--- description: 2015 will bring the fifth and second seasons, respectively, of the acclaimed series title: Louie and Fargo Picked Up For More Seasons By FX image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt202c836f8a6acdd5/69869c86810bbb54afc92adf/louie_pamela_pt3_0382.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Good News for Fans of Good TV: FX Picks Up New Seasons of _Louie_ and _Fargo_ by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 21, 2014 5:42 PM CUT  Louis C.K. as Louie. Louis C.K. as Louie.FX Networks. by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 21, 2014 5:42 PM CUT It’s not a _huge_ surprise, but FX announced today that _Louie_ and _Fargo_ will both be returning to your televisions sometime in 2015\. _Louie_, which wrapped its fourth season in mid-June, will have just seven episodes (down from 13 or 14 in each of the first four seasons), but any _Louie_ is better than no _Louie_ at all. Initially, _Fargo_ was intended to simply be a one-off, but the critical acclaim garnered by the show’s initial ten-episode run likely inspired FX to change that plan. The new season will feature a new story, a new setting and all new actors — most crucially, however, showrunner Noah Hawley will return to steer the ship. It’s a little sad imagining a _Fargo_ without Molly Solverson (Allison Tolman) or Gus Grimly (Colin Hanks), but there’s no reason to believe that Hawley won’t have as much success crafting _Fargo_‘s second season as he did its first. **Related video**: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3013249/fx-louie-season-5-fargo-season-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3013249/fx-louie-season-5-fargo-season-2/"},"headline":"Good News for Fans of Good TV: FX Picks Up New Seasons of Louie and Fargo","datePublished":"2014-07-21T17:42:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:15:46.888Z","description":"2015 will bring the fifth and second seasons, respectively, of the two acclaimed shows","url":"https://time.com/3013249/fx-louie-season-5-fargo-season-2/","keywords":["Television","Louie","Fargo","FX","Louis CK"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt202c836f8a6acdd5/69869c86810bbb54afc92adf/louie_pamela_pt3_0382.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt202c836f8a6acdd5/69869c86810bbb54afc92adf/louie_pamela_pt3_0382.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Louie_Pamela_pt3_0382","caption":"LOUIE: Episode 14: \"Pamela Part 3\" (Airs Monday, June 16, 10:30 pm e/p). Pictured: Louis C.K. as Louie. CR: KC Bailey/FX","creditText":"FX Networks.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3013249/fx-louie-season-5-fargo-season-2/","name":"Good News for Fans of Good TV: FX Picks Up New Seasons of Louie and Fargo"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Louis CK: A New Deal Creates a New Dealmaker","description":"The comedian Louis CK inked a new overall production deal with the TV network FX to create and produce new shows. Will his unique voice and comedic vision translate to sucess?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/wn1yE61o/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-12-06T14:52:06.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wn1yE61o.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3013249/fx-louie-season-5-fargo-season-2/","duration":"PT2M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3013249/fx-louie-season-5-fargo-season-2/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```