| Lucky Louie | |
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| Genre | Sitcom Slice of life |
| Created by | Louis C.K. |
| Starring | Louis C.K. Pamela Adlon Kelly Gould Mike Hagerty Jim Norton Laura Kightlinger Rick Shapiro Jerry Minor Kim Hawthorne |
| Composer | Mark Rivers |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (1 unaired)[1] (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Louis C.K. Mike Royce Vic Kaplan Dave Becky |
| Producer | Leo Clarke |
| Cinematography | Bruce L. Finn |
| Editor | Brian Schnuckel |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 21-30 minutes |
| Production companies | Circus King 3 Arts Entertainment Snowpants Productions HBO Entertainment HBO Independent Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | HBO |
| Release | June 11 – August 27, 2006 |
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Lucky Louie is an American television sitcom created by Louis C.K., which aired on HBO for one season in 2006. As the show's creator, writer and executive producer, C.K. also starred as the eponymous central character, a part-time mechanic at a muffler shop.
A first for HBO, Lucky Louie was filmed before a live studio audience, in a multiple-camera setup.[2] Inspired by Norman Lear's sitcoms, the show depicts the life of an average working class family while using spartan sets and wardrobe. Dealing with a range of topics including sex and racism, the series uses considerable adult language and featured guest stars best known as stand-up comedians, including Jim Norton, Laura Kightlinger, Nick DiPaolo, Todd Barry and Rick Shapiro.
HBO ordered 12 episodes, which aired during the 2006 summer season, as well as eight scripts for a second season,[3] before canceling the show in September 2006[4] for numerous reasons ranging from the nature of the show to network economic pressure.[5]
- ^ "Lucky Louie – The Complete First Season". Amazon. Archived from the original on 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
- ^ "About the Show". Lucky Louie website. HBO. 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
- ^ retrieved December 10, 2006[permanent dead link]
- ^ "retrieved June 18, 2007". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-06-18.
- ^ "Louis C.K. on the Words You Can't Say on FX (NSFW)". Tvsquad.com. 2010-06-26. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
What did HBO tell you when they let the show go? Ratings are not a big thing for them... No they're not. And they have pressure of different kinds. And at the time, we were hearing a lot of things. One of them was that Warner Brothers was sending word out to every company, that you have to make big cuts. And so I knew that Chris Albrecht was up against it trying to renew us to begin with. I knew he was, he had pressure. And he didn't have enough proof that we were definitely going to keep growing. I think that they are really into critics. I mean, on one hand, NY Times, LA Times, and Shales all loved the show. I mean, those were all positive reviews, and there were others.
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