Scripted series · HBO
Lucky Louie
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Lucky Louie actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Lucky Louie reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
A blue-collar family man grapples with life's challenges while trying to maintain his marriage, raise his young daughter, and deal with the eccentricities of his friends and neighbors.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E13
Clowntime Is Over
- Directed by Andrew D. Weyman
- Written by Louis C.K.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Dave BeckyExecutive Producer
- Mike RoyceExecutive Producer
- Louis C.K.Executive Producer
- Leo ClarkeProducer
- Vic KaplanExecutive Producer
- Andrew D. WeymanProducer
Writing
- Aaron ShureWriter
- Louis C.K.Writer
- Dino StamatopoulosWriter
- Dan MintzWriter
Direction
- Gary HalvorsonDirector
- Andrew D. WeymanDirector
Cinematography
- Bruce L. FinnDirector of Photography
Music
- Mark RiversOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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