The Lucy Show
The Lucy Show was Lucille Ball's followup show to I Love Lucy. It began in 1962 and ran until 1974. The premise and the cast changed frequently, with only Gale Gordon lasting the run of the show. From time to time, Vivian Vance, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr appeared.The show began with Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael, a widow with two children Chris (Candy Moore) and Jerry (Jimmy Garrett), living in Danbury, Connecticut, sharing her home with divorced friend Vivian Bagley (Vance) and her son, Sherman (Ralph Hart). Lucy went to work for Mr. Mooney (Gordon) at the local bank. In 1965, Lucy and Jerry Carmichael and Mr. Mooney moved to San Francisco, California, and the Bagleys only visited from time to time. Lucy's daughter Chris disappeared. Lucy gained a new best friend in Mary Jane Lewis (Mary Jane Croft).
In 1968 the show was renamed Here's Lucy, and the show changed. Lucy now lived in Los Angeles, California and was named Lucy Carter. She now had two children played by her real-life children. She worked for an employment agency run by her brother-in-law Harry (Gordon). This incarnation lasted until 1974.