History Series / Louie

** One episode even has [[spoiler:Louie's sister, who previously miscarried her baby (and was so devastated her marriage fell apart) suffering severe abdominal pains in the night, and is rushed to hospital screaming about how she thinks her baby is dying; upon reaching the hospital and following the episode aesop, however, ''it turns out her pain was just wind pains from a huge fart.]]''

* WidgetSeries: It's definitely a W(H)AT, but in a more casual way than outwardly crazy.

''Louie'' is a semi-autobiographic comedy show written, directed, created, edited and produced by Creator/LouisCK that aired on Creator/{{FX|Networks}} for five seasons from 2010 to 2015. It's the type of show that begs the question of when a show stops being a sitcom, and [[MindScrew starts being a series of unconnected absurdist short films centered around one character]], running on a ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm''-reminiscent format of being set to a mostly dry soundtrack (or none at all), not using a LaughTrack, and deriving most of its humor from [[CringeComedy excruciatingly awkward or painful situations]].

''Louie'' is a semi-autobiographic comedy show written, directed, created, edited and produced by Creator/LouisCK, and aired on Creator/{{FX|Networks}}. It's the type of show that begs the question of when a show stops being a sitcom, and [[MindScrew starts being a series of unconnected absurdist short films centered around one character]], running on a ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm''-reminiscent format of being set to a mostly dry soundtrack (or none at all), not using a LaughTrack, and deriving most of its humor from [[CringeComedy excruciatingly awkward or painful situations]].

The show stars C.K. as a fictionalized version of himself named Louie and typically follows him performing stand-up (similarly to ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''), but also focuses on his life as a newly divorced father raising two daughters in New York City. Some of the material is either somewhat surreal or similar to his [=YouTube=] material, but the show gives the overall impression of being [[LifeEmbellished fairly true to life.]]

For the first three seasons, there weren't really any season arcs beyond the occasional link or two, with exceptions including the trilogy of "Late Show" episodes, and the show's occasional delves into [[WhamEpisode more serious topics]] (ex: the episode "God") based on significant experiences in C.K.'s life that made him who he is. The fourth season, however, was much more dramatic and featured increased continuity and three multi-episode storylines including the six-part "Elevator" arc. [[WordOfGod C.K. mentioned]] that the show's fifth season would return to having more humorous episodes.

Following the third season, the show went on an extended hiatus so C.K. could recharge his creative batteries, finally returning for its fourth season in May 2014. He then announced that he would take another [[http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/07/fxs-louie-going-extended-hiatus long hiatus]] between the fifth and sixth seasons to co-produce a series for FX called ''Series/BetterThings'' starring his friend (and ''Louie'' co-star) actress Pamela Aldon.

* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** "Here's the thing: I'm 42, I'm really good at masturbating."
** [[http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpti5r7ZML1qca3u4o1_500.png Masturbation and a bit of premarital sex is basically the whole premise of "Come On, God".]]

* MatzoFever: Louie claims to have it in a stand-up routine, apparently because they're very no-nonsense sexually.

''Louie'' is a semi-autobiographic comedy show written, directed, created, edited and produced by Creator/LouisCK, and aired on Creator/{{FX|Networks}}. It's the type of show that begs the question of when a show stops being a sitcom, and [[MindScrew starts being a series of unconnected absurdist short films centered around one character.]]

Starring C.K. as a fictionalized version of himself named Louie, the show typically follows him performing stand-up (similarly to ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'') but also focuses on his life as a newly divorced father raising two daughters in New York City. Some of the material is either somewhat surreal or similar to his [=YouTube=] material, but the show gives the overall impression of being [[LifeEmbellished fairly true to life.]]

Somewhat similar to ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'', ''Louie'' is set to a mostly dry soundtrack (or silence) and no LaughTrack, deriving most of the humor from [[CringeComedy excruciatingly awkward or painful situations]]. For the first three seasons, there weren't really any season arcs beyond the occasional link or two, with the exception being the trilogy of "Late Show" episodes, and each half of most other episodes was fairly self-contained. Occasionally, the show would delve into [[WhamEpisode more serious topics]] (like in the episode "God") which are more about significant experiences in C.K.'s life that made him who he is. The fourth season, however, was much more dramatic and featured increased continuity and three multi-episode storylines including the six-part "Elevator" arc. [[WordOfGod C.K. has mentioned]] that the fifth season will return to having more humorous episodes.