The League

A semi-improvised ensemble comedy centering on a fantasy football league. It’s less about fantasy football, and more about that ensemble.
The League will return in 2012.

Thursdays, 10:30 PM ET, FX

Current Season: 4 - Total Episodes: 34
Highest Rated: Ep 5, Season 2

B+

“A Krampus Carol” / “The Curse of Shiva”

by Margaret Eby December 21, 2012 -

The League's holiday miracle? The return of Jeff Goldblum and Mr. McGibblets!

“Our Dinner With Andre” / “12.12.12”

by Margaret Eby December 13, 2012 -

Explaining smack talk and sex to children.

A-

“Anchor Baby” / “Bro-lo El Cordero”

by Margaret Eby December 7, 2012 -

In which we find out that Taco makes a surprisingly good therapist, and pity Andre from the depths of our hearts.

B-

“The Vapora Sport”

by Margaret Eby November 29, 2012 -

The League's version of a triple threat: A racist piano, a sex-sniffing dog, and two separate assaults on the handicapped.

Ep. 12-13, Season 4
“A Krampus Carol” / “The Curse of Shiva”
Ep. 10-11, Season 4
“Our Dinner With Andre” / “12.12.12”
Ep. 8-9, Season 4
“Anchor Baby” / “Bro-lo El Cordero”
Ep. 7, Season 4
“The Vapora Sport”

Features Reviews

Season

newest oldest

The League: "The Draft"
Episode 1

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B+

"Kegel The Elf"/"The Sacko Bowl"
Episode 12-13

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A-
"Ramona Neopolitano"
Episode 11

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C
"High School Reunion"
Episode 10

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C+
"The Expert Witness"
Episode 9

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B-
"Ghost Monkey"
Episode 7

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B+
"The Tie"
Episode 7

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B
"The Anniversary Party"
Episode 6

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B+
"The Marathon"
Episode 5

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A
"The Kluneberg"
Episode 4

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A-
"The White Knuckler"
Episode 3

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B+
The League - "Bro-lo El Cunado"
Episode 2

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B+
The League - "Vegas Draft"
Episode 1

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B

“St. Pete”/“The Funeral”
Episode 12-13

The League finale starts out strong and ends up confusing.
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C+
"The Guest Bong"
Episode 11

An uneven but often funny episode makes for The League's penultimate installment of season three.
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B
“The Light Of Genesis”
Episode 10

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B-
“The Out Of Towner”
Episode 9

Will Forte shows that best wingmen assist by whipping out their junk.
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B+
“Thanksgiving”
Episode 8

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B+
“Yobogoya!”/"Carmenjello"
Episode 6-7

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B
“Bobbum Man”
Episode 5

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B
“Ol’ Smoke Crotch”
Episode 4

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B-
“The Au Pair”
Episode 3

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B+
“The Sukkah”
Episode 2

-
C
“The Lockout”
Episode 1

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B+

“A Krampus Carol” / “The Curse of Shiva”
Episode 12-13

The League's holiday miracle? The return of Jeff Goldblum and Mr. McGibblets!
-
B+
“Our Dinner With Andre” / “12.12.12”
Episode 10-11

Explaining smack talk and sex to children.
-
B
“Anchor Baby” / “Bro-lo El Cordero”
Episode 8-9

In which we find out that Taco makes a surprisingly good therapist, and pity Andre from the depths of our hearts.
-
A-
“The Vapora Sport”
Episode 7

The League's version of a triple threat: A racist piano, a sex-sniffing dog, and two separate assaults on the handicapped.
-
B-
“The Tailgate”
Episode 6

A so-so episode with a stellar Ken Marino cameo.
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B-
“Judge MacArthur”
Episode 5

Finally, a judgement on the bald-vs.-clear hair debate.
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B
“The Breastalyzer”
Episode 4

Never, ever trust Rafi with your kids.
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B+
“The Freeze Out”
Episode 3

Look who it is! It's Timothy Olyphant!
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B+
“The Hoodie”
Episode 2

This is the funniest episode in two seasons.
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A
“Training Camp”
Episode 1

A strong opening episode to start off season four.
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B

Upfront roundup: All cable is FX and FX is all cable (for viewers under the age of 50)
Cabler unveils three-pronged, Columbus-style plan to colonize your cable package.
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Paul Scheer picks his favorite How Did This Get Made? episodes
“That’s the thing I love: How did that happen? Did no one say, ‘Um, hold on one second. This is insane. We shouldn’t be making this’?”
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Read this: Grantland's excellent oral history of “The Super Bowl Shuffle”
"We’re not here to start no trouble, we’re just here to do the Super Bowl Shuffle."
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HBO orders a new pilot from Mark and Jay Duplass
Mark Duplass is too busy messing with your fantasy football lineup to star.
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Nick Kroll has been planning his whole life for something he didn’t realize was possible
The comedian and actor has a new sketch show, Kroll Show.
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The Not Ready For The Not Ready For Primetime Players: 24 lesser-known comedy incubators
The A.V. Club’s weekly list.
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The best TV series of 2012: The ballots
Find out what series almost made the list—and which writers need to be bugged about not watching Game Of Thrones.
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FX orders another season of The League since we haven't all been stricken with the plague yet
Not yet.
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On a night of finales, it’s the end of the road for Unsupervised
Also: The Gang has its day in court (at Paddy’s) and Jake Sisko has several blasts from the past.
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Love (or Love Actually) is all around in this year’s Glee Christmas episode
Love (or Love Actually)is all around in this year’s Glee Christmas episode. Also: Roll the 12-sided die with The Big Bang Theory and prepare for the end of days with Dirty Randy.
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Does The Office’s last Christmas episode show shadows of things that will be, or shadows of things may be, only?
Does The Office’s last Christmas episode show shadows of things that will be, or shadows of things may be, only? Also: Non-Dickensian holiday fun with the family Donaghy and Tammy Two.
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Break out your $4,000 ham napkin for the 30 Rock wedding
Break out your $4,000 ham napkin for Liz Lemon’s wedding. Also: Guest stars galore, including a reunion of Others and legendary smuggler Patton Oswalt.
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“Glease” is the word—even if it isn’t a real word
“Glease” is the word—even if it isn’t a real word. Also: The Knope-Biden Summit of 2012 and more cancer in Philadelphia (must be all that sunniness).
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Parks And Recreation is a time bomb. Tick, tick, ticking. And Jonathan Banks intends to be around for the boom.
Pawnee is a time bomb. Tick, tick, ticking. And Jonathan Banks intends to be around for the boom. Also: Wolowitz finally leaves home while Jim Caviezel rocks the suburbs.
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NTSF: SD: SUV::’s season goes out with a bang (and a powerful memory) while Childrens Hospital goes to court
NTSF: SD: SUV::’s season goes out with a bang (and a powerful memory) while Childrens Hospital goes to court. Also: The FX comedies get more bang with more bucks and a Laguna Beach flashback.
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Stephen Colbert is The Office’s Broccoli Rob (and so can you!)
Stephen Colbert is The Office’s Broccoli Rob (and so can you!) Also: Vampires and an astronaut—some in character, some not.
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Time to crown another soon-to-be-forgotten Project Runway champion
Time to crown another soon-to-be-forgotten Project Runway champion. Also: Elena adjusts to vampirism and Ben and April meet their congressman.
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Hideous beasts with shadowy intentions terrorize innocent civilians. Oh, also, The Vampire Diaries is back
Hideous beasts with shadowy intentions terrorize innocent civilians. Oh, and The Vampire Diaries is back. Also: 30 Rock gets Cranston-ized and FX comedies return with plots about circumcision, waste disposal.
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Ken Marino either got arrested for punching Nick Kroll on the set of The League, or just said he did for your amusement
Probably the latter.
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TV Club announces fall schedule, death of hope for all you Guys With Kids super-fans
So it’s come to this. The A.V. Club once again wishes to welcome you to our fall TV coverage, in which we will be covering several dozen series, new and returning, on a regular basis, each episode receiving our patented episodic review treatm...
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It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, The League, other FX shows get official return dates
Fall is here, basically.
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FX at the TCA press tour: FX creates weird feud with Netflix, announces another season of Louie
After a TV season in which FX saw its original series grow in the ratings, the launch of a successful new series in American Horror Story, and substantial Emmy and critical success, all FX president John Landgraf wanted to talk about was the way th...
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The Do-Deca-Pentathlon is just one of five movies Mark Duplass has out this summer
Is the mainstream catching on to the Duplass Brothers’ arthouse sensibility?
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The League's "Netflix for neckties" is a reality
Buried as a C-plot in a December episode of FX’s The League was the idea for “Neckflix,” a Netflix-like service for neckties that is both the latest get-rich-quirk scheme from Taco Corp. and, surprisingly, a pretty good idea for ...
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Beyond the Top 30: other 2011 TV highlights
Highlights from shows outside The A.V. Club’s best-of list.
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