ating ▁TV ▁shows ▁( a ▁huge ▁source ▁of ▁new ▁re venue ). ▁▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁I ▁Love ▁Lucy , ▁he ▁executive ▁produced ▁The ▁Ann ▁S oth ern ▁Show ▁and ▁Those ▁Wh iting ▁Girls ▁( st arring ▁Margaret ▁Wh iting ▁and ▁Barbara ▁Wh iting ▁Smith ), ▁and ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁several ▁other ▁series ▁such ▁as ▁The ▁U nt ouch ables , ▁Wh ir ly bird s , ▁and ▁Sher iff ▁of ▁C och ise ▁/ ▁United ▁States ▁Marsh al . ▁He ▁also ▁produced ▁the ▁feature ▁film ▁Fore ver , ▁Dar ling ▁( 1 9 5 6 ), ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁and ▁Ball ▁star red . ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁Arn az ▁proposed ▁a ▁Western ▁television ▁series ▁to ▁his ▁then ▁neighbor , ▁Victor ▁Or s atti , ▁who ▁formed ▁a ▁production ▁company , ▁R or - V ic , ▁in ▁partners hip ▁with ▁actor ▁R ory ▁Cal h oun . ▁R or - V ic ▁produced ▁The ▁Tex an , ▁which ▁a ired ▁on ▁Monday ▁even ings ▁on ▁CBS ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁Epis odes ▁were ▁budget ed ▁at ▁$ 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁each , ▁with ▁two ▁black - and - white ▁segments ▁fil med ▁week ly ▁through ▁Des il u ▁Studios . ▁Despite ▁the ▁name , ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁fil med ▁mostly ▁in ▁Pear l ▁Fl ats ▁in ▁the ▁M oj ave ▁Des ert ▁of ▁Southern ▁California . ▁The ▁program ▁could ▁have ▁been ▁renew ed