# Lucky Louie (2006)

> A blue collar family man muddles through marriage, fatherhood and his eccentric friends and neighbors in this single season HBO sitcom.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/4319

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 13
- Episode runtime: 30 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy
- Created by: Louis C.K.
- Network: HBO
- Cast: Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon, Brandon Mychal Smith, Jim Norton, Emma Stone, Mike Hagerty, Jerry Minor, Kim Hawthorne
- TMDB rating: 7.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460619/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: cringe, deadpan, irreverent, raw, self deprecating, warm

## What critics say

Audiences found Lucky Louie a positive, if uneven, blue-collar sitcom with a raw, confessional edge and a strong comic lead.

## Synopsis

Lucky Louie (2006) is an American HBO adult sitcom created by Louis C.K. that runs for a single season of thirteen half-hour episodes. Louis C.K. plays Louie, a blue collar family man trying to keep his marriage together and raise his young daughter while his volatile wife Kim, played by Pamela Adlon, pushes back against his missteps. Jim Norton plays Rich, one of Louie's crude and eccentric friends, and Mike Hagerty and Jerry Minor add to the ensemble of neighbors and buddies whose strange habits constantly complicate ordinary days. The engine of each episode is small domestic friction: a botched household chore, an awkward night out, a bad decision with the guys, and the fallout at home. Episodes build around a family that cannot quite afford its own ambitions. The show uses the unpolished rhythms of a stand-up comic, with long awkward pauses, blunt language and wincing discomfort. Its tone is raw, deadpan and self deprecating, with warmth showing through the mess. Fans of Married with Children, The Honeymooners and Louie will find resonance in its working class domesticity and cringe-prone humor. The result is a sharp, uneven, intimate comedy about marriage and parenthood.

## Shows like Lucky Louie

- [Better Things (2016)](https://ember.film/tv/58877)
- [Louie (2010)](https://ember.film/tv/30334)
- [Legit (2013)](https://ember.film/tv/42068)
- [Crashing (2017)](https://ember.film/tv/60424)
- [Horace and Pete (2016)](https://ember.film/tv/57821)
- [Surviving Jack (2014)](https://ember.film/tv/54224)
- [Togetherness (2015)](https://ember.film/tv/54924)
- [The Middle (2009)](https://ember.film/tv/1338)
- [Life in Pieces (2015)](https://ember.film/tv/56289)
- [Rain Dogs (2023)](https://ember.film/tv/137107)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt