The League: Season 1
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Metascore
54 out of 100

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

User Score
8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 93 Ratings

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

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. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    80
    In its astonishingly raunchy way, The League is pretty funny whether or not you’re a fantasy geek, assuming you’re a TV-MA kind of person.
  3. 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.
  4. 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: 33 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 38
  3. Negative: 3 out of 38
  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
  2. imthenoob
    8
    The League is finally a comedy that FX has got right. The bad thing about this show? There are only 6 episodes in this season. Hilarious show that is well worth the watch.… Expand
  3. Crazye2000
    5
    The show is decent at best, enjoyable enough at times. But mostly you will roll your eyes at the childish content, humorous in rare moments. It's almost as if the writers are inappropriate adolescents, it 's that pathetic. If you are a person who enjoys overplayed lazy sexual jokes, then you might of found a new comedy home. But as myself and most others, I enjoy intelligent, creative comedy series( Parks and Rec/Louie). If you have Netflix check it out if your one of the few who enjoys obnoxious material, lay your own judgement upon it.… Expand
  4. ShariC
    2
    Really, really awful. It was attempting something funny but just veered into "being offensive for the sake of it".

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