broadcast. It was the first sitcom to be shot in California, and it was the first to be filmed ahead of time--most shows then were broadcast live from New York...
...Love Lucy was also the first program to be owned by its producers, Lucy and husband Desi Arnaz (who called their outfit Desilu Productions), rather than owned by the network. Today networks pay a show's producers for the rights to broadcast an episode a limited number of times. After a few years, the producer can then sell his series as reruns to stations across the country and make millions more. Lucy started all this, and has made up to $100 million in the process...
TAKING this all into account, Lucille Ball may not be such an untimely choice for Woman of the Year. The sitcom--the style that I Love Lucy virtually invented--is predominant in the '80's. So are reruns. And through rebroadcasts of her three hit series, 'round the clock, 'round the world and at half past midnight in Boston, Ball probably will be seen by more people this year than any of today's hottest stars. This year and any other year the TV shows are broadcast the way they are now, Lucille Ball is well-deserving of the honor...
...Baby," with a faultless solo by Samantha Ho, and stunning scat by Julia McDonald. The Opportunes, as usual, provided solid performances, including "Still of the Night." The Impromptus, a subset of the Kuumba Singers, battled microphone problems to deliver a capable rendition of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love...