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Photo Info. Date taken: April 3, 1953. Source: TV Guide. Related Events. 1953-04-03 American magazine "TV Guide" publishes 1st issue; cover features photo of Lucille Ball 's new born baby boy, Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV (later professionally known as Desi Arnaz, Jr.)
3 kwi 2013 · On April 3, 1953, a chubby-cheeked newborn named Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV — eventually known as Desi Arnaz Jr. — graced the cover of our very first issue with a cover line touting him as...
3 kwi 2024 · On April 3, 1953, a chubby-cheeked newborn named Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV — eventually known as Desi Arnaz Jr. — graced the cover of magazine’s very first issue with a cover line touting him as “Lucy’s $50,000,000 Baby.”
TV Guide On Screen. A separate IPG system, TV Guide On Screen, was a brand name for Guide Plus+, a build of software featured in products such as televisions, DVD and digital video recorders, and other digital television devices providing on-screen program listings.
With TV Guide’s first national edition, using the “Lucy’s baby” cover, a long and profitable relationship began between the weekly magazine and Lucille Ball. Lucy, of course, wasn’t the only star in the TV constellation in those years, and TV Guide would use them all.
3 kwi 2023 · On April 3, 1953, the first national issue of TV Guide Magazine was launched, and it would become the largest weekly circulation magazine in the world. The cover read, “Lucy’s $50,000,000 baby” referring to the marketing value of the baby due to Lucille’s pregnancy in I Love Lucy .
This is a portal to a series of articles listing the many issue covers of TV Guide magazine since its national launch in the spring of 1953. The articles are separated by decades: The 1950s (beginning April 1953) The 1960s (1960–1969) The 1970s (1970–1979) The 1980s (1980–1989) The 1990s (1990–1999) The 2000s (2000–2009) The 2010s (2010–2019)
