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The League: Season 1
  • Network: FX
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 29, 2009
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3
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Metascore
54 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 76 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Summary: The comedy focuses on a group of Chicago friends who get together to discuss fantasy football.
  • Genre(s): Comedy

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 21
  3. Negative: 8 out of 21
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Clark Collins
    91
    You know men who devote an absurd amount of time to mocking one another? I do, and I call them ''me and my friends.'' Maybe that's why I so enjoyed this sitcom about a group of thirtysomething pals and their fantasy football league....Or maybe it's just darn funny.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    60
    FX has always had a good idea what viewers it's after, and the way TV works these days, a loyal cult can be enough. The League certainly has the goods to get one of those.
  3. 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.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 36
  3. Negative: 3 out of 36
  1. crankit0
    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 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.… Expand
    • 3 of 3 users said yes
  2. ToddF
    5
    Very mediocre. The main characters are not all that likeable, none of whom I can identify with. Why a show ostensibly about fantasy football has to resort to a bedroom scene of the wife inserting digit into hubby's rear during sex in the FIRST 15 MINUTES of the premiere episode is beyond me. Sorry, FX, but this show is headed towards fantasy purgatory.… Expand
    • 0 of 4 users said yes
  3. ShariC
    2
    Really, really awful. It was attempting something funny but just veered into "being offensive for the sake of it".
    • 1 of 3 users said yes

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