Lucky Louie

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 11, 2006
Metascore
47

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 19
  3. Negative: 7 out of 19
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Critic Reviews

  1. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    75
    "Lucky Louie" is a true original -- a pleasantly twisted variation on "The Honeymooners" or "Roseanne" for the 21st Century.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    70
    There's no shortage of laughs.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Allison Benedikt
    70
    Subversively hilarious.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Virginia Heffernan
    70
    The comedy is nifty, light and kind, even as it tries to be real, slitting open the stand-up themes of marital sex, masturbation and dope smoking until it's dirty enough to convince you that you're not being condescended to, but smart enough not to be grim. That's a huge feat.
  6. Salon
    Reviewed by: Heather Havrilesky
    70
    If your family game nights tended to end with someone upturning the Monopoly board, then running to their room in tears, and your family trips hit their low point at a national monument in the middle of nowhere when someone abruptly got out of the car and refused to get back in, you're likely to find "Lucky Louie" fairly entertaining.
  7. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    63
    Deep it's not, but funny it often is.

Awards & Rankings

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#79 Best TV Season of 2006
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#15 Most Discussed TV Season of 2006
21
#21 Most Shared TV Season of 2006

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User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 156 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 119 out of 156
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 156
  3. Negative: 27 out of 156
  1. edb
    Oct 8, 2006
    10
    I'm 76 years old (wife 66). We can't remember laughing as hard since the 3 stooges and Abbot and Costello. Was hoping to find out I'm 76 years old (wife 66). We can't remember laughing as hard since the 3 stooges and Abbot and Costello. Was hoping to find out that it is going to be renewed only to be disappointed. Next they'll get rid of Maher and Entourage and we can get rid of the HBO extra subscription cost.… Full Review »
  2. MichelleS
    Sep 27, 2006
    10
    It's Not even a show for "grownups" This humor is appealing to many teenagers and young adults. It's a show that I (at 20 years It's Not even a show for "grownups" This humor is appealing to many teenagers and young adults. It's a show that I (at 20 years old) Watch with my boyfriend and find amazing! (Please bring it back HBO!!!)… Full Review »
  3. DanR
    Jun 26, 2006
    10
    The show just has that raw dark humor laughing at a guy who life seems to be getting worse everyday. If you follow the series you will see The show just has that raw dark humor laughing at a guy who life seems to be getting worse everyday. If you follow the series you will see that it show the qorkyness that is human flaws in life.. sort of like a Curb Y en. Its just doesn't seem to hold anything back. I laugh because it doesn't feel real, and it feels like you are watching a play or something.… Full Review »
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