Louie
Misery loves comedy.
Created by Louis C.K.
On FX
A darkly comic, formally inventive dramedy that uses stand-up and absurdist vignettes to excavate the loneliness and failure at the heart of middle-aged single parenthood.
Louis C.K. stars as a fictionalized version of himself; a comedian and newly divorced father raising his two daughters in New York City.
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Like Louie
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Same Mood as Louie
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Louie, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
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Like Louie, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
