74 Years Ago, I Love Lucy Changed Sitcoms Forever By Breaking A TV Rule

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Very few sitcoms have been quite as influential and groundbreaking as I Love Lucy. Fawlty Towers brought farce to the small screen; The Mary Tyler Moore Show pioneered the workplace family; and Cheers originated all the tropes of ensemble comedies. But I Love Lucy singlehandedly created the sitcom as we know it today. The way sitcom stories are structured, and the way sitcom casts bounce off each other, all started with I Love Lucy.

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