Aired: 2010-2015 (FX)
DAD: Louis (Louis CK) / Divorced
DAD’S JOB: Stand-up comedian
KIDS: Lilly(Hadley Delany) 10, Jane(Ursula Parker) 7
WHERE’S MOM?: Ex-wife Janet (Susan Kelechi Watson), lives nearby
STAND-IN “MOM”: N/A
Originally supposed to premiere in April of 2010, the FX Network decided to hold off until summer with an entire season’s worth of shows.
Yet another “let’s give a comedian a show” series. I hoped it would rise above the boilerplate, and it did. Louie is perhaps one of the better TV Dads in television history, passing along subtle nuggets to his children for them to be kind, not greedy, honest, and not cynical.
With Mom nearby, this show may flunk the Mindy McConnell Occupancy Rule. It’s not clear how the custody arrangement works, so this show remains in the “Maybe” pile.