The League
FX | FXX | Release Date: October 29, 2009
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
19
Mixed:
6
Negative:
9
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
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Slant MagazineChris CabinSep 8, 2015
Season 7 Review: As The League begins to wind down, there's no clear indication that the showrunners see the less charming elements of their at least partially reprehensible characters as often as they celebrate their minor, shallow victories. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
Season 1 Review: There's nothing wrong with a show about lovable losers, but they have to be, you know, lovable. Here, the men seem to be products of their writers' contempt; they're such babies that even their profanity doesn't rise from the potty. Read full review
30
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: If you're going to do a show about fantasy football, then do it. Go big, or go home. As constructed, The League will leave no one happy. Read full review
30
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: Cable's FX, which has reliably churned out good watching for most of this decade, drives off a cliff tonight with an offensive and shockingly unfunny sitcom, The League. Read full review
30
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: A single-camera sitcom about guys in a fantasy football league whose cluelessness is only matched by their crudeness. Read full review
30
Washington PostNeely Tucker
Season 1 Review: Why would you want to watch a show about this lame league when you could just use the time to play in one yourself, or, good heavens, just watch the game? Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: Not much about this show rang true to me, except the moment when the league commissioner begged players to get their fees in on time. Read full review
25
TimeJames Poniewozik
Season 1 Review: The show is weak, sometimes plain creepy, when it moves from fantasy football to male fantasy. Read full review
20
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Season 1 Review: If I tell you that The League is a reprehensible show, I’m not really telling you that much. The new improvised-comedy series airing at 9:30 tonight on FX wears its reprehensibility with pride. Read full review
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