Even Louis C.K. and FX's Boss Don't Know If We'll Get More Louie
Louie
- Metascore87
- 2010-2015
- 5 seasons
- FX Network
- Comedy, Drama
- TV-MA
Louis C.K. puts a spotlight on his everyday ordeals- his quest for love, pursuit of humor and raising 2 daughters in NYC.
- Metascore87
- 2010-2015
- 5 seasons
- FX Network
- Comedy, Drama
- TV-MA
Louis C.K. puts a spotlight on his everyday ordeals- his quest for love, pursuit of humor and raising 2 daughters in NYC.
Louis C.K. Basically Says That Louie Is Finished
He's run out of stories
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Modern Family led Wednesday's Screen Actors Guild Award nominations with four, while Tatiana Maslany finally scored her first major industry mention.The best TV shows of 2014Maslany (Orphan Black), who received a Golden Globe nomination last year, will face off in drama actress against Claire Danes (Homeland), Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder), Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife), defending ...
FX Orders More Fargo and Louie
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Game of Thrones, Fargo Top Emmy Nominations
Game of Thrones topped Thursday's Primetime Emmy nominations with 19, followed by Fargo with 18 and American Horror Story: Coven with 17.Thrones will duke it out for drama series against reigning champ Breaking Bad,Downton Abbey, House of Cards, four-time champ Mad Men and True Detective.Look back at last year's EmmysTrue Detective, which opted to enter the drama race instead ...
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Emmys: TVGuide.com's Picks for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
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Top Moments: John Oliver Makes Us Laugh Talking About Net Neutrality
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Ask Matt: Cancellations, Louie, Finales (Person of Interest, Castle, Blacklist, More)
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Monday Review: The Return of 24 and Louie
A day in the life of Jack Bauer would go so much easier if anyone would just listen to him when he barks commands like, "Stop that couple!" Fat chance when what seems like half the armed personnel of the CIA's London bureau have guns pointed at the good guy instead of the fleeing bad guys. Will they never learn? Apparently not. Which is no doubt exactly the desire of the fans who've been waiting four long years — that's roughly 35,064 hours in real time — for 24, one of TV's most electrifying thrillers, and Kiefer Sutherland as its beleaguered yet seemingly indestructible hero to snap back into action. The novelty — and thus, a bit of the edge — is gone as Fox's 12-part 24: Live Another Day seeks to prove that less is more, slowly revving up the comfortably formulaic engine while visceral split-screen editing once again intensifies the literally explosive twists. And yet, because a sad, mad, badass Jack Bauer is the only Jack we've ever known, there's something grimly satisfying when he mutters bleakly to one of his few allies, "I don't have any friends."
Emmy Watch: As TV Splinters, Key Categories Get Squeezed
You wouldn't compare a McDonald's Extra Value Meal to an expensive dinner at a five-star restaurant. But that's the predicament Emmy Awards voters increasingly face in such key categories as comedy and drama. (Nominations will be announced July 10; NBC airs the ceremony, hosted by Seth Meyers, on August 25.) As primetime splinters into subgenres, shows with little in common must compete in the same races, and there's no room at all for plenty of popular shows, particularly from the broadcast networks...
Who Should Replace Letterman? Our Top 10 List
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Saturday Night Live: Check Out Louis C.K.'s Best Sketches from His Second Hosting Gig
Louis C.K. returned for his second shot at hosting of Saturday Night Live, and he once again used his opening monologue for some self-deprecating stand-up.
FX Sets Premiere Date for Louie
After a 19-month hiatus, Louie will return to FX on...
Louis C.K. Shares Details on Louie Season 4
With the anticipated return of Louie still eight months away, we're getting antsy without our Louis C.K. fix. Thankfully, the actor took time to share details about the FX show's anticipated fourth season and explain the reason behind the extended hiatus at New York's PaleyFest on Thursday. "It was for the good of the show. I didn't want to start making the show with...
VIDEO: Louis C.K. Explains Why Smartphones Are Bad for Your Soul
It's safe to say Louis C.K. probably wasn't standing in line Friday to get his hands on one of Apple's new iPhones. In an interview with Conan O'Brien Thursday, the comedian went into great — and extremely thoughtful — detail about why he doesn't like smartphones and why he would never buy them for his kids even though, as he points out, everyone has them. Louis C.K. and more of this year's Emmy nominees Echoing the rising problem of internet cyberbullying, he reasons that it's much harder for kids to feel empathy when...
Behind the Candelabra, Boardwalk Empire Win Big at Creative Arts Emmys
HBO's Behind the Candelabra cleaned up at Sunday's Creative Arts Emmy Awards, winning eight trophies at the ceremony. Among the Liberace biopic's accolades in the Miniseries, Movie or Special genre were Outstanding Casting, Outstanding Costumes, Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup and Outstanding Sound Editing.
Emmys: TVGuide.com's Picks for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Emmy season is in progress! Over the next two weeks, Emmy voters will be checking off names and shows they think are worthy of getting a nomination come July 18. We here at TVGuide.com have a few picks in mind ourselves. Next up: our dream ballot for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.
Homeland Enlists SVU, Prison Break Actors for Season 3
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Girls, Louie, Southland, ABC's Robin Roberts Special Win Peabody Awards
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The Mindy Project Casts American Horror Story Alum as Danny's Ex-Wife
There's nothing scarier than an ex-wife. Unless that ex-wife also once played the resident nymphomaniac on American Horror Story. Chloe Sevigny has been cast on The Mindy Project for a multi-episode arc as Danny's ex-wife, Christina, TVLine reports. TV Scorecard: What's renewed? What's canceled? Christina is described as a...
Breaking Bad, Louie Top 2013 Writers Guild Award TV Winners
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2013 SAG Awards Predictions: Who Will Win?
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Who Are the 50 Funniest People Around Today?
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The Thursday Playlist: Suits, FX Goes Legit, a Nerds War and Oprah Rides Lance
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2012's Best Episodes: Chuck's Memorable Finale and New Girl's Awesome New Game
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Matt Roush's TV Top 10 of 2012
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AFI Names the Top 10 TV Shows of 2012
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VIDEO: How Did Louis C.K. Do as SNL Host Post-Sandy?
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Modern Family, Homeland Top Emmy Awards
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Homeland Casts F. Murray Abraham
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New Girl Scares Up Nick's Ex-Girlfriend for Halloween Episode
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New Girl Casts Parker Posey
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Homeland, Louie Among 2012 TCA Award Winners
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Review: TBS' Son Never Rises
"NORM!"Oh, sorry, I momentarily mistook TBS' new sitcom for something funny. Like Cheers — echoes of which kept ringing in my TV memory bank as I slogged my way through the back-to-back episodes of the instantly forgettable Sullivan & Son (Thursday, 10/9c), the channel's latest attempt to produce something as amusing as the popular sitcom repeats that pepper the TBS schedule.
An Emmy Wish List
Emmy voters are creatures of habit, known for nominating the same shows and stars year after year. Many deserve to be: Modern Family, Mad Men and their stellar casts, to name a select few. But in each of the top categories, there's opportunity to welcome new blood or correct past oversights. So here's a short list of some of the breakthroughs and/or underdogs I'd love to see make the cut when the nominations are announced Thursday morning....
Ask Matt: The Today Mess, Glee-vs-Glee Project, Royal Pains and More
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Louis C.K.'s Comedy Tour Sells $4.5 Million Worth of Tickets in Two Days
It's been a good week for Louis C.K. In just two days, the comedian raked in a whopping $4.5 million by selling 100,000 tickets for his upcoming comedy tour. "Well. after 45 hours, my tour has sold 100K tickets, box office gross of 4.5 mil $ (not all mine)," he tweeted on Thursday. I guess it was a good idea." Emmys: TVGuide.com's Picks for Best Comedy Series The comedian...
Review: Great Comedy Tonight — And Anger Management
It's something of a crying shame that the new comedy getting the most attention tonight (buzz-wise, though certainly not critically), and which almost certainly will attract the widest audience (of morbidly curious rubber-neckers, but who's counting) is by far the least worthy of attention or respect.We're talking, of course, about Anger Management, bowing on FX with back-to-back episodes (9/8c) following a 12-hour marathon of Two and a Half Men repeats (starting at 9 am/8c) selected — so we're told — by Charlie Sheen himself.
Emmys: TVGuide.com's Picks for Best Comedy Series
Emmy season is underway! For the next week, Emmy voters will be checking off names and shows they think are worthy of getting a nomination come July 19. We at TVGuide.com have a few selections in mind ourselves. Next up: our dream ballot for Best Comedy Series.
Review: Thursday TV in the Silly Season
With new summer programming like what's on display tonight, it's enough to make you miss reruns. (Well, hello, CBS! We can always count on you to do things the traditional way — at least until Big Brother returns next month.) You could do worse than re-watching Leonard's date with Penny on The Big Bang Theory, or Person of Interest's Reese protecting Astro from last season's The X Factor or Cho's first meeting with Samaire Armstrong on The Mentalist. You could do far worse. You could, for example, watch your brain cells atrophy by tuning into Fox's hardly-fit-for-cable combo of goofy new meat-market dating shows. (The Dating Game's Jim Lange, I miss you.) In Take Me Out (8/7c), which might as well be called Date Or No Date, it's the guy on display, trying to charm a "flirty 30" bevy of bimbos before they turn out the light on their podium, signaling their disinterest.
Homeland Tops Nominations for TV Critics Association Awards
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NBC Orders Dane Cook Comedy to Series
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Weekend TV: Fringe Finale, Common Law Premiere, an SNL Comeback, Sunday Madness
How happy am I not to be preparing a eulogy for Fringe this weekend, instead celebrating another audacious year of emotionally compelling sci-fi thrills with a grand season, not series, finale (Friday at 9/8c, Fox).
Pilot Season: Dane Cook to Star in NBC's Next Caller Please Comedy
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FX Sets Premiere Dates for Charlie Sheen's Anger Management, Russell Brand's Talk Show
Charlie Sheen's return to television is imminent — his sitcom, Anger Management, will premiere at 9/8c on Thursday, June 28, FX announced Tuesday. Adding to the excitement/craziness, comedian Russell Brand's talk show, Strangely Uplifting, will debut the same night at 11/10c.
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