Thursday, August 4 2011

Tributes abound as Lucille Ball’s centennial approaches

By Susan King

Monday, October 8 2007

Part 1 - All Time Classics

By PopMatters Staff

Where it all began... how TV became the cultural icon it is today, and the seminal shows that offered audiences a glimpse into the medium’s artistic potential.

Thursday, June 14 2007

I Love Lucy - The Complete Seasons 7-9

By Dan MacIntosh

General wisdom suggests that all sitcoms run out of creative steam long before season seven. But this set of later-period I Love Lucy episodes proves such a theory wrong.

Monday, May 1 2006

I Love Lucy: The Complete Sixth Season

By Bill Gibron

In the end, the grind was just too great, though I Love Lucy was still the number one show when it closed up shop.

Monday, February 20 2006

The Dick Cavett Show: Comic Legends

By Michael Buening (Rating: 8; Extras: 9)

While he never developed a singular performing presence, Cavett is a skilled comic technician whose sense of timing and punchline set-ups pays off in playing straight man to his guests.

Wednesday, May 11 2005

I Love Lucy: The Complete Fourth Season (2004)

By Bill Gibron

I Love Lucy was one of the few sitcoms that knew how to manage its guest stars, either in wonderful character bits or as themselves.