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oldshows · 10-18-2002, 04:06 PM

I was just wondering who owned I Love Lucy and Here's Lucy. I know The Lucy Show is owned by Paramount but I don't know the other two.

SPLAIN · 10-21-2002, 10:10 AM

CBS owns I Love Lucy, but aren't Paramount and CBS parts of the Viacom empire? Here's Lucy used to belong to Lucy herself, but were distributed by Telepictures in the old days, i don't know if the estate still owns the shows or not. But i am sure that ILL, the Lucy Desi comedy hour and The Lucy show all belong to Paramount/CBS which is now Viacom, which we all know used to distribute I Love Lucy, must be how they got so big!

10-18-2002, 04:06 PM	#1
oldshows Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 10, 2001 Posts: 215	Syndication ownership? I was just wondering who owned I Love Lucy and Here's Lucy. I know The Lucy Show is owned by Paramount but I don't know the other two.

10-21-2002, 10:10 AM	#2
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	CBS owns I Love Lucy, but aren't Paramount and CBS parts of the Viacom empire? Here's Lucy used to belong to Lucy herself, but were distributed by Telepictures in the old days, i don't know if the estate still owns the shows or not. But i am sure that ILL, the Lucy Desi comedy hour and The Lucy show all belong to Paramount/CBS which is now Viacom, which we all know used to distribute I Love Lucy, must be how they got so big!