Monsters and Critics takes a look at the current newsmaking roles and careers of the over-40 actor – these already established stars we’ve come to count on for scene-stealing award-winning performances and iconic characters. Peak TV is an industry coined descriptor to describe the huge amount of great television programming that at times feels overwhelming.
FX has dropped the official trailer for Season 4 of Baskets. The opener shows Chip (Zach Galifianakis) struggling to marry his career dream of being a clown with the reality that in today’s world, clowns are demonized a bit. “The kids are not laughing at clowns anymore, they’re scared of them,” he says in the
For Louie Anderson’s Christine Baskets, love is lovelier the second time around. Thanks to the chemistry and work turned in by actor Alex Morris, who came on the scene in Season 2 as Ken. Christine crossed paths in Denver with Carpet King Ken, and despite the long distance between him and Costco’s biggest fan in
Creatively elastic Jonathan Krisel is on a mission to make you laugh. Not just with one series, but currently with three critically acclaimed comedies which are each uniquely brilliant and come at you from wildly different perspectives. Krisel oversees FXX’s Man Seeking Woman, IFC’s Portlandia and FX’s Baskets, a show that was the first project
The curveball you never saw coming on FX’s breakout hit noir comedy Baskets is the guileless and loyal friend Martha, described by her maternal pal Christine Baskets (Louie Anderson) as “the total package”. This compliment was bestowed upon Martha for her steady gig at Christine’s favorite store Costco, and also because Martha has little if
One of the most memorable mothers of late on the smallscreen is played by a man — Louie Anderson. Another Louis, Mr. C.K., urged fellow Baskets producers Zach Galifianakis and Jonathan Krisel to contact Anderson for the role of Christine Baskets based on Louie’s lifetime of stand-up and published memoirs. Louie’s character Christine of FX’s
This week’s Baskets episode, titled Yard Sale, made us laugh and cry within 30 minutes. Esther Roosevelt is officially dead and buried and her children Christine and Jim have wrapped up her Earthly affairs. But with all deaths in families, there are complications when it comes time to figure out who gets what. This week, the
Baskets has just been renewed for Season 3 by FX, and it’s not hard to see why — with the show offering up another no-miss episode tonight. The hit series will air for its third run in 2018, with the network saying the decision was taken to renew it after the series “solidified” its standing as one
On Baskets this week, a desperate Chip is feeling bad about hurting his mom Christine, and now he is also desperate for cash and needs a job pronto. In our clip below, Chip turns to steadfast friend Martha and asks her to be his manager after his mother Christine has turned her back on him
On tonight’s Baskets, Chip and Dale have an epic War of the Roses fight while mother Christine is away at Costco. In the preview clip below, we see them fighting in the kitchen as Dale tries to damage Chip’s manhood with falsehoods. This scene happens after the show opens with Dale’s self-imposed wallowing over losing