September 21, 2006

See Ya, Louie

HBO has announced that it's canceling "Lucky Louie," the sitcom starring and created by Louis CK that aired for just one season this past summer.

I know most people hated this show, and I agree that it was very hit-or-miss a lot of the time, never quite reaching the heights of CK's brilliant stand-up, on which it was based. But I thought it was both quite funny, and told a lot of uncomfortable truths about marriage and family life. It also got much better as its season went along. I could have seen it growing a lot in future years, and I could see it finding an audience on DVD (even "The Comeback," the worst show in the history of HBO, has become a second-chance DVD hit).

Then again, HBO earned enough karma points for a decade earlier this month when they renewed "The Wire," so I'm in no position to really complain.

Posted by Stephen Silver at September 21, 2006 01:43 PM
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