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Spoiler alert: This article contains details of tonight's series finale of FX comedy Baskets.  After four seasons on FX, the Baskets family is moving on. Tonight, FX aired the final episode of the oddball comedy created by Jonathan Krisel, Zach Galifianakis and Louis C.K.—before the latter comedian's fall from grace…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s movie adaptation of Funny or Die’s Between Two Ferns talk show has added Ryan Gaul (The Last O.G., Bajillion Dollar Properties), Lauren Lapkus (Crashing, Orange is the New Black) and UCB’s Jiavani Linayao. The trio will join Zach Galifianakis’ crew in the feature that will be directed by Comedy Ban…

Netflix and Zach Galifianakis have confirmed that the long-rumored movie version of Funny or Die series Between Two Ferns will bow globally on Sept. 20. The announcement was made at this evening’s FYSEE Event for My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman in Los Angeles,  The premise: Galifianakis…

UPDATE: With Universal moving its family feature The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle off of April 12 to MLK weekend 2020, Annapurna is moving its Laika toon Missing Link up by a week to that date. Pic will be up against such wide releases as Aviron’s Hero Fiennes Tiffin-Selma Blair sci-fi pic After and the Fox drama Breakthr…

Jerry Seinfeld is back in the driver’s seat for a new laps of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, which will premiere July 6 on Netflix. The 12-episode second half of Season 10 will feature guests Kate McKinnon, Ellen DeGeneres, Hasan Minhaj, Dana Carvey, Neil Brennan, Tracy Morgan, Brian Regan, Alec Baldwin, Zach…

LAIKA, which put its last four animated films through Focus — Kubo and the Two Strings, The Boxtrolls, ParaNorman, and Coraline — has moved its latest with Annapurna Pictures for U.S. release. Called Film Five, the pic features the voices of Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana and Zach Galifianakis. Pic’s in production with…

Yes, Virginia, that was Zach Galifianakis appearing alongside his Baskets co-stars Louie Anderson, Martha Kelly and showrunner Jonathan Krisel at Deadline's Contenders Emmys event Sunday afternoon. Just don't tell his family. "Can't we pretend you didn't see me? I have family in town, and I am trying to hide from…

While HBO’s comedy series Bored to Death was cancelled after three seasons back in 2011, and a possible movie has been in development since 2013, not much progress has been reported so far. However, speaking on a panel at the Vulture Festival in Los Angeles on Sunday, the show’s creator Jonathan Ames said, “I did…

Clowns are sort of the It thing at the moment, and FX is prepping for the return of its face-painted comedy. The cable net said today that Season 3 of Baskets starring Zach Galifianakis and Louie Anderson will premiere at 10 PM January 23. We also get a quickie S3 promo (above) and new poster (below). The logline for…

Between consistently-acclaimed, long-running drama series Fargo and The Americans and the juggernaut of last year’s TV season—The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story—FX had no shortage of awards prospects last year, though there was one out-of-the-box performance that broke through at the Emmys in…

The Baskets family will be back. FX has ordered a third season of Zach Galifianakis’ hit dark comedy series Baskets for premiere in 2018. Co-created by Galifianakis with Jonathan Krisel and Louis C.K., who also serve as executive producers, Baskets is currently airing Season 2, which sees the Baskets family at its…

There are no immediate plans for Baskets co-creator Louis C.K. to guest star on the FX show he hatched with Zach Galifianakis and Jonathan Krisel. “As far as guest starring, I would love it if Louis did it,” said Galifianakis via satellite at TCA today. But overall, the stand-up comedian has an m.o. when it comes to…