I LOVE LUCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
CBS, 8:00 p.m. ET
CBS is repeating a treat, or trick, from last year, and once again going into its vaults to present a different pair of vintage I Love Lucy episodes – colorized for the occasion. I detest the idea of colorizing old classics merely to make them palatable for a new, monochrome-averse generation, but I also show one of the episodes presented tonight, the 1952 classic in which Lucille Ball’s Lucy prepares to pitch Vitameatavegamin in a live TV commercial, in my TV History college class each term. So I know what a great episode this is, and I’m glad CBS is showing it – even though I know it’s no less great in black and white. Her performance here, however it’s tinted, is one of TV’s all-time best comedy turns.