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09-20-2006, 08:33 AM
<p><strong>LOS ANGELES, California</strong> (Hollywood Reporter) -- HBO has opted
not to renew its racy blue-collar family comedy "Lucky Louie" for a
second season. The show was created by and starred comedian Louis C.K.</p><p>The cancellation marks the end of HBO's experiment with the traditional multicamera sitcom format, at least for now.</p><p>HBO has thrived in the past with such single-camera comedies as "Sex and the City," "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Entourage."</p><p>Multicamera
shows are shot like a stage play with cameras trained on a handful of
standing sets; single-camera shows have less of a sitcom feel,
requiring different locations as well as different camera angles for
each scene.</p><p>HBO recently greenlighted two single-camera projects,
the partially improvised series "Flight of the Conchords" and the
female ensemble pilot "Whitney."</p>
not to renew its racy blue-collar family comedy "Lucky Louie" for a
second season. The show was created by and starred comedian Louis C.K.</p><p>The cancellation marks the end of HBO's experiment with the traditional multicamera sitcom format, at least for now.</p><p>HBO has thrived in the past with such single-camera comedies as "Sex and the City," "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Entourage."</p><p>Multicamera
shows are shot like a stage play with cameras trained on a handful of
standing sets; single-camera shows have less of a sitcom feel,
requiring different locations as well as different camera angles for
each scene.</p><p>HBO recently greenlighted two single-camera projects,
the partially improvised series "Flight of the Conchords" and the
female ensemble pilot "Whitney."</p>