"Louie" Season 5 Gets Premiere Date at FX
by Rebecca Iannucci
January 18, 2015


Louis C.K. will be taking the stage at FX again this spring. The cabler’s comedy "Louie" will return Thursday, April 9 at 10:30 pm, it was announced Sunday at the Television Critics Association press tour.

John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks, confirmed that Season 5 will only span eight episodes, instead of the 13 and 14 of past seasons.



FX is giving Louis C.K. “as much flexibility as we can” with regards to producing more seasons of "Louie", given the multihyphenate’s busy schedule.

“He’s got a very dynamic professional and creative life now,” Landgraf explained. “He wants to keep making the show, but he’s trying to fit the intense process into all those other things.”

http://tvline.com/2015/01/18/louie-season-5-premiere-date-the-comedians-fx/

http://splitsider.com/2015/04/heres-your-first-look-at-season-5-of-fxs-louie

See two glimpses of the new season, including one where Louis CK is depressed.

http://time.com/3769557/review-louie-season-5/

Even the theme song is back after being MIA last season, notes James Poniewozik. "The simplest way of putting it is that the season looks like a return to basics, to the extent that there is a 'basic' setting for this free-form canvas about Louis CK's floundering, philosophical, single-dad alter ego," says Poniewozik. "The confidence and adventurousness of Louie's experiments are still present, but reined in and focused." PLUS: This season is darker and smarter than ever (http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2015/04/louie_season_5_review_this_season_is_darker_and_smarter_than_ever.html?wpsrc=fol_tw), Season 5 begins with what seems like an auto-critique of Season 4 (https://www.yahoo.com/tv/louie-review-115855935665.html), and it appears Season 4 is straightforward (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/07/arts/television/louis-cks-louie-returns-for-season-5.html), unlike last year.