‘Baskets’ Will Come to a Close at FX with Season 4
It looks like we will have gotten 4 seasons with the Baskets family and their journey down the clowning business rabbit hole. Galifiankis, Louie Anderson, and Martha Kelly have had some truly magical chemistry from the start and props to Jonathan Krisel being at the helm.
At least, there will be one more chance for Baskets to win some very well deserved Emmys.
Perhaps it’s because of the human element that underlies Baskets or just how great of a serious goofball Zach Galifianakis is what makes Baskets the one clown that is actually endearing across the board.
See for yourself in the season 3 trailer here.
New Baskets will be coming soon, but, in the meantime, you can just watch this on repeat.
FX Renews Baskets for a Third Season
If you’re FX right now, you’ve got to be feeling pretty great about staying the course.
That means The Americans, Atlanta, and Baskets are all on your channel and you’re riding high as can be with the critical praise and awards wins from the last few years.
So, renewing Baskets seems like a no-brainer.
Just a friendly reminder that you should catch the season 2 premiere of Baskets on FX tonight at 10PM before diving into watching coverage of the inauguration tomorrow and throughout the weekend.
Just over a month from now, there will be the return of Louie Anderson as a mom, Zach Galifianakis as one of the saddest clowns ever, and Martha Kelly being Martha Kelly.
There have been plenty of short promos over the past several months, but here’s a full trailer that will satisfy, at least for a little while, your fix for more Baskets.
Season 2 is set to premiere on FX on Thursday, January 19th.
SNL, James Corden, TJ Miller, and Meryl Streep All Win Big at This Year’s Critics Choice Awards
FILM
BEST COMEDY
Central Intelligence
Deadpool *WINNER*
Don’t Think Twice
The Edge of Seventeen
Hail, Caesar!
The Nice Guys
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Ryan Gosling – The Nice Guys
Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
Dwayne Johnson – Central Intelligence
Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool *WINNER*
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Kate Beckinsale – Love & Friendship
Sally Field – Hello, My Name Is Doris
Kate McKinnon – Ghostbusters
Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins *WINNER*
TV
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Atlanta
Black-ish
Fleabag
Modern Family
Silicon Valley *WINNER*
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live *WINNER*
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag
Constance Wu, Fresh Off the Boat
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
Donald Glover, Atlanta *WINNER*
Bill Hader, Documentary Now!
Patrick Stewart, Blunt Talk
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Allison Janney, Mom
Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt *WINNER*
Judith Light, Transparent
Allison Williams, Girls
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Louie Anderson, Baskets *WINNER*
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Tony Hale, Veep
T.J. Miller, Silicon Valley
BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live *WINNER*
Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Larry David, Saturday Night Live
Lisa Kudrow, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Liam Neeson, Inside Amy Schumer
BEST ANIMATED SERIES
Archer
Bob’s Burgers
BoJack Horseman *WINNER*
Son of Zorn
South Park
The Simpsons
BEST TALK SHOW
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
The Late Late Show with James Corden *WINNER*
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Host TJ Miller both co-starred Deadpool and is part of the ensemble cast of Silicon Valley, which both took home Critics Choice Awards last night. This might make TJ the biggest winner of the evening.
The Late Late Show with James Corden also continues its ascent in late night by winning over all the satirical news shows and Fallon, which is pretty astounding considering that Fallon is still a ratings leader and Sam Bee, John Oliver, and Trevor Noah got special focus because of the election.
The election also put special focus on SNL with highlighting both Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin in their respective impressions of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and resulted in their Critics Choice wins.
Meryl Streep continues her dominance with awards in general as she indeed play a historically bad singer perfectly in Florence Foster Jenkins.
Don’t forget that FX has a nice showing here as well with wins for Louie Anderson on Baskets and Donald Glover on Atlanta. It’s further proof that FX’s programming line-up can stand with the premium cable and streaming networks.
Also, we’re glad to see BoJack Horseman taking home Best Animated Series as the show continues to evolve and get more emotionally and satisfyingly complex.
See the full list of this year’s Critics Choice Awards winners here.
Unfortunately, January, when season 2 of Baskets premieres on FX, can’t come any faster.
You might wish that it could after watching a promo like this that nail exactly what slapstick drama, the oft-used description of Baskets, really is.
Outstanding Comedy Series-Veep
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series-Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series-Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Outstanding Lead Directing for a Comedy Series-Jill Soloway, Transparent
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series-Louie Anderson, Baskets
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series-Kate McKinnon, SNL
Outstanding Variety Talk Series in a Comedy Series-Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Outstanding Variety Special-The Late Late Show Carpool Karoake Prime Time Special
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series-Peter Scolari, Girls
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Serires-Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, SNL
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series-Key & Peele
Outstanding Writing for Variety Special-Patton Oswalt, Talking for Clapping
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series-Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, Master of None
Here are the rest of the comedy winners for the Creative Arts Emmys and the Interactive Media Emmys as well as the complete list of Emmys winners.
For the most part, heavy perennial favorites won here, and deservingly so, like Veep, Transparent, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Key & Peele got a proper send-off for the final season with this Emmy win and what might be talked about as one of Louie Anderson’s best performances of his career in Baskets as the mother nabbed him a statue as well. Also, Master of None’s writing definitely earned its Emmy win here.
Take note of the power of premium cable and streaming services, particularly HBO and Amazon, in this round of winners.
The oft-described slapstick drama Baskets is set for its return in January 2017.
From the looks of this promo, Zach Galifianakis makes it look like it lives up to that label quite well.
The world of Baskets is full of people that are unsure of a failed student of a clown trying to be a rodeo clown.
Unfortunately, for Chip Baskets (Zach Galifianakis), one of those people is in a testimonial that’s made to advertise Baskets’ clowning talents.
(via Deadline)
“Disgruntled rodeo clown’ seems to fit Zach Galifianakis quite well.
Good ratings and very favorable critical reception has lead to a second season order for Baskets over at FX.
You’ll have to wait until next year before said second season comes around, but the first season isn’t even over. You’ve got over a month to start clamoring for more.
In the 21st century, clowns come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, including some that look more like followers of Insane Clown Posse or juggalos.
Both are on at 10PM tonight.
If you’re still watching TV live, then you’ll need to fire up your DVR to record the series premiere of Baskets on FX or the season six premiere of Portlandia on IFC.
We know trying to pick between Zach Galifianakis as an overly serious clown and Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein up to their hijinks can be a hard choice, which is why you might watch this on some streaming service later. In case you don’t, block out 10PM tonight.
It wouldn’t be a proper Zach Galifianakis late night appearance without doing some sort of bit, right? Right.
So, Zach chose to go with a pretty trailblazing choice of eyebrows while talking about his new FX series Baskets. The results makes us think that maintaining eyebrow composure is key to not breaking character.
The story of the man, played by Zach Galifianakis, who wants to become a highly regarded clown, but goes through tragic lengths in an attempt to do so, is premiering near the end of this month; Thurs. Jan. 21st on FX in fact.
Here are two more great promos to tide you over until then.
Just in case you weren’t already excited for Louis CK and Zach Galifianakis’ Baskets, here are two more brand new promos.
Keep in mind you only have to wait until Thurs. Jan. 21st to catch the premiere on FX.
The premiere of the new Zach Galifianakis-Louis C.K. series, Baskets, that follows Zach trying to be a clown with artistic integrity, is only a month away.
On Thurs. Jan. 21st, Baskets will premiere on FX and you’ll get to see more of the world versus a serious clown as shown in this new promo.
Well before any image of Baskets came out, the Louis C.K. and Zach Galifianakis series that follows a man trying to become a highly respected clown was already set as one of the most highly anticipated comedy series to come out next year.
Now that we’re seeing some promos roll out, it’s even more enticing than whatever we were imagining and, though we already really wanted to see it, we somewhat inexplicably really want to see it.
Just watch these latest promos and you’ll be right there with us, itching for the premiere.
Keep in mind that you’ll be itching until Jan. 21st, Baskets’ premiere date.
(via Variety)
January 2016 will be a busy month for FX’s comedy schedule.
On Wed. Jan. 6th, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia will premiere its 11th season at 10PM and Man Seeking Woman will kick off its sophomore season right after at 10:30PM all on FX.
On the flagship channel, FX, the highly anticipated Baskets starring Zach Galifianakis as someone who dreams of being a clown, will have its series premiere later in the month on Thurs. Jan. 21st at 10PM.
Mark your calendar now or just wait for the inevitable roll out of teaser, trailers, and another reminder from us probably.
At around 16 seconds each, these 5 promos for FX’s latest comedy, Baskets, following a man determined to be a clown from Zach Galifianakis, Louis C.K., and Jonathan Krisel add up to well over a minute, which is about the length of a teaser for a TV show or movie.
So, if you watch this…
…this…
…this…
…this…
…and this in a row, you got as much bang for your buck as you would had they all been intercut together.
Also, you should watch them regardless of them being short promos because they’re pretty damn funny.
Look for Baskets to premiere in January on FX.
Jan. 2016 will see the premiere of Zach Galifianakis and Louis C.K.’s highly anticipated Baskets, a FX series that follows someone desperately trying to become a world class clown, but is really struggling to get there.
Here’s a brief glimpse of Baskets and what it’s like for aspiring clowns that perhaps might be not attaining their goals of supreme clowning.
(via Variety)
With another Emmy win for Louie, FX is smartly furthering their business with Louis C.K. as they have just picked up Baskets, executively produced by C.K., Zach Galifianakis, and Portlandia director Jonathan Krisel, to series.
Galifianakis will star as a man who leaves the corporate world to pursue a life of becoming a professional clown. So, maybe it’s hovering somewhere around Being John Malkovich minus all the body snatching with a focus on clowning instead of puppetry?
Either way, we have a really great feeling about this.