What word was banned on I Love Lucy?

pregnant
Ball’s pregnancy during an entire season of “I Love Lucy,” the actual word “pregnant” isn’t allowed on air. Instead, the show uses phrases that seem equally informative but (somehow) less fraught with sin, such as “with child,” “having a baby,” and “expecting.”

Was Lucy the first pregnant on TV?

Lucille Ball was the first woman to appear pregnant on one of the three major television networks. Desilu Studios consulted with network censors and leaders from different religious organizations to determine that Lucy Ricardo would be described as “expecting” rather than “pregnant.”

How did they hide Lucy’s pregnancy?

The Show Still Had To Disguise How Far Along Lucille Ball Was. By the time Lucille Ball filmed “Lucy Is Enceinte,” she was well into her pregnancy. To downplay her baby bump, Lucy wore a variety of baggy clothes and capes.

When could you say pregnant on TV?

The episodes covering Lucy Ricardo’s on-screen pregnancy were filmed and broadcast in 1952 (during I Love Lucy’s second season), fifteen years before “The Trouble with Tribbles” first aired on NBC (on December 29, 1967).

Why did Lucy and Ricky sleep in separate beds?

If you did see the happy couple in the bedroom, you noticed they had separate beds with their own tucked blankets. Much of this was because of the less risque time. A clergy member even had to approve the I Love Lucy script related to Ball’s pregnancy.

Was the baby on I Love Lucy her real baby?

But in 1953, it was just a TV miracle—a carefully conceived one, as it were: Lucille Ball managed to give birth to her second child, 8-pound-1-ounce Desi Arnaz Jr., in Los Angeles’ Cedars of Lebanon Hospital on the same night Lucy Ricardo was giving birth to Little Ricky on the Jan. 19 episode of CBS’ I Love Lucy.

Who was the first couple on TV to sleep in the same bed?

Mary Kay and Johnny
Mary Kay and Johnny was the first program to show a couple sharing a bed, and the first series to show a woman’s pregnancy on television: Mary Kay became pregnant in 1948 and after unsuccessfully trying to hide her pregnancy, the producers wrote it into the show.

What TV show first showed a toilet?

The first time we heard a toilet flush on TV was during an episode of “All in the Family,” a groundbreaking sitcom from the 1970s. This show didn’t shy away from controversial topics, and while a flushing toilet seems laughable today, back then it was a relatively surprising and even shocking event.