The League

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Season 1
  • Network: FX , FXX
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 29, 2009
Season #: 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
52

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 21
  3. Negative: 8 out of 21
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Critic Reviews

  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    30
    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.
  2. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    30
    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.
  3. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    30
    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.
  5. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    30
    A single-camera sitcom about guys in a fantasy football league whose cluelessness is only matched by their crudeness.
  6. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Neely Tucker
    30
    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?
  7. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    25
    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.
  8. Time
    Reviewed by: James Poniewozik
    25
    The show is weak, sometimes plain creepy, when it moves from fantasy football to male fantasy.
  9. Kansas City Star
    Reviewed by: Aaron Barnhart
    20
    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.

Awards & Rankings

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#82 Best TV Season of 2009
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#25 Most Discussed TV Season of 2009
18
#18 Most Shared TV Season of 2009

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User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 139 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 117 out of 139
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 139
  3. Negative: 13 out of 139
  1. crankit0
    Oct 7, 2010
    10
    I feel bad for those who gave up on this show after an admittedly mediocre series pilot. The last 3-4 episodes of the first season were theI feel bad for those who gave up on this show after an admittedly mediocre series pilot. The last 3-4 episodes of the first season were the funniest thing on TV in 2009. Check out the episode reviews at rosterbating.com - explains a lot of the inside jokes and nuances for those unfamiliar with fantasy football (or male bonding in general.) Hoping for just as good a second season.… Full Review »
  2. BobS
    Nov 6, 2009
    10
    This show is hilarious! Of course I am into the man stuff and football geekiness, but my wife is not at all and she found the show hilarious This show is hilarious! Of course I am into the man stuff and football geekiness, but my wife is not at all and she found the show hilarious as well. Of course a bunch of people will blast it cause of the dirtiness, but it is refreshing to me that a show is pushing the limits. I am an adult and I like adult humor and I am sick of the fact that others try to control the content of what I watch. You want to watch highway to heaven then do it, I don't care. I won't watch it. The same should apply the other way.… Full Review »
  3. KevinA
    Nov 4, 2009
    2
    Yikes. I play fantasy sports and this looked like it could be good. But it was just sloppy and stupid. I turned off after half the show.
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