Here's Lucy

thumb|left|200px|Lucy and her children at Carter's Unique Employment Agency During the sixth season of The Lucy Show, Ball sold Desilu Productions to Gulf & Western.

Although it finished as the second-most watched program of the 1967–68 season, Ball opted to end the series.

Not only did she feel there were enough episodes for syndicated reruns, but she no longer wished to star in a series she no longer owned.

In April 1968, Ball and CBS announced that a new series starring Ball and the Arnaz children was in development under Lucy Show producer Milt Josefsberg.

The name of Ball's character, Lucy Hinkley Carter, like Lucy Carmichael on The Lucy Show, again contains "ar" in tribute to her ex-husband Desi Arnaz.

Doris Singleton, who played Carolyn Appleby on I Love Lucy, has said she was originally going to be a series regular on the show as Harry Carter's secretary, but the idea was dropped when Lucy brought her children on board with the show.