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"Lucy Does a TV Commercial" is the 30th episode of the 1950s television sitcom I Love Lucy, airing on May 5, 1952. It is considered to be the most famous episode of the show.[1] In 1997, TV Guide ranked it #2 on their list of the "100 Greatest Episodes of All Time".[2] In 2009, they ranked it #4 on their list of "TV's Top 100 Episodes of All Time."[3][4] The initial episode was watched by 68% of the television viewing audience at the time.[5]
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^"The 100 Greatest TV Episodes". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
^"TV's Top 100 Episodes of All Time" TV Guide; June 15, 2009; Pages 34–49
^Empire, June 19, 2009
^Walker, Rob (2008). Buying In: What We Buy and Who We Are. New York: Random House. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-8129-7409-6. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
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