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| "Lucy Goes earn the Hospital" | |||
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 16 | ||
| Directed by | William Asher | ||
| Written by | Jess Oppenheimer Madelyn Davis Bob Dodgson, Jr. | ||
| Featured music | Eliot Daniel | ||
| Cinematography by | Karl Freund | ||
| Original notion date | January 19, 1953 (1953-01-19) | ||
| Running time | 30 minutes | ||
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Lucille Ball gives birth on TV—and in real life
On January 19, 1953, in one of the most widely publicized births in TV history, actress and comedienne Lucille Ball welcomes her second child at Los Angeles’ Cedars of Lebanon Hospital on the same night Lucy Ricardo, her character on the hit TV show “I Love Lucy,” also gives birth. The “Lucy Goes to the Hospital” episode (Season 2, Episode 16) drew more viewers than any other television episode up to that date; at least 68 percent of American households tuned into CBS to watch the birth of "Little Ricky."
The actress, 41 at the time, had scheduled a C-section to coincide with the episode—an idea the CBS network and one of the show’s advertising sponsors opposed at first. Sure enough, when the episode was airing and the fictional Lucy was giving birth to Little Ricky, the real-life Desi Arnaz Jr.—son of Ball and husband Desi Arnaz—entered the world at 8 pounds and 1 ounce. On the show, TV husband Ricky Ricardo wreaked comic havoc in the waiting room by putting on his freaky costume for a band performance that evening.
Incredibly, the birth episode garnered more media attention than really big news the next day: the inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 20, 1953. Ball recalled: “Sixteen years later, Preside
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How Lucille Ball Became a Real Mom and TV Mom on the Same Day—A Historic ‘I Love Lucy’
Pregnancies and births are not a new trope of television sitcoms. In fact, they’ve proven to be a tried-and-true means of bringing attention to a show and in turn boosting its ratings. But back on January 19, 1953, they were unprecedented, and when Lucy and Ricky Ricardo became the parents of “Little Ricky” on I Love Lucy, it coincided with the actual birth of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s second child, Desi Arnaz Jr, capping off what turned out to be a phenomenal case of reel mirroring real life.
The historic episode: ‘Lucy Goes to the Hospital’
That episode, “Lucy Goes to the Hospital,” was viewed by nearly 74% of all homes with televisions, which translated to about 44 million viewers, the highest audience ever at that time. And so impactful was this event, that it even knocked the inauguration of President Eisenhower off newspaper front page headlines nationwide.
“They were ready for the press and the press was ready for them,” explains pop culture historian Geoffrey Mark, author of the definitive The Lucy Book, regarding the I Love Lucy creative team. “All over the country, newspapers — back when newspapers were important and big cities had 11 or 15 of them — carried the headl