Louie CK performs at the Hollywood Improv on January 23, 2007 in Hollywood, California.
Adapting stand-up to TV can be iffy — as Louis C.K.'s short-lived Lucky Louie for HBO proved. But his FX sitcom clicks, reimagining his act as vignettes about life as a comic and put-upon single dad in Manhattan. Loose, talky and raunchily funny, this Louie has more than luck on its side.