louis c.k.-related stories
Posted Aug 21st 2009 2:02PM by Nick Zaino
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, Reality-Free
FX has announced a couple of interesting new additions to its slate of comedies -
The League, about a fantasy football league, and
Louie, an autobiographical sitcom starring Louis C.K. (
Variety broke the news Wednesday).
The League features some talented comedians, namely Paul Scheer (from
Human Giant), Nick Kroll, and Jon Lajoie. But it's
Louie that I'm most interested in.
Louis C.K. is, hands down, the funniest and most productive comedian working in America today. He has taped his third stand-up special in three years, called
Hilarious, which is set to come out later this year or early next year. I've seen him perform the material for it, and it's just as funny as the first two. And he's already dropped most of that material in favor of a new hour of material intended for another special. That's a tremendous pace for any stand-up comedian. George Carlin, the guy who inspired C.K. to do this, is the only other comic I can think of to keep to a schedule like that.
Continue reading New FX comedies include Louie from Louis C.K.
Posted Aug 9th 2009 1:02PM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Louis C.K. just shot a new comedy pilot for FX. He plays a stand-up comic dealing with divorce and fatherhood. It's hard to imagine where they come up with this stuff when you consider that C.K. is a stand-up comic and a divorced father.
And, just to push the boundaries of creativity one level higher, FX is calling it
Louis. (Strangely enough, rumor has it there's another pilot already called
C.K. about an animated chicken working as a trauma nurse at a downtown hospital in a post apocalyptic future.)
One of the top stand-up comics working today and a former writer for Conan O'Brien and Dana Carvey, C.K. has yet to see his own TV projects take off. His 2006 HBO show
Lucky Louie never got on the pop culture radar.
Continue reading Louis C.K. shoots new comedy pilot for FX
Posted Jul 3rd 2009 9:32AM by Nick Zaino
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, OpEd, Reality-Free
Since programming anything new is probably a waste on a holiday weekend,
Comedy Central is programming roughly 4,000 previously aired stand-up specials (okay, just 40, but that's a lot) from some of the biggest names on its rosters, including Dane Cook, Jeff Dunham, Katt Williams, Louis C.K., Lewis Black, Brian Regan, Demetri Martin, Ron White, Lisa Lampanelli, and Jim Gaffigan. They'll also sprinkle in some of their
Comedy Central Presents half-hour showcases. It's called the Stand-Up Blowout Weekend.
The first special is at 3 PM -
Aisha Tyler is Lit: Live at the Fillmore and end, officially, with Drew Hastings:
Irked and Miffed at 3 AM Monday morning. Sunday at 10PM is the network premiere of
Dave Attell: Captain Miserable, which originally aired on HBO on December 8, 2007.
Continue reading Comedy Central's holiday weekend Stand-Up Blowout
Posted May 23rd 2009 10:03AM by Nick Zaino
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Reality-Free
Louis C.K. has been challenging himself to do a new hour of comedy every year, for a new special every year.
Chewed Up, which originally aired on Showtime last year and makes its
Comedy Central debut tonight at 10 PM, is the result of that challenge, his second special in two years (he has already taped his third, which should be out sometime within the next six or seven months). It's also, to use the modern parlance, NSFW. Which means fans might shrink from watching it on a network like Comedy Central.
The strange thing about it, though, is that, looking at some clips of the special, a couple of things are clear. One, the language he uses is essential to the mood and attack of the comedy. And two, the ideas still come across when you bleep out the cursing.
Continue reading Louis C.K. chews up Comedy Central
Posted May 12th 2009 10:02AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD, OpEd, Reality-Free
I had forgotten how very funny
The Dana Carvey Show was until several months ago when I decided to watch a bunch of
episodes online. It may sound cliched to say, but I think this was an underrated show, ahead of its time, and would probably survive for a few more seasons today on Comedy Central or FX or FOX. I can picture that.
We won't get a revival, of course, but we now have a great DVD set (in stores today) to keep forever. All of the episodes are here (including one that didn't even make it to ABC), and a couple of good extras.
Continue reading The Dana Carvey Show: Complete Series - DVD review
Posted Apr 17th 2008 12:01PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Great news here for fans of the short-lived HBO sitcom, Lucky Louie. According to The Hollywood Reporter, LL alums Louis C.K. and Pamela Adlon have been tasked with writing a new sitcom for CBS, where surprise - they play a husband and wife.
Sounds a lot like Lucky Louie to me.
CBS being network TV and all, there will obviously be some changes though. For one, the trademark raunchiness of the original Honeymooners-inspired half-hour will be gone, but I'm sure we can still expect plenty of laughs. The yet-to-be-titled series will focus on a married couple with too many children. Louis C.K. will executive produce.
While I'm thrilled about the return of something even remotely similar to Lucky Louie (they'll reach a much broader audience on CBS), I do have one worry. Between her duties as the voice of Bobby on King of the Hill and her role with this new project, is Adlon still going to have time for Californication? Her character was one of the best parts of season one.
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