Louie (FX): Ratings Recap

FX's 'Louie' premiered on June 29, 2010 with a 0.57 adults 18-49 rating and 1.1 million viewers. It remained relatively stable throughout its first season, averaging a 0.4 rating and 784,000 viewers over 13 episodes. A second season premiered in 2011 to a series-high 0.8 rating with 1.57 million viewers, but dropped over a million viewers by its season finale (573,000), averaging 937,000 viewers over the course of the season. The third season premiered in 2012 averaging a 0.4 rating and 797,000 viewers, and the fourth season premiered in 2014 averaging a 0.33 rating and 634,000 viewers with double episodes airing over the course of seven weeks. A short 8-episode fifth season aired in 2015 hitting a series-low 0.17 rating with 333,000 viewers in its fifth episode, and ultimately only averaging a 0.22 rating and 476,000 viewers. A sixth season is currently still in limbo.  

Louie Season 1 Ratings (2010)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Jun. 29, 2010	1.108	0.57
Jun. 29, 2010	0.820	0.40
Jul. 6, 2010	0.718	-
Jul. 13, 2010	0.622	-
Jul. 20, 2010	0.676	0.33
Jul. 27, 2010	0.820	0.49
Aug. 3, 2010	0.581	0.34
Aug. 10, 2010	0.777	0.39
Aug. 17, 2010	0.580	0.28
Aug. 24, 2010	0.577	0.29
Aug. 31, 2010	0.760	0.38
Sept. 7, 2010	1.316	0.66
Sept. 7, 2010	0.844	0.43
Average	0.785	0.41

Louie Season 2 Ratings (2011)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Jun. 23, 2011	1.569	0.8
Jun. 30, 2011	1.280	0.7
Jul. 7, 2011	0.948	0.5
Jul. 14, 2011	1.117	0.6
Jul. 21, 2011	0.869	0.4
Jul. 28, 2011	1.019	0.6
Aug. 4, 2011	0.928	0.4
Aug. 11, 2011	0.733	0.4
Aug. 11, 2011	0.637	0.37
Aug. 18, 2011	0.729	0.4
Aug. 25, 2011	0.805	0.4
Sept. 1, 2011	0.975	0.6
Sept. 8, 2011	0.573	0.3
Average	0.937	0.50

Louie Season 3 Ratings (2012)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Jun. 28, 2012	1.432	0.7
Jul. 5, 2012	1.076	0.6
Jul. 12, 2012	1.062	0.5
Jul. 19, 2012	0.961	0.5
Jul. 26, 2012	0.824	0.4
Aug. 2, 2012	0.689	0.3
Aug. 9, 2012	0.703	0.4
Aug. 16, 2012	0.844	0.4
Aug. 23, 2012	0.714	0.4
Aug. 30, 2012	0.604	0.3
Sept. 13, 2012	0.476	0.2
Sept. 20, 2012	0.537	0.3
Sept. 27, 2012	0.434	0.2
Average	0.797	0.40

Louie Season 4 Ratings (2014)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
May 5, 2014	0.941	0.50
May 5, 2014	0.910	0.51
May 12, 2014	0.809	0.42
May 12, 2014	0.679	0.34
May 19, 2014	0.601	0.28
May 19, 2014	0.568	0.30
May 26, 2014	0.506	0.24
May 26, 2014	0.435	0.22
Jun. 2, 2014	0.609	0.33
Jun. 2, 2014	0.436	0.22
Jun. 9, 2014	0.596	0.28
Jun. 16, 2014	0.596	0.36
Jun. 16, 2014	0.556	0.31
Average	0.634	0.33

Louie Season 5 Ratings (2015)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Apr. 9, 2015	0.630	0.28
Apr. 16, 2015	0.470	0.21
Apr. 23, 2015	0.407	0.20
Apr. 30, 2015	0.576	0.23
May 7, 2015	0.366	0.17
May 14, 2015	0.414	0.22
May 21, 2015	0.438	0.21
May 28, 2015	0.507	0.24
Average	0.476	0.22

Source: Nielsen Media Research