Since "Louie" was last on the air, its star and creator, Louis C.K. has been having a moment. He won the AFI Award for best TV series, got two Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a comedy, and has breaking ground in terms of cutting out the middle man, selling tour tickets and his ...
Read More »"Louie" continues to grow in strange and wonderful ways its third season (starting tonight, June 28th, on FX at 10:30pm) -- both the title character and the show itself. When it began in 2010, the series felt like a collection of strikingly realized scenes lifted right out of Louis C.K....
Read More »Viewers of Louis C.K.'s great series "Louie" will notice that in the first episode of the new season, which premieres tomorrow, Thursday, June 28th at 10:30pm on FX, there's a quiet but significant additon to the show -- we finally get to meet Louie's ex-wife.
Read More »While Louis C.K.'s brilliant (you know it's true) half-hour sorta-comedy "Louie" doesn't return for its third season on FX until June 28th, season two of the series comes out on DVD next week on June 19th. Below is a preview of the comedian's commentary track running o...
Read More »If cable has proven to be a boon to dramatic storytelling, that is no less true for comedies as well. Shows like "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" or the unjustly cancelled "Bored To Death" deliver the kind of irreverance and wit you're just not going to see on network broadcasting. HBO's newly un...
Read More »Is Louis C.K.'s FX comedy "Louie" in the tradition of Woody Allen? So suggests the ad below, which offers a nod to the opening of "Manhattan" before planting a newspaper in the comedian's face. But I don't know that even at its softest, anyone would suggest "...
Read More »Today marks the official start of television coverage on Indiewire, but unofficially we've been talking about TV for a while now -- through posts on our blog network, and thanks to the increasing overlap with the world of film.
Read More »Listen, going to the movies rules, but sometimes, you just want to sit on the couch with giant bag of [insert favorite snack food here] and watch TV. And considering the insane of great stuff these days on the small screen, it doesn't take much convincing to stay home. So here's a brief roun...
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