We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In the new biography "Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television" (Simon & Schuster), Todd S. Purdum explores the ...

Like just about everyone who grew up at a time when a few networks decided what Americans watched on their television sets, author Todd S. Purdum knew all of the antics of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, the ...

Todd S. Purdum shares the first full biography of the visionary, trailblazing Cuban American who revolutionized television. Desi Arnaz is best remembered as the thick-accented, conga-playing Ricky ...