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Jan. 11, 2013
Louis C.K. in Talks to Join David O. Russell’s Next Film The project was once called American Bullshit , but not anymore.
happy new year
Dec. 31, 2012
Seitz: On Louie , ‘New Year’s Eve,’ and Respecting the Mystery Our TV critic has thought about this episode every day since he first watched it in September.
I’m So Anxious: The Complementary Themes of ‘Louie’ and ‘Girls’ While binging on Netflix and OnDemand over the holidays, Season Three of Louie and Season One of Girls deserve back-to-back viewing.
It’s not […]
Seinfeld: ‘This ‘new hour’ nonsense - I can’t do it.’ You’re gonna wanna read the New York Times Magazine’s new profile on Jerry Seinfeld and why he keeps doing standup all the time despite being […]
A Charlie Brown/Louie Mash Up from Fox ADHD
ADHD, the Fox network’s upcoming late night animation block, continues to pump out cool web videos. Their latest is “A Charlie Brown Christmas […]
Spend the Next Hour Watching a Nice Long Interview with Louis C.K.
This never-before-seen hour-long chat with Louis C.K. was posted online last week by Reserve Channel. Our own Ramsey Ess wrote about the […]
Louis CK Discusses ‘Louie,’ Censorship, and Treating Others Nicely The Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. […]
‘Vice’s Harry Cheadle Tries Out Being Louis C.K.
In the second episode of his Vice web series, All-Around Losing, columnist Harry Cheadle tries out stand-up comedy for the first time in New […]
Tig Notaro Discusses How Her Famous Largo Set Came to Be
Tig Notaro’s acclaimed Largo set, which was released on Louis C.K.’s website and became a huge success, was the most talked-about standup […]
Sarah Silverman Discusses Her ‘Louie’ Appearance “First of all, [Louis C.K.] made it be ‘Retro Comedy of the ‘80s’ and I was like, ‘I was not doing comedy in the ‘80s. I don’t need you to age […]
Tim Heidecker: A Lot of Money Was Spent by Big Companies to Get Louis C.K. […] “It gets me a little angry when people say, ‘Oh, Louis C.K. It’s a new model where you pay him five dollars and he’s doing it all himself.’ A […]
Parker Posey Tells How She Ended Up on ‘Louie’ “I did a benefit reading at his kids’ school… and it was the greatest cast ever: Marisa Tomei, Nathan Lane, Mario Cantone — Mike Daisey did […]
Revisiting ‘Shameless,’ Louis CK’s First Stand-up Special For a stand-up comedian there is, it turns out, a fate worse than bombing. Though enduring the heckles and hostile silences of a belligerent […]
Louis C.K.’s Next Standup Special Coming to HBO in 2013 HBO just announced in a press release today that they’re releasing Louis C.K.’s new hour-long stand-up special sometime next year. The […]
cable specials
Nov. 12, 2012
Louis C.K. Hosting Two Hurricane Benefits in Staten Island November 17th
American hero Louis C.K. will be headlining two benefits for Hurricane Sandy next week, Gothamist reports. The shows will both take place on […]
‘SNL’ Recap: Louis C.K. Saves New York Despite reaching televisions across the country, SNL is at its heart a New York show. The Mayor Bloomberg bits, the subway jokes, and the […]
Louis C.K. Scored Big Ratings for ‘SNL’ This Weekend The latest episode of Saturday Night Live, with host Louis C.K. and musical guest fun, earned the second-highest overnight ratings of the […]
Saturday Night Live Recap: Louie Does Lincoln Louis C.K. provided some much-needed, genuinely comic relief.
Louis C.K. Talks ‘SNL’ and Boating on ‘Fallon’ Louis C.K., who’s hosting SNL this weekend, got to talk shop with ex-SNL-er Jimmy Fallon on his show last night. Seems like things are coming […]
Louis C.K. and Bill Hader Promise ‘SNL’ Will Happen No Matter What in New […] Here’s host Louis C.K. and cast member Bill Hader in a series of promos for this weekend’s new SNL. The two promise they’re doing the show “no […]
Technically Funny: Trailblazing Comedians Whose Technical Innovations […] They say necessity is the mother of invention. That may true, but let’s not forget the three headed monster-father of vanity, greed, and […]
Colin Quinn Is Willing to Write Louis C.K.’s ‘SNL’ Episode for Him Colin Quinn heard the news about Louis C.K. hosting SNL next week, and he’s taken to Twitter to offer up some suggestions for sketches. Quinn, […]
C.K. and ‘SNL’: Louie’s 19-Year Backstory with the NBC Sketch Show NBC just announced that Louis C.K. will be hosting Saturday Night Live on November 3rd. It’ll mark C.K.’s first appearance on the long-running […]
Louis C.K. Is Bringing His Black T-Shirt and Jeans to ‘SNL’ November 3rd NBC announced this weekend that beloved comedian Louis C.K. will be hosting Saturday Night Live for the first time ever next Saturday, November […]
casting couch
Oct. 21, 2012
Louis C.K. Hosting SNL on November 3 Will the show be completely hilarious for at least one night?
Tig Notaro Reflects on Her Turbulent Year in a ‘GQ’ Interview “Well, originally I wasn’t planning on releasing it. I was just kind of doing the material to see what was usable for Ira for This American […]
Tig Notaro’s Album Made a Ton of Cash Stand-up and cancer survivor Tig Notaro’s recording of her acclaimed, heartbreaking Largo performance, which was released two weeks ago via […]
Watch Louis C.K. Get Interviewed by Louis C.K. Superfan Tony Hawk
Louis C.K. recently sat down for this interview with living skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, whom C.K. refers to as “an American hero” and is […]
Everything Is On Hiatus: ‘Louie’ Won’t Be Back Until 2014 Just after NBC announced it’s putting Community on hold, FX’s Louie is also being placed on an extended hiatus, with no new episodes coming […]
lengthy hiatuses
Oct. 9, 2012
Tig Notaro’s Acclaimed Largo Stand-up Set Is Now Available on Louis C.K.’s […] Comedian Tig Notaro received a great deal of praise from the comedy community in August for a performance at the Los Angeles venue Largo in […]
Tig Notaro Is All Better “I am a very, very excited person that gets to say that I do not have cancer, as far as I know.”
- Tig Notaro, on the latest episode of her […]
‘50 Power Showrunners’ List Includes Louis C.K., Seth MacFarlane, Lena […] The Hollywood Reporter put out a list today of “50 Power Showrunners,” the leading writer-producers in TV. Here’s the full roster of comedy […]
The New ‘Louie’ Parody Account Is Really Funny “Louie sees a friend who just came out of a coma. Has to tell him about 9/11. Goes to Magnolia Bakery.”
– the Twitter parody […]
‘Louie’ Recap: ‘New Year’s Eve’ But…but this was supposed to be the Amy Poehler/Louis C.K. fun times happy hour.
Instead that ginger haired man gave us “New Year’s Eve”, an […]
Amy Poehler Appearing on Louie’s One-Hour Finale Tonight Is What All of […] Amy Poehler and Louis C.K. are some of the most beloved figures in modern comedy, and it’s always a momentous occasion when the two of them are […]
Louis C.K. Was Offered a Bigger Budget and a Primetime Slot for Season 3 According to a great piece on Louis C.K. in The Los Angeles Review of Books, the FX Network offered C.K. a bigger budget and a 9pm primetime […]
Chevy Chase Doesn’t Find People Who Aren’t Chevy Chase Funny “Yes, I’ve seen Louis CK. I wouldn’t in any way make a degrading remark about Louis CK, but the question is do I think anyone is funny? And the […]
Emmy Voters Still Really Really Like Modern Family (And Louis C.K., […] Last night was the Emmy Awards, a three-hour-long ceremony the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences holds each year to honor Modern […]
‘Louie’ Recap: ‘Late Show: Part 3’
On June 1st I had the opportunity to be in the studio audience for Louis C.K.’s talk show scene from last night’s episode, “Late Show: Part […]
Tig Notaro Is Doing Great; Releasing Her Largo Set Through Louis’s Website
Tig explained to Conan, “My prognosis is great,” and we all became that weird kid at work just crying for no reason. The mastectomy went well […]
last night on late night
Sept. 21, 2012
Post-Cancer Tig Notaro Sells on Louis CK’s Site Plus: The Killers performed “Runaways,” and more, on our daily late-night roundup.
Louis C.K. and Amy Poehler Amongst Emmy Presenters Today, the Emmys announced their first handful of presenters for the September 23rd telecast. The list is made up exclusively of funny folks: […]
Louis C.K. Boats Exactly Like You’d Imagine Louie Would Louis C.K. thought it would be a nice idea to take his kids on a Labor Day boat ride on the Harlem River and then this happened [via […]
The Pre-Show Rituals of Comedians Just Before They Go On Stage This content series is produced in partnership with smartwater. smartwater, good taste travels well. click here to learn more.
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‘Louie’ Recap: ‘The Late Show, Part 1’ Late night talk shows are in a lot of trouble in 2012: ratings keep dwindling, yet the market remains saturated. Jay Leno — the guy that […]
How an FX Executive Shaped ‘Louie’ Into The Show It Is I was listening to an old episode of The Business, a fantastic KCRW podcast about the entertainment industry. The president of FX, John […]
Louis CK, TJ & Dave, and the Power of Slow Comedy Somewhere in the middle of an episode of Louie, one of television’s most critically acclaimed comedies, I found myself sobbing uncontrollably. […]
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: Louis CK’s ‘Hilarious’ for $8 King Louis CK’s excellent standup 2010 special Hilarious is currently on sale on Amazon for a mere $8 for the DVD. That’s a good deal! And it’s […]
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