In which U.S. state is Westport, where the Ricardos move in season six?

The Ricardos move to Westport, Connecticut, during the sixth season of I Love Lucy.

For most of the series, Lucy and Ricky Ricardo live in a Manhattan brownstone apartment with their friends and landlords, Fred and Ethel Mertz. The move to suburban Westport changes the setting from an urban apartment building to a house, opening stories about domestic life, neighbors, and rural or suburban projects.

Westport is a real town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, on Long Island Sound. In the show’s continuing storyline, the Mertzes also move to Connecticut and live in the Ricardos’ guest house. This relocation is part of the later-season transition away from the original New York-centered premise.

Viewers sometimes confuse the fictional move with the show’s California production base. I Love Lucy was filmed at Desilu Studios in Los Angeles, but the characters’ Connecticut home is part of the story world, not the production location.