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Desilu Productions

Los Angeles, California(approximate location)

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Television
Founded1950Wikidata
Founded byLucille Ball, Desi ArnazWikidata
LocationLos Angeles, California
Websitedesiluproductions.com
Statusclosedclosed 1967 i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
8.2IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

18 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Emmys21of30nominations70%

67 wins from 232 nominations across all awards

Here's Hollywood poster
Highest rated
Here's Hollywood
1960
8.6167 votes
Yours, Mine and Ours poster
Lowest rated
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
7.110,983 votes
Mostly
comedy, drama, family
Active
1951–1968
Rotten Tomatoes
57%
Best known for
Star Trek

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 24 of 28 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
1867 seasons

1951–1967

Television rating
8.3IMDb

Their films average 7.1, so the television rates 1.2 higher.

Networks
  • CBS12
  • ABC3
  • NBC2

Across 17 series matched to TMDB, 1,901 episodes.

Longest runningMannix · 8 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 29

10 films · 18 TV titles

Titles per year28 titles · busiest 1958 with 3 · 1951–1969

28 titles across 19 years, averaging 1.5 a year. The last five years hold at 1.2 a year. 3 of those 19 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time18 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
6810their average 8.219511969

Their 1950s work is their strongest, averaging 8.4 across 11 titles. The 9 titles since 1959 average 8.2, holding at their 8.2 overall. 4 of 18 rated titles sit above their 8.2 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Writers
  • Madelyn Davis3
  • Bruce Geller2
  • Bob Carroll Jr.2
Notable cast
  • Lucille Ball5
  • Vivian Vance3
  • Gale Gordon2
  • Dean Miller2
  • Robert Stack2
Genres
  • Comedy12 of 24
  • Drama5 of 24
  • Family4 of 24
  • Action4 of 24
  • Crime4 of 24

Names appearing on two or more of Desilu Productions’s produced titles, across the 24 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with4 companies

Companies that appear alongside Desilu Productions on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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