FX Networks has set summer premiere dates for three critically-acclaimed series, comedy Baskets, and dramas Legion and John Singleton’s Snowfall. The fourth of season of Baskets starring Zach Galifianakis premieres Thursday, June 13 at 10 PM on FX. Legion, from Noah Hawley will kick off its third and final season…

One of John Singleton’s last projects was the FX drama series Snowfall, which he co-created, directed and executive produced. The series about the 1980s crack epidemic in Los Angeles is in production on its third season. The drama had remained in production while Singleton was hospitalized following his April 17 stroke…

John Singleton, who died Monday at age 51, left a legacy that included one of the 1990s’ most influential movies in Boyz N the Hood, his debut feature that earned him a pair of Oscar nominations. The movie, which he made at age 24, not only broke ground in the culture of films but also for African Americans…

FX has ordered a third season of Snowfall, its drama series about the start of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles. The network is planning a 2019 debut for the new season, and the news comes just ahead of the Season 2 finale which airs Thursday. "It has been great to see Snowfall's audience and critical acclaim…

Alanna Ubach (Coco, Meet the Fockers) is set for a recurring role on the second season of FX’s Snowfall, from creators John Singleton & Eric Amadio and Dave Andron. In the upcoming season, Snowfall continues its story about the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we…

The summer forecast calls for Season 2 of Snowfall. FX has set 10 PM Thursday, July 19, for the return of its drama series that focuses on the 1980s crack outbreak, from creators John Singleton & Eric Amadio and Dave Andron. Watch a new promo above. The sophomore-season plot: Snowfall continues its story about the…

BBC Two is striving to be "ever more timely, challenging and mischievous," said Controller Patrick Holland this morning here at the Edinburgh International Television Festival. With that, he set out upcoming projects, including the acquisition of John Singleton's LA-set period drama Snowfall, and confirmed the return…

FX's Snowfall has been picked up for a second season. The show, which depicts the beginnings of the 1980s crack epidemic in Los Angeles, centers around Franklin (Damson Idris) and his friends as they search for ways to support their families and land on crack as a solution to their financial woes.  Season 1 spent some…

Five episodes into its freshman run, drama Snowfall has received an early Season 2 renewal by FX. The announcement comes ahead of the network’s TCA presentation today and the show’s sixth episode airing tonight. The second season of the series, about the start of the crack epidemic in Los Angeles, is slated for 2018. S…

The July 5 10 PM premiere of FX’s new drama series Snowfall drew 2.24 million total viewers in Live+3, 1.3 million of them in the adults 18-49 demographic. In total viewers, that was up +137% from the debut’s Live+same day delivery of 1.36 million viewers, believed to be the highest lift ever for an FX premiere. But Sn…

No one could ever accuse FX's July 5-debuting Snowfall of lacking ambition, but the John Singleton executive produced series about the rise of the crack epidemic seriously stumbles in its execution. Where there should be a hit of sheer adrenaline, the unfocused Los Angeles 1983-set first season simply plods along, as…

“We're still kind of feeling the ramifications… it set those communities back for generations,” said Snowfall executive producer/showrunner Dave Andron today during a panel discussion at the American Black Film Festival about the upcoming FX drama series, which follows the onset of the cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles…