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Louis C.K. Has Just Released a New Web Series “Horace and Pete” on His Website
January 30, 2016
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Well, this might make up for not knowing when the next season of Louie is coming around.

Big names seem to be into dropping their new projects with no promotion whatsoever. Louis C.K.’s latest ‘brand new thing’, as he e-mail sent this morning was labeled, had a link to a new web series Horace and Pete that follows C.K. and Steve Buscemi running a bar together.

According to Gothamist, Alan Alda, Kurt Metzger, Jessica Lange, Steven Wright, Nick DiPaolo, Rebecca Hall, Edie Falco, and Aidy Bryant all co-star in this first episode.

It’s $5 to buy just this first episode, but it is over an hour long and is essentially premiering on LouisCK.net. We’re guessing that you’ll cough that up, especially since it’s unsure when the next project, whether it be a show or stand-up special, with C.K. in it will come about (save for his role in The Secret Life of Pets).

FX’s Baskets Gets Another Full Trailer
January 6, 2016
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We’ve posted plenty of the promos for Zach Galifianakis and Louis C.K.’s Baskets coming to FX in a couple of weeks that are very mere morsels.

Chew on an entire trailer here and mark your calendar for the series premiere on Thurs. Jan. 21st.

FX Orders Animated Comedy Pilot from Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks
January 4, 2016
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(via Deadline)

FX is making the most out of their overall deal with Louis C.K.

With another season of Louie at some point, Baskets set to premiere near the end of this month, Better Things with Pamela Adlon in production, and probably several other projects that haven’t been publicly announced, FX and Louis C.K. have made quite the business relationship with each other.

The overall development deal he has at the network produced yet another project as C.K. is now working on an animated pilot with the great Albert Brooks. The pair will voice the lead roles, write, EP for this project, which is largely being kept under wraps, plot/premise wise, for now. 

At this rate, we wouldn’t be surprised if C.K. got head his own network/channel/streaming service/etc. spun off from FX.

More “Baskets” Promos Are Here as Premiere Is Only Weeks Away
January 4, 2016
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The story of the man, played by Zach Galifianakis, who wants to become a highly regarded clown, but goes through tragic lengths in an attempt to do so, is premiering near the end of this month; Thurs. Jan. 21st on FX in fact.

Here are two more great promos to tide you over until then.

Here Are More Promos of Zach Galifiankis Trying to Be a Serious ‘Cloon’ in FX’s “Baskets”
December 26, 2015
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Just in case you weren’t already excited for Louis CK and Zach Galifianakis’ Baskets, here are two more brand new promos.

Keep in mind you only have to wait until Thurs. Jan. 21st to catch the premiere on FX.

Here’s a New Promo for FX’s “Baskets” Showing More of the Adversity of Trying to Be a Serious Clown
December 22, 2015
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The premiere of the new Zach Galifianakis-Louis C.K. series, Baskets, that follows Zach trying to be a clown with artistic integrity, is only a month away.

On Thurs. Jan. 21st, Baskets will premiere on FX and you’ll get to see more of the world versus a serious clown as shown in this new promo.

Amazon Orders Tig Notaro’s “One Mississippi”, “Highston” with Chris Parnell and Mary Lynn Rajskub, and “Z: The Beginning of Everything” to Series and Renews “Red Oaks”
December 18, 2015
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(via Deadline)

Just like Netflix has upped their content orders for next years, Amazon is smartly following suit.

Today, Amazon boosted up their upcoming comedy offering by not only renewing their 80s coming-of-age comedy, Red Oaks, from David Gordon Green, but ordered three of their comedy pilots to series.

One, Highston, has Chris Parnell and Marry Lynn Rajskub as parents to a kid played by Lewis Pullman who has celebrity friends that only he can see. The second one, One Mississippi is the high profile dramedy series based on the life of Tig Notaro with involvement from Louis C.K. and Diablo Cody. The third and final series ordered today was, Z: The Beginning of Everything, a comedy based on the whirlwind-turned-tornado of a romance between Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald and legendary author F. Scott Fitzgerald. Christina Ricci is set to lead and the series is written by Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin, both from The Killing, and directed by Tim Blake Nelson that you probably saw years ago in O Brother, Where Art Thou?

All in all, this new batch of comedy series that Amazon has will be very intriguing to see in how it stacks up to releases from Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services.

These Latest Promos for FX’s “Baskets” Will Make You Somehow Want to See Baskets More
November 23, 2015
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Well before any image of Baskets came out, the Louis C.K. and Zach Galifianakis series that follows a man trying to become a highly respected clown was already set as one of the most highly anticipated comedy series to come out next year.

Now that we’re seeing some promos roll out, it’s even more enticing than whatever we were imagining and, though we already really wanted to see it, we somewhat inexplicably really want to see it.

Just watch these latest promos and you’ll be right there with us, itching for the premiere.

Keep in mind that you’ll be itching until Jan. 21st, Baskets’ premiere date.

The Pilot for Tig Notaro’s “One Mississippi” Is Now on Amazon
November 6, 2015
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Per Amazon’s pilot process, you can and should watch it right now for free.

The comedy pilot that not only is based on Tig Notaro’s life, but also has Louis C.K. and Diablo Cody attached as producers, is now available for you to watch and supposedly rate, so it gets picked up to series at Amazon.

So, of the things you’re watching today, definitely make One Mississippi one of them right here.

Steven Wright Talks Shop, Specifically Consulting on “Louie” with Seth Meyers
October 30, 2015
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With Craig Ferguson no longer behind a late night talk show desk, Steven Wright won’t get to out-weird Craig while doing something like reading e-mails like he used to do all the time.

However, Wright is still willing to chat, perhaps in a less bit-based conversation, on late night and did so with Seth Meyers this week.

Watch Steven get into his comedic process as well as explaining what he exactly does on Louie with Louis C.K.

These Five “Baskets” Promos Could Add Up to a Teaser
October 21, 2015
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At around 16 seconds each, these 5 promos for FX’s latest comedy, Baskets, following a man determined to be a clown from Zach Galifianakis, Louis C.K., and Jonathan Krisel add up to well over a minute, which is about the length of a teaser for a TV show or movie.

So, if you watch this…

…this…

…this…

…this…

…and this in a row, you got as much bang for your buck as you would had they all been intercut together.

Also, you should watch them regardless of them being short promos because they’re pretty damn funny.

Look for Baskets to premiere in January on FX.

SNL 40th Anniversary, Transparent, and More Win at 2015 Creative Arts Emmys
September 13, 2015
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There are a lot of awards given out for The Primetime Emmys and so a good deal of them, for categories such as production design or casting, are handed out well before the telecast. 

However, more notable categories like Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special, which went to Louis C.K., and Outstanding Interactive Program, which went to Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, are also among these Creative Arts Emmys.

The SNL 40th Anniversary Special happen to take home four of these Emmys and Transparent took three.

@midnight, Louie, Transparent, SNL and the SNL 40th, The Colbert Report, Drunk History, Mike & Molly, Silicon Valley, Portlandia, Inside Amy Schumer, Adventure Time, The Simpsons, Robot Chicken, Between Two Ferns, Big Bang Theory, A Tribute to Mel Brooks, Veep, Last Week Tonight, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Modern Family, and The Tonight Show all received Emmys in a variety of very specific categories.

Take a gander at the full list right here.

Pay What You Want For New Louis C.K.’s “Live at Madison Square Garden”
August 8, 2015
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“ It’s the audio from my last of 3 shows that I performed at Madison Square Garden early this year.  Some of the material is in the Comedy Store Special.  Some of it isn’t.  But it’s also a fun show on it’s own.  BUT since it’s repeated material, I’m giving you the option to set your price anywhere from 1 dollar to 85.”

-e-mail from Louis C.K. for Live at Madison Square Garden

You can get your copy of the album for anywhere from $1 to $85 here and you might want to do that as we’re not sure when the next time Louis is going to do a special or when he’ll do the next season of Louie.

“Louie” Is Going to Take Another Hiatus
August 8, 2015
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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

Consider he has two other shows he’s producing, continuing to do stand-up, and probably more projects that are unannounced, it’s surprising that he doesn’t take breaks from his shows more often.

Announced at FX’s day at the TCA press tour, Louis C.K. will be taking more time off from his award winning series Louie. 

As to if and when a sixth season will happen, there are no details. However, C.K. will have plenty of other stuff coming out to make up for it. 

FX Orders “Better Things” From Pamela Adlon and Louis C.K. to Series
August 7, 2015
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(via Deadline)

This is the third series that C.K. will have going on the network.

While not an actual spin-off, Better Things will follow Pamela Adlon as someone not named Pamela in the same sort of way that Louie follows C.K. though Adlon’s occupation will be acting.

With Louie, the upcoming Baskets starring Zach Galifianakis, and now Better Things, FX could have almost have Adult-Swim-like-programming block for CK produced shows.

Amy Schumer, Louis C.K., and Denis Leary To Be Final Guests on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”
July 31, 2015
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Jon Stewart is going to have a ball on his last week.

Next Monday will be the start to Jon Stewart’s final days as host of The Daily Show. As such, he’s having three comedians, Amy Schumer, Louis C.K., and Denis Leary, all of whom he loves having on the show and subsequently had some of the best interview segments during Stewart’s Daily Show tenure.

That’s three guests, but Jon has 4 episodes left coming to an end on Aug. 6th, which means that there’s probably something special for a finale. It’s probably not an interview with Donald Trump over pizza, but we can always dream, right?

We’re not saying that you weren’t planning on it, but you should probably check out The Daily Show next week.

SiriusXM Launching a “Comedy Greats” Channel Featuring George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Joan Rivers, Louis C.K., Amy Schumer, and More
July 30, 2015
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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

If you already have your Sirius presets on the 7 existing comedy channels, make room for one more.

The stand-up of “comedy greats” throughout the decades will be featured on this new SiriusXM Comedy Greats channel. It’ll span the comedy of Richard Pryor and George Carlin to Joan Rivers to Eddie Murphy to Jerry Seinfeld to Louis C.K. to Amy Schumer and plenty more.

The channel will also feature countdowns and stories from the likes of current greats like Bill Burr, Bill Hader, Marc Maron, etc.

Look for Comedy Greats on SiriusXM on Aug. 13th.

Hopefully, if you don’t already, you’ll get some comedy albums after hearing any of this.

Comedy Central, “Veep”, “Silicon Valley”, Louis C.K., and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” Come Up Big in 2015 Primetime Emmy Nominations
July 17, 2015
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Comedy Central received 26 Primetime Emmy nominations as a network, 9 went to Louis C.K. for his show Louie/hosting SNL/his own stand-up special and Veep, and 7 went to both Silicon Valley and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

Actually, Veep, SNL, Inside Amy Schumer, Silicon Valley, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Key & Peele, The Late Show with David Letterman, Louie, The Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, The Simpsons, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Last Man on Earth, and Last Week Tonight got more than four nominations each.

As far as networks go, Comedy Central racked its 25 Emmys between it plethora of acclaimed series including Inside Amy Schumer, Key & Peele, The Daily Show, @midnight with Chris Hardwick, South Park, Drunk History and The Colbert Report.

Cartoon Network got 4 nominations, Adult Swim received 3, and Funny or Die, IFC, and LouisCK.net all received 2.

Here are the individual nominees in the major categories:

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
black-ish-Anthony Anderson
Episodes-Matt LeBlanc
House Of Lies-Don Cheadle
The Last Man On Earth-Will Forte
Louie-Louis C.K.
Shameless-William H. Macy
Transparent-Jeffrey Tambor

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
The Comeback-Lisa Kudrow
Grace And Frankie-Lily Tomlin
Inside Amy Schumer-Amy Schumer
Nurse Jackie-Edie Falco
Parks And Recreation-Amy Poehler
Veep-Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Outstanding Variety Talk Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Late Show With David Letterman
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Outstanding Comedy Series
Louie
Modern Family
Parks And Recreation
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Drunk History
Inside Amy Schumer
Key & Peele
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Brooklyn Nine-Nine-Andre Braugher
Girls-Adam Driver
Key & Peele-Keegan-Michael Key
Modern Family-Ty Burrell
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt-Tituss Burgess
Veep-Tony Hale

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory-Mayim Bialik
Getting On-Niecy Nash
Modern Family-Julie Bowen
Mom-Allison Janney
Saturday Night Live-Kate McKinnon
Transparent-Gaby Hoffmann
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt-Jane Krakowski
Veep-Anna Chlumsky

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
The Comedians-Mel Brooks
Inside Amy Schumer-Paul Giamatti
Saturday Night Live-Bill Hader
Saturday Night Live-Louis C.K.
Transparent-Bradley Whitford
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt-Jon Hamm

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory-Christine Baranski
Girls-Gaby Hoffmann
Louie-Pamela Adlon
Modern Family-Elizabeth Banks
Shameless-Joan Cusack
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt-Tina Fey

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series
Episodes
The Last Man On Earth
Louie
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series
The Last Man On Earth
Louie
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep

Outstanding Variety Special
Bill Maher: Live From D.C.
The Kennedy Center Honors
Louis C.K.: Live At The Comedy Store
Mel Brooks Live At The Geffen
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special

Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Inside Amy Schumer
Key & Peele
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special
The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards
Key & Peele Super Bowl Special
Louis C.K.: Live At The Comedy Store
Mel Brooks Live At The Geffen
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special

Outstanding Directing For A Variety Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Inside Amy Schumer
Late Show With David Letterman
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program
Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis
Billy On The Street
Childrens Hospital
Key & Peele Presents Van And Mike: The Ascension

Outstanding Interactive Program
@midnight With Chris Hardwick
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Saturday Night Live: SNL40
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Outstanding Animated Program
Archer
Bob’s Burgers
Over The Garden Wall
The Simpsons
South Park

Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program
Adventure Time
Disney Mickey Mouse
Regular Show
Robot Chicken
Steven Universe
Wander Over Yonder

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
Bob’s Burgers-John Roberts
Family Guy-Seth MacFarlane
Robot Chicken-Seth Green
The Simpsons-Dan Castellaneta
The Simpsons-Tress MacNeille
The Simpsons-Hank Azaria

Take a good long look at all of this note how this is a transitional period for comedy as the likes of Parks and Recreation, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and The Late Show with David Letterman have come to a close while Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Last Man on Earth signal the arrival of newcomers.

Get the full list of 2015 Primetime Emmy Nominees here.

“The Chris Gethard Show” and Louis C.K.’s “Live From The Comedy Store” Have Their Television Debut Tonight
May 28, 2015
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While having appeared online through various means already, Gethard and C.K. will have their latest work broadcast to millions that have the Internet, but would rather watch something on their cable package.

So, tonight catch The Chris Gethard Show on Fusion at 10PM, then Louis C.K.’s latest stand-up special Live From The Comedy Store on FX at 11PM.

Watch Louis C.K.’s Monologue And Trying To Keep Up With Talking Like Leslie Jones on SNL Finale
May 17, 2015
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You’ve might have caught some clickbait headlines about Louis C.K.’s monologue from the season finale of Saturday Night Live last night. 

While he did talk about “mild racism”, child molestation, and made an analogy between how he deals with his daughters fighting and the conflict between Israel and Palestine, it was still a great set of stand-up that framed and contextualized touchy subjects into a funny light. 

Also, one of the best sketches of the night came when C.K. had to do a Leslie Jones impression.

Kate McKinnon Isn’t Messing Around, Sort Of, With Louis C.K. in These SNL Promos
May 13, 2015
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One of the best Saturday Night Live hosts in recent memory, Louis C.K., is back to host the show’s season finale this Saturday.

That being said, SNL’s Kate McKinnon, makes sure C.K. knows his place, in a Kate McKinnon sort of way.

Watch the promo for this week’s show here.

FX Announces Dates For “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll”, a Louis C.K. Special, and Season 2 of “Married”
April 8, 2015
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(via Deadline)

Louis C.K.: Live From The Comedy Store premieres May 28th and “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll” and season 2 of “Married” premiere July 16th.

FX gets the first TV dibs on Louis C.K.’s latest special “Live at The Comedy Store” that will make its TV debut almost two months after the season 5 premiere of Louie.

Following that, Denis Leary’s new comedy and hair in Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll and the second season of Married will round out FX’s comedy schedule for a while. 

Between this, Netflix’s upcoming comedy, Veep and Silicon Valley returning, etc., the only time you might have freed up is those few months between Letterman leaving The Late Show and Colbert taking over.

Louis C.K. Nixing Jimmy Fallon’s Chances on “The Dana Carvey Show”, Performing Next to De Blasio With Poop In His Pants, and Coming Up in NYC Comedy
April 8, 2015
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Louie is back Thurs. night, which brings another added treat of C.K. doing great rounds at late night and a bunch of fascinating, unfiltered interviews.

On The Tonight Show, Louis C.K. went one unbelievable story right after the other of being the head writer on the short lived Dana Carvey Show and making sure Jimmy Fallon, who apparently is hearing the story for the first time live on TV, didn’t get on the show, then detailing how had to go on stage with poop in his pants at a black tie event, stand alongside Mayor Bill De Blasio.

C.K. also reminisced about the harder, struggle-ridden days of doing stand-up in New York City both on The Tonight Show and in an in-depth interview with The Hollywood Reporter and how appreciative of it he is now.

Also, we’re pretty sure you can see a picture from Louis’ story about standing next to De Blasio with poop in his pants in the THR interview.

Here’s The First Two Clips of Season 5 of “Louie”
April 2, 2015
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Remember, you only have to wait just a week before new episodes. 

One of the most acclaimed comedies in recent memory, Louis C,K.’s Louie, returns to FX next week on Thurs. Apr. 9th at 10:30PM.

Until then, you can visually chew on these two clips which echo the earlier seasons of Louie.

Louis C.K. Takes Someone To Bow at a Broadway Play, Sarah Silverman Confronts Auction Winners as Her Parents, and Plenty Of Night of Too Many Stars Prizes Still Up For Grabs
March 9, 2015
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Last night’s Night of Too Many Stars on Comedy Central was one wild, raucous, probably NSFW ride all in support of autism programs. 

Such things as Louis C.K. taking an auction winner to take a bow at a Broadway play they weren’t in and Sarah Silverman confronting other auction winners like she would confront her parents all really happened.

Though the special is over, you can still support the charity via donation here or through entering into contests to win tickets to the last taping of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, tickets to The Roast of Justin Beiber, having a Vine video directed by Judd Apatow, be drawn into The Simpsons, or have a White Castle slider named after you.

If you were honest with yourself, you’d probably just pay and enter these contests without supporting any charity, so get on donating/entering now.

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