FX Goes for Zach Galifianakis Comedy

LOS ANGELES: FX has ordered Baskets, a half-hour comedy starring The Hangover's Zach Galifianakis and co-created by Galifianakis, Louis C.K. and Jonathan Krisel.

Ten episodes are set for production next year, with the series to follow in 2016. The pilot episode was co-written by Galifianakis, Emmy Award-winner Louis C.K. and writer/director Krisel (Portlandia, Saturday Night Live). Krisel is also the showrunner and directed the pilot episode.

Baskets follows Chip Baskets, a California man who dares to follow his dream of becoming a professional clown. After an unsuccessful enrollment in a prestigious clown school in Paris, he finds a job with the local rodeo.

The series is the first production under FX Productions' overall deal with Louis C.K. and his production company Pig Newton.

“Zach Galifianakis, Louis C.K. and Jonathan Krisel have created an absolutely brilliant show,” said Eric Schrier, co-president of original programing for FX Networks and FX Productions. “To say Zach’s portrayal of the lead character Chip Baskets is hilarious/unique/riveting/fascinating would be an understatement. We can’t wait for the world to meet him.”