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Lucky Louie
SERIES: HBO, Sunday 10:30p (30 minutes)


7.5

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Starring Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon, Mike Hagerty, Laura Kightlinger, Kelly Gould, Jerry Minor, Kim Hawthorne, and Jim Norton

With single-camera, no-laugh-track comedies now the norm, HBO has decided to revisit the conventional, multi-camera, studio audience sitcom with a raunchy take on this decades-old format revolving around stand-up comedian Louis C.K.

GENRE(S):	Comedy
CREATED BY:	Louis C.K.
FIRST AIR DATE:	June 11, 2006

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Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy

"Lucky Louie" is a true original -- a pleasantly twisted variation on "The Honeymooners" or "Roseanne" for the 21st Century.

The New York Times Virginia Heffernan

The comedy is nifty, light and kind, even as it tries to be real, slitting open the stand-up themes of marital sex, masturbation and dope smoking until it's dirty enough to convince you that you're not being condescended to, but smart enough not to be grim. That's a huge feat.

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

There's no shortage of laughs.

Chicago Tribune Allison Benedikt

Subversively hilarious.

Salon Heather Havrilesky

If your family game nights tended to end with someone upturning the Monopoly board, then running to their room in tears, and your family trips hit their low point at a national monument in the middle of nowhere when someone abruptly got out of the car and refused to get back in, you're likely to find "Lucky Louie" fairly entertaining.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

Deep it's not, but funny it often is.

Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield

It feels as if you've happened across a British sitcom or a rerun of "MADtv."

Washington Post Tom Shales

"Lucky Louie" is not a runaway smash right out of the gate, but neither does it stumble or implode.

Entertainment Weekly Dan Snierson

His underdog charm is often overshadowed by flat jokes and foul one-liners that are all shock and no guffaw. [23 Jun 2006, p.63]

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

Often funny when it tackles taboo topics head on, the show walks a fine line between honesty and unnecessary crudeness, and it often goes a step too far.

Variety Brian Lowry

Wildly uneven.

TV Guide Matt Roush

Uneven.

Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

Like "Roseanne," it can mine poverty for working-class laughs. It isn't executing that well, yet.

People Weekly Tom Gliatto

It's like a David Mamet parody of Roseanne. [19 Jun 2006, p.37]

San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum

It doesn't work, largely because there's not enough wit from creator and star Louis C.K. to make the vulgarity anything more than an exercise in blue.

Newsday Diane Werts

There's certainly comedy to be found in these basic situations, but not in "Lucky Louie's" confounding approach or stilted presentation.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

It's one of HBO's more fascinating series -- but not because it's good, or funny.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland

This is comedian Louis C.K.'s attempt to lampoon the classic half-hour sitcom, if by lampoon you mean drown it in toxic failure.

USA Today Robert Bianco

A show so vile, it makes you think the company's arrogant It's Not TV -- It's HBO slogan isn't a brag -- it's a threat.

The average user rating for this tv show is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 132 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Melody H. gave it a10:
This was one of the best shows on HBO. I think it was a mistake to cancel it.

amy c gave it a9:
my husband and I watched it for the first time on5/7/07 we thinks its the best went out looking for dvd's

Lance B gave it a10:
Funniest sitcom ever

cam ham gave it a10:
I can't believe this didn't get a second season. its hilarious. not like the average corperate turned cheesy crap on regular TV

andy d gave it a6:
Extremely funny standup guy who doesn't seem to translate into sitcom laughs. Once you get beyond the cursing that adds to the comedy, the show lacks any real substance.

D gave it a10:
yea none of you know what your talking about . Eon you can go blow a fat one... along with anybody else who doesnt like lucky louie...oh yea so can HBO and all the corporate KHOHK suckers that work there....because hbo cancelled it hbo is now the worst tv network that exists so i give LL a 10 and HBO a nice F-you

Chad M gave it a10:
The most hilarous sitcom ever! This is what ever sitcom wished it could do but couldnt without cable!

Lucky Louie SERIES: HBO, Sunday 10:30p (30 minutes)

Lucky Louie
SERIES: HBO, Sunday 10:30p (30 minutes)