- 5/2/13 /
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The Great Roseanne Rush: Remembering the Great Stand-up Sitcom Boom (and Bust) of the Nineties
Tales of network executives pushing each other over to raid the comedy clubs. Is that irrational exuberance coming back?
Louie
- 4/4/13 /
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Last Night on Late Night: Louis C.K. Meant to Diss ‘Jimmy’ Letterman in Louie
Plus: Why 'The Walking Dead’'s Glenn remains perennially clean-shaven, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.
- 3/27/13 /
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Girls, Louie, Southland Win Peabody Awards
And Switched at Birth.
- 3/7/13 /
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13 Louis C.K. Bits That Would Make Great Episodes of Louie
From his 1996 HBO Half Hour to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
- 3/7/13 /
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The Best Sitcom of the Past 30 Years, Round One: Seinfeld vs. Louie
Two generations of New York stand-ups: one who feels, and one who doesn't.
- 2/26/13 /
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What’s the Best Sitcom of the Past 30 Years?
We kick off our Sitcom Smackdown, a bracket that pits Cheers, The Simpsons, 30 Rock, Arrested Development, and twelve more comedy greats against each other to find the ultimate champion.
- 2/18/13 /
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Argo and Zero Dark Thirty Win WGA Awards
The Oscars are super soon!
- 12/31/12 /
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Seitz: On Louie, ‘New Year’s Eve,’ and Respecting the Mystery
Our TV critic has thought about this episode every day since he first watched it in September.
- 12/14/12 /
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Watch a Louie–‘Charlie Brown’ Mash-Up
He's certainly rough on Lucy.
- 12/11/12 /
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Matt Zoller Seitz’s Favorite Comedy Episodes of 2012
See which installments of Louie, 30 Rock, Archer, and more made the list.
- 12/10/12 /
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In Memoriam: TV Shows and Characters We Lost in 2012
Grab the tissues!
- 12/6/12 /
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Carl, Dana, and 2012’s Other Memorable TV Kids
They're all troublemakers.
- 12/3/12 /
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Matt Zoller Seitz's Top 10 TV Shows for 2012
The best in ambitious drama (Mad Men, Homeland) and fantastical comedy (Louie, Community).
- 11/15/12 /
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The Mindy Project and the Contemporary Peril of Reusing Jokes
Are the rom-com references getting to be too much?
- 10/9/12 /
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Louie Won’t Be Back Until 2014
Louis C.K. needs a break.
- 10/2/12 /
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Fake Louie Episodes Is a Twitter Account About Exactly What You’re Thinking
"Martin Short invites Louie to play tennis. Louie says no." We smell Emmy!
- 9/30/12 /
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Your Sunday Long Reads: J.K. Rowling, Louie, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Another excuse to stay indoors.
- 9/28/12 /
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Louie Recap: Auld Lang Syne
Death, daughters, and China in the season finale.
- 9/21/12 /
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Louie Recap: The Crying Cleaning Lady Show
Louie as a late-night host. It's not as bad an idea as you may think.
- 9/19/12 /
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Vulture Diagnoses TV’s Most Notable Anti-heroes
We had a UCLA-affiliated psychiatrist diagnose, and prescribe treatments for, TV’s most compellingly mental characters.
- 9/14/12 /
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Louie Recap: Now David Lynch Has Been on Louie
So that happened.
- 9/13/12 /
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Melissa Leo on Francine, Vain Actresses, and Her Guest Role on Louie
"I have worked for 30 years and won an Academy Award. I have never had a response like that to anything."
- 9/9/12 /
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Seitz: How the Best Shows Are Turning Viewers Into Shrinks
2011 was the season of TV on the couch.
- 8/31/12 /
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Louie Recap: The Proposal
The first entry of a three-part arc begins with something we usually see in other, more predictable shows: the setup episode.
- 8/24/12 /
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Louie Recap: I’ll Have What She’s Having
Louie can't shake the memory of Parker Posey.