My Favorite Husband

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American radio program radio sitcom

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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Label Occurrences
My Favorite Husband canonical 6
My Favorite Husband (radio series) 5
My Favorite Husband (television series) 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
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 ⓘ
Jim Backus → notableWork → My Favorite Husband ⓘ
this entity surface form: I Married Joan
Jess Oppenheimer → notableWork → My Favorite Husband ⓘ
Jess Oppenheimer → wroteFor → My Favorite Husband ⓘ
Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, the Record of a Happy Marriage → inspired → My Favorite Husband ⓘ
George Cooper → fictionalUniverse → My Favorite Husband ⓘ
George Cooper → appearsIn → My Favorite Husband ⓘ
this entity surface form: My Favorite Husband (radio series)
George Cooper → appearsIn → My Favorite Husband ⓘ
this entity surface form: My Favorite Husband (television series)
Joan Caulfield → notableWork → My Favorite Husband ⓘ
this entity surface form: My Favorite Husband (TV series)
Liz Cooper → appearsIn → My Favorite Husband ⓘ
Liz Cooper → fictionalUniverse → My Favorite Husband ⓘ
this entity surface form: My Favorite Husband universe
Isabel Scott Rorick → inspiredWork → My Favorite Husband ⓘ
this entity surface form: My Favorite Husband (radio series)
Isabel Scott Rorick → inspiredWork → My Favorite Husband ⓘ
this entity surface form: My Favorite Husband (television series)
Isabel Scott Rorick → basedOnWork → My Favorite Husband ⓘ
this entity surface form: My Favorite Husband (radio series)
Isabel Scott Rorick → basedOn → My Favorite Husband ⓘ
subject surface form: My Favorite Husband (television series)
this entity surface form: My Favorite Husband (radio series)
Richard Denning → notableWork → My Favorite Husband ⓘ
this entity surface form: My Favorite Husband (radio series)