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The Best and Worst TV Shows of 2011
Best: "Louie" (FX)
In subjects where absolutely no humor lies, "Louie" -- the blast miner of modern sitcoms -- continued to prove otherwise. Season 2 made even many politically correct viewers giggle about homelessness, mental illness and racism. When star-writer-director Louis C.K. ... more and his girls visited a long-lost great aunt, for example, she turned out to be a bitter bigot. This fearless exploration of new sitcom boundaries didn't always strike laughter. Yet whatever gushed from the C.K. blast, its emotional content felt astonishingly genuine. Doug Stanhope's appearance as a road comic bent on suicide was jarringly off-putting, for example, as was C.K.'s standoff with more-successful stand-up Dane Cook (whom he once accused in real life of stealing material). DVR pauses and collar adjustments were occasionally called for, but the "stop" button was never an option. (Corey Levitan)
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