My Favorite Husband

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My Favorite Husband is a late-1940s American radio sitcom starring Lucille Ball that served as a precursor to and inspiration for the television series I Love Lucy.

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instanceOf American radio program
radio sitcom
authorOfSourceMaterial Isabel Scott Rorick
basedOn Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, the Record of a Happy Marriage
broadcastFrequency weekly
broadcastMedium radio
character George Cooper
Liz Cooper
characterType married couple
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decadeOfFirstBroadcast 1940s
distributor CBS Radio
surface form: CBS Radio Network
era Golden Age of Radio
featuredFormatElement domestic comedy
misunderstandings and farce
firstAired 1948
format radio series
genre situation comedy
hasBroadcastPlatform terrestrial radio
hasEpisodeLength approximately 30 minutes
hasMedium audio
hasPrimaryTheme married life and domestic situations
hasTitleLanguage English
influenced later domestic sitcoms
inspired I Love Lucy
lastAired 1951
laterSponsoredBy General Foods
Jell-O
notableFor being a precursor to I Love Lucy
starring Lucille Ball before her television success
numberOfSeasons 2
originalLanguage English
originallyBroadcastAs sustaining program
originalNetwork CBS Radio
portrayedBy Lucille Ball
Richard Denning
preceded I Love Lucy
productionCompany CBS
productionType scripted comedy
scriptAdaptedFor I Love Lucy television pilot
setting suburban United States
starBecameFamousFor I Love Lucy
starred Lucille Ball
Richard Denning
targetAudience family audience
workType fictional narrative

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Lucille Ball notableWork My Favorite Husband