Editing I Love Lucy (section)

==Home media==
Beginning in the summer of 2001, Columbia House Television began releasing ''I Love Lucy'' on DVD in chronological order. They began that summer with the pilot and the first three episodes on a single DVD. Every six weeks, another volume of four episodes would be released on DVD in chronological order. During the summer of 2002, each DVD would contain between five and seven episodes on a single DVD. They continued to release the series very slowly and would not even begin to release any season 2 episodes until the middle of 2002. By the spring of 2003, the third season on DVD began to be released with about six episodes released every six weeks to mail-order subscribers. All these DVDs have the same features as the DVDs eventually released in the season box sets.

By the fall of 2003, season-four episodes began to be offered by mail. By the spring of 2004, season-five DVDs with about six episodes each began to be released gradually. Columbia House ended the distribution of these mail-order DVDs in the Winter of 2005. They began releasing complete season sets in the summer of 2004 every few months. They stated that Columbia House subscribers would get these episodes through mail before any box sets with the same episodes were released. Columbia House finally ended gradual subscriptions in 2005, several months before season 5 became available in retail. Columbia House then began to make season box sets available instead of these single volumes.

[[CBS Home Entertainment|CBS DVD]] (distributed by [[Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount]]) has released all six seasons of ''I Love Lucy'' on DVD in [[DVD region code#1|Region 1]], as well as all 13 episodes of ''The Lucy and Desi Comedy Hour'' (as ''I Love Lucy: The Final Seasons{{dash}}7, 8, & 9''). Bonus features include rare on-set color footage and the "Desilu/Westinghouse" promotional film, as well as deleted scenes, original openings and interstitials (before they were altered or replaced for syndication), and on-air flubs. These DVDs had features and content identical to that of the mail-order single sets available until 2005.
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In December 2013, the first high-definition release of ''I Love Lucy'' was announced, with the [[Blu-ray]] edition of the first season scheduled for May 5, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=12897|title=I Love Lucy: Ultimate Season 1 Blu-ray|work=Blu-ray.com|access-date=April 20, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924011534/http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=12897|url-status=live}}</ref> The Second Season Ultimate Blu-ray was released on August 4, 2015. 

On September 25, 2024, it was announced that a Blu-ray box set of the complete series would be released on November 5, 2024.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=35244 |title=I Love Lucy: The Complete Series Blu-ray |access-date=September 26, 2024 |via=www.blu-ray.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Release
!Ep #
!DVD release date
!Blu-ray release date
|-
| The Complete 1st Season
| 35
| September 23, 2003<br />(re-released June 7, 2005)<br />(re-released October 9, 2012)
| May 6, 2014
|-
| The Complete 2nd Season
| 31
| August 31, 2004<br />(re-released October 9, 2012)
| August 4, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Love-Lucy-Season-2/21194|title=I Love Lucy DVD news: Date Change for I Love Lucy – The Ultimate Season 2 – TVShowsOnDVD.com|website=tvshowsondvd.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614001206/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Love-Lucy-Season-2/21194|archive-date=June 14, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| The Complete 3rd Season
| 31
| February 1, 2005<br />(re-released October 9, 2012)
|
|-
| The Complete 4th Season<ref>{{ISBN|978-1415711552}} {{OCLC|84674312|59170060}}</ref>
| 30
| May 3, 2005<br />(re-released October 9, 2012)
|
|-
| The Complete 5th Season
| 26
| August 16, 2005<br />(re-released November 6, 2012)
|
|-
| The Complete 6th Season
| 27
| May 2, 2006<br />(re-released November 6, 2012)
|
|-
| The Final Seasons 7, 8 & 9
| 13
| March 13, 2007<br />(re-released November 6, 2012)
|
|-
| The Complete Series<ref>{{ISBN|978-1415729564}} {{OCLC|226035428}}</ref>
| 193
| October 23, 2007<br />(re-released November 3, 2015)
|November 5, 2024
|}

===Other releases===
* ''I Love Lucy's Zany Road Trip: California Here We Come!'', a compilation of 27 episodes, released by CBS/FOX Video on VHS in 1992<ref>{{ISBN|0793934249}} {{ISBN|978-0793934249}} {{ISBN|0793934257}} {{ISBN|978-0793934256}} {{OCLC|222813918}}</ref>
* "''I Love Lucy''{{dash}}Season 1" (9 separate discs labeled "Volumes", the first volume released July 2, 2002, final volume released September 23, 2003)
* "''I Love Lucy''{{dash}}Season 1" (9 Volumes in a box set, released September 23, 2003)
* "''I Love Lucy''{{dash}}50th Anniversary Special" (1 disc, released October 1, 2002)
* "''I Love Lucy'': The Movie and Other Great Rarities" (1 disc, released April 27, 2010)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Love-Lucy-The-Movie-And-Other-Great-Rarities/13290 |title=I Love Lucy – Pricing and Early Cover Art for The Movie and Other Great Rarities |author=David Lambert |date=February 2, 2010 |work=tvshowsondvd.com |access-date=February 7, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206213537/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Love-Lucy-The-Movie-And-Other-Great-Rarities/13290 |archive-date=February 6, 2010 }}</ref> (Also included as a bonus disc in the complete series set.)
* "The Best of ''I Love Lucy''" (2 discs: 14 episodes, released in June 2011 in conjunction with the 60th anniversary of the series and Lucille Ball's 100th birthday; sold exclusively through Target.)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/51022/best-of-i-love-lucy-target-exclusive-the/ |title=The Best of ''I Love Lucy'' (Target Exclusive): DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video |publisher=Dvdtalk.com |access-date=November 22, 2012 |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018030006/http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/51022/best-of-i-love-lucy-target-exclusive-the/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The DVD releases feature the syndicated heart opening and offer the original broadcast openings as bonus features, except the season 6 DVD allows viewers to choose whether to watch the episodes with the original opening or the syndicated opening. The TV Land openings are not on these DVDs.

Initially, the first season was offered in volumes, with four episodes per disc. After the success of releasing seasons 2, 3, and 4 in slim packs, the first season was re-released as a seven-disc set, requiring new discs to be mastered and printed to include more episodes per disc so there would be fewer discs in the set. For the complete series box set, the first season would be redone again, this time to six DVDs, retaining all bonus features. The individual volume discs for the first season are still in print but are rare for lack of shelf space and because the slim packs are more popular. In 2012, all-season sets were reissued in slipcovered clear standard-sized Amaray DVD cases, with season 1 being the six-disc version as opposed to the seven-disc version.

Episodes feature English closed captioning but only Spanish subtitles.

In Australia and the UK, the first three seasons were finally released in Region 2 & Region 4 on August 3, 2010, by CBS, distributed by Paramount. Season 1 includes the pilot and all 35 Season 1 episodes in a seven-disc set. Season 2 includes all 31 Season 2 episodes in a five-disc set. Season 3 includes all 31 Season 3 episodes in a five-disc set. Season 2 and 3 are in a slimline pack. All three seasons have been restored and digitally remastered. All episodes appear in order of their original air dates, although it is stated that some episodes may be edited from their original network versions. It is unknown if the remaining seasons will be released individually. A complete-series box set titled ''I Love Lucy: Complete Collection'' was scheduled for release on April 6, 2016, and in the UK on May 30, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=I Love Lucy: Complete Collection (DVD)|publisher=EzyDVD|url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/i-love-lucy-complete-collection/dp/6172887|access-date=March 13, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313124016/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/i-love-lucy-complete-collection/dp/6172887|archive-date=March 13, 2016}}</ref> This collection contains 34 DVDs with all six seasons of ''I Love Lucy'' and all 13 episodes of ''The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour''.

In September 2018, [[Time Life]] released a DVD, ''Lucy: The Ultimate Collection'', which collected 76 episodes of ''I Love Lucy'', ''[[The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour]]'', ''[[The Lucy Show]]'', ''[[Here's Lucy]]'', and the short-lived ABC TV series ''[[Life with Lucy]]'' (which had at the time never before been released to home media), plus a wide variety of bonus features.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2018/09/new-lucille-ball-dvd-collection-includes-life-with-lucy-episodes/|title=New Lucille Ball DVD Collection Includes Life with Lucy Episodes|author=Robert Jay|publisher=TwoObscurities.com|date=September 23, 2018|access-date=March 23, 2018|archive-date=March 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323064542/https://www.tvobscurities.com/2018/09/new-lucille-ball-dvd-collection-includes-life-with-lucy-episodes/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timelife.com/products/lucy-the-ultimate-collection/|title=Lucy: The Ultimate 12 DVD Lucille Ball TV Series Collection|access-date=March 23, 2019|archive-date=March 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323064539/https://timelife.com/products/lucy-the-ultimate-collection/|url-status=live}}</ref>

A DVD collection, ''I Love Lucy: Colorized Collection'', was released on August 13, 2019. It contains every colorized episode of ''I Love Lucy'' aired as of its release date.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/I-Love-Lucy-Colorized-Collection/dp/B07SNNQ31Y |title=I Love Lucy: Colorized Collection. |website=Amazon |access-date=July 8, 2019 |archive-date=August 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803022326/https://www.amazon.com/I-Love-Lucy-Colorized-Collection/dp/B07SNNQ31Y |url-status=live }}</ref>  On November 5, 2024, a colorized version of "Lucy and the Loving Cup" was first released on the ''I Love Lucy: The Complete Series'' Blu-ray Collection.  This means that "Paris at Last", which aired as part of the December 2019 edition of the Christmas Special after the colorized DVD collection had been released, is the only colorized episode currently not available on home media.