{"id":7215,"date":"2019-11-27T20:52:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T01:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=7215"},"modified":"2019-11-27T20:52:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T01:52:51","slug":"i-love-lucy-christmas-special-a-new-one-hour-special-featuring-two-episodes-of-the-classic-series-to-be-broadcast-friday-december-20-on-cbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/27\/i-love-lucy-christmas-special-a-new-one-hour-special-featuring-two-episodes-of-the-classic-series-to-be-broadcast-friday-december-20-on-cbs\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Love Lucy Christmas Special,&#8221; A New One-Hour Special Featuring Two Episodes of the Classic Series, to Be Broadcast Friday, December 20 on CBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7216\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/i-love-lucy-christmas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/i-love-lucy-christmas.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/i-love-lucy-christmas-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/i-love-lucy-christmas-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/i-love-lucy-christmas-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/i-love-lucy-christmas-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>I LOVE LUCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, a new one-hour special featuring two back-to-back colorized episodes of the classic series will be broadcast Friday, December 20 (8:00PM, ET\/PT) on the CBS Television Network.<\/p>\n<p>I LOVE LUCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL features &#8220;The Christmas Episode&#8221; and the newly colorized &#8220;Paris at Last.&#8221; The main titles and end credits are seamlessly combined into one set at the beginning and end of the hour, with no interruption between the episodes.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2130662049\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The Christmas Episode&#8221; finds the Ricardos and Mertzes decorating Lucy and Ricky&#8217;s Christmas tree and reminiscing about how their lives have changed since the arrival of the Ricardos&#8217; son, Little Ricky (Keith Thibodeaux). 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