Star Trek: The Next Generation

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz bought the former RKO studios, which was a legacy old school studio that made monster movies like Citizen Kane. They also birthed a lot of huge stars, you know, King Kong is what they did, of course. After she and Desi break up, she eventually buys her ex's share of the firm, making her not just a powerful star, but the most powerful woman in television. And she is in the catbird seat when NBC rejects Jean's first pilot, the cage. Lucy, Lucille Ball agrees to finance the second project, even though everybody on her board is saying, no, that's crazy. Do you have any