Louie, Season 3, Episode 5: “Daddy’s Girlfriend, Pt. 2” Written by Louis C.K. Directed by Louis C.K. Airs Thursdays at 10:30pm ET If it wasn’t already clear, the second half of “Daddy’s Girlfriend” makes it so: Louie is just about ready to leave comedy behind completely. The standup segments that have appeared in every episode …
Louie, Season 3, Episode 4: “Daddy’s Girlfriend: Part 1” Written by Louis C.K. Directed by Louis C.K. Airs Thursdays at 10:30 PM ET on FX Continuity has never been high on the list of priorities for Louie. Normally, this would be a hindrance, but Louis CK has managed to use the freedom gained by not …
Louie, Season 3, Episode 3: “Miami” Written by Louis C.K. Directed by Louis C.K. Airs Thursdays at 10:30pm ET on FX One of Louie‘s emerging strands over its two-and-a-bit seasons is that it occasionally takes the form of a travelogue. Whether Louie finds himself in Afghanistan (actually a military simulation ground in Texas, but whatever), …
Louie, Season 3, Episode 2: “Telling Jokes / Set Up” Written by Louis CK Directed by Louis CK Airs Thursdays at 10:30pm ET on FX Louie is one of the only shows running right now that allows for easy access for newcomers. For the most part, it eschews serialization, toys with tone and format on …
Louie, Season 3, Episode 1: “Something Is Wrong” Written by Louis CK Directed by Louis CK Airs Thursdays at 10:30pm ET on FX An an exercise to prepare for reviewing Louie on a weekly basis, I did something I hadn’t in years: I watched Lucky Louie, Louis CK’s previous attempt at a TV show. Since …
30 Rock, Season 6, Episode 8, “The Tuxedo Begins” Written by Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan Directed by John Riggi Airs Thursdays at 8pm ET on NBC We begin tonight with a refreshingly great episode of 30 Rock, possibly the best they’ve done in years. Turning to current events for the second time this season, …
In an interview with Esquire from back in May, Louis CK explained the way he now approaches movie studios when he looks to re-enter that universe: “Just give me $8 million. I’m not telling you what it’s about and I’m not telling you who’s in it.” Anyone with even a basic understanding of how most …
If a single recent event can help to sum up what’s happened to television in 2010, at least on a symbolic level, it’s this one: Charles Eglee, one of the writer-producers who had worked on AMC’s wildly popular The Walking Dead before either leaving or getting sacked by showrunner Frank Darabont (depending on who you …