TV News: Breakout Comedy Baskets Returns to FX January 19, 2017

By YEC-Admin
November 1, 2016
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Clown Sighting!

FX Sets Premiere Date for Baskets Season Two

Breakout Comedy Returns to FX on Thursday, January 19 at 10 PM ET/PT

LOS ANGELES, November 1, 2016 – The acclaimed FX comedy Baskets starring Zach Galifianakis will return for its second season on Thursday, January 19 at 10 PM ET/PT, it was announced today by Chuck Saftler, President of Program Strategy and COO, FX Networks. Baskets, co-created by Galifianakis, Louis C.K. and Jonathan Krisel, launched last year as the most-watched basic cable primetime comedy series premiere since 2014.

Zach Galifianakis as Chip Baskets

In season two, the Baskets family is at its most fragile. Losing his wife and his rodeo job, Chip (Zach Galifianakis) jumps on a train to get the hell out of Bakersfield, but a gang of gutter punks, the police, and a sudden death drag him right back into the drama he tried to escape. Dale’s (Zach Galifianakis) marriage crumbles as his unrequited love affair with Martha (Martha Kelly) deepens, and Christine (Louie Anderson), who dedicated her life to her sons with little affection in return, takes her own happiness into consideration for once —and finds romance on the way.

Baskets was co-created by Executive Producers Jonathan Krisel (Emmy^® Award-nominated writer and director, Portlandia, Saturday Night Live,Man Seeking Woman), Louis C.K. (Emmy Award-winner, Louie), and Zach Galifianakis (Emmy Award-winner, Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis; Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance); The Hangover and its sequels). M. Blair Breard, Dave Becky, Marc Gurvitz, Andrea Pett-Joseph, and Anna Dokoza are also Executive Producers. The series is produced by FX Productions.

The cast of Baskets features Zach Galifianakis as twins “Chip” and “Dale Baskets,” Louie Anderson as “Christine Baskets” (Primetime Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Baskets, and two-time Daytime Emmy winner for Outstanding Performer in an animated Program, Life with Louie and The Louie Show), and Martha Kelly as “Martha.”

Clownish: Because we’re all just dreamers. Baskets returns for an all new season 1/19 on FX.

Garage: What is the Baskets family hiding? Let them entertain you when the new season premieres 1/19 on FX.

Useless: No practical skills. Pretty much worthless. Baskets makes it work when the new season premieres 1/19 on FX.

Eating: Grab your cheese balls. Baskets is back for an all new season 1/19 on FX.

Dead Inside: What kind of a clown is Chip? Baskets returns for an all new season 1/19 on FX.

Could Be: Could Christine ever be a clown? Baskets returns for an all new season 1/19 on FX.

Chip Fall: Let the Chip fall where it may. Baskets returns for an all new season 1/19 on FX.

Kung Pao: Life can be a real kick in the teeth. Baskets is back for an all new season Jan. 19th on FXX.

Dog: Will this dog have his day? Baskets keeps the dream alive 1/19 on FXX.

Corndog: Feelin’ hungry? Baskets is back for an all new season 1/19 on FX.

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Bisexual: Chip Baskets. Setting the record straight. The all new season premieres 1/19 on FX.

Paper: Observations. By Mama Baskets. Get more pearls of wisdom when the new season premieres January 19th on FX.

Mother: We’re all just trying to do our best. Go back to Bakersfield for the all new season January 19th on FX.

Can Opener: Nothing will derail his dream. Baskets returns for an all new season January 19th on FX.

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Gig: He’ll never turn down a job opportunity. Baskets is back for an all new season January 19th on FX.

Gahooga: A true artist never censors himself. Baskets is back January 19th on FX.

Gahooga: Chip has been working on his craft. Clearly. Baskets is back to entertain you January 19th on FX.

Gahooga: Christine Baskets. One talented mama. See her in all her glory when the new season begins January 19th on FX.