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Will his unique voice and comedic vision translate to sucess?_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 7, 2015 8:19 PM UTC  Pamela Adlon and Louis C.K. backstage during the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Nokia Theater on August 25, 2014. Pamela Adlon and Louis C.K. backstage during the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Nokia Theater on August 25, 2014. Christopher Polk/NBC—NBC via Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 7, 2015 8:19 PM UTC FX officially [picked up](http://deadline.com/2015/08/better-things-louis-ck-pamela-adlon-fx-comedy-series-1201495143/) Louis C.K.’s latest TV project, _Better Things_, for a full series. News about [the pilot ](http://deadline.com/2015/01/better-things-pilot-female-lead-fx-1201353127/)began to circulate back in January, but now that we’ve got a whole season on the way, here’s what you should know. C.K. co-created the series with Pamela Adlon, who also stars (as Pamela) on _Louie._ As _Deadline_ [points out](http://deadline.com/2015/08/better-things-louis-ck-pamela-adlon-fx-comedy-series-1201495143/), _Better Things_ will be the very first series on FX (a largely male-dominated network) with a solo female lead. The story is semi-autobiographical for Adlon, just as _Louie_ is semi-autobiographical for C.K. She plays a single mother of three who’s trying to balance her family life with her work as an actor. This is the series’ logline, [according to](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/louis-ck-pamela-adlons-fx-813831?utm%5Fsource=twitter) _The Hollywood Reporter_: --- > “” --- A bit more about Adlon: she’s nominated for an Emmy for guest actress in a comedy series for her role on _Louie_ as Pamela, Louie’s sometimes-friend, sometimes-love interest. She’s also known for her voice work. She won an Emmy in 2002 for her role as Bobby on _King of the Hill._ She also memorably voiced Spinelli on _Recess_, but was robbed of an Emmy for that. ## Transcript >> Everything that's available to do isn't a good idea. There's a culture right now that as soon as I " Hey you get to do that. I'm gonna do it ." >> This week, Louis C. K ., the comedian who created and stars in the Emmy Award winning comedy Louis for FX signed a development deal to develop and produce TV pilots and series for FX. This deal means that you can find and cultivate other very first- person voices. This is a model for how maybe you can't make all television in the future, but a way that you can make a lot of television if you find the right people with the right voice like Louis C. K. has. TV is generally a very collaborative medium that's made by a lot of hands. There is generally not a writer, but several writers and many producers and many directors. >> Jesus. That is-- you don't need a doctor. You need a time machine. Louis C. K.-- when they hired him to do a show, he would make a show for them basically out of petty cash. He would do it for a small enough amount of money, that it didn't have to go through the usual sequence of procedures that network shows generally do, and in exchange for making the show on the cheap, he would have, you know, nearly absolute freedom. It's simply his vision and his voice, and a lot of times in creative work, its specificity and voice that-- that makes it work great; that makes it distinctive. >> How can-- That is really bad. That is disgusting. >> I don't really think that you guys are understanding the severity of the situation. I have been dating someone who treats my heart like it's monkey meat. >> There is a really good analogy between Louis and Lena Dunham's girls, which Lena Dunham has said is, in some ways, inspired by the way that Louis C. K. kind of took that indie film approach to television. One reason that there haven't been more Louis C. K. 's in TV history is that there haven't been enough TV big shots willing to hire them and give them a platform. Now, Louis C. 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