I Love Lucy (1951)

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.

Genres: Comedy, Family

What to watch after I Love Lucy

• The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) — Similar consistency, season to season
• The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) — Two steps away in the credits
• Barney Miller (1975) — Two steps away in the credits
• Frasier (1993)
• Soap (1977)
• The Golden Girls (1985) — Two steps away in the credits