Lucille Ball honoured

Eighteen years after her death, American actress/comedian Lucille Ball, star of the landmark sitcom I Love Lucy, was honoured with the Legacy of Laughter Award at the 5th Annual TV Land Awards, which are designed to honour classic stars and shows.

Lucille Ball’s children Desi Arnaz Jr. and Lucie Arnaz accepted the award on their mother’s behalf, Contactmusic reports.

Celebrities from television, music and film bestowed special tribute awards to some of television’s most iconic series and stars at the award ceremony.

Other honourees of the award ceremony were the TV shows The Brady Bunch, Taxi and 1970s miniseries Roots.

The Brady Bunch received the Pop Culture Award, while John Amos, Todd Bridges, LeVar Burton, Cicely Tyson, Leslie Uggams and Ben Vereen took to the stage to claim the Anniversary Award, which was presented to the cast of Roots.

Danny DeVito, Judd Hirsch, Tony Danza and Jeff Conaway were on hand to claim the Medallion Award for American sitcom Taxi, the series, which focused on the everyday lives of a handful of New York City taxi drivers working for the Sunshine Cab Company.

The science fiction drama television series Heroes, which was first premiered in 2006, received the Future Classic Award.

The mother/daughter country music duo of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna, reunited to perform to pay tribute to Hee Haw, the television variety show hosted by musicians Buck Owens and Roy Clark.

Outlaw music singer Willie Nelson also performed a tribute to the programme. —ANI

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