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Posted Dec 10th 2009 11:02PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
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"What I tell you? Hot girl. Volkswagen Jetta. It's a law! Like water. Or dinosaurs." - Taco
I really want to like
The League. It's full of things I love in a TV show -- male camaraderie, football, and endless dick jokes -- yet I still can't get into it. But, the like the good little TV blogger that I am, I re-screened the first five episodes before viewing the season finale earlier today to make sure I gave it a fair shake.
The League is far from the worst thing on TV, and it's definitely the the best comedy FX has rolled out since
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. However, I'm gonna stick with what I've said already -- there's some serious potential here, but a lot of things need to change before
The League returns for its second season next summer.
Continue reading Review: The League - The Shiva Bowl (season finale)
Posted Dec 10th 2009 12:38PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Sports, Programming, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Looks like FX has finally found a friend for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia -- the network announced yesterday that it was renewing The League for a thirteen episode second season.
While this doesn't come a surprise, I'm still not 100% sold. In my initial review of The League, I wasn't high on it for numerous reasons. There was far too much reliance on one-off jokes only intended to create buzz (vaginal hubris, anyone?) and Jon Lajoie seemed like he had no purpose other than singing YouTube-friendly potty-mouthed songs. Factor in the utter lack of meaningful football references and the show was all over the place.
Continue reading FX renews The League
Posted Oct 28th 2009 9:01AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Sports, OpEd, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Early Looks, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
Fantasy football is a tricky thing. You either love it or you hate it and that largely depends on whether you're good or bad at it. For the most part, the same can be said about FX's newest comedy
The League. When it's good, it
is good, but when it's bad... well, you get the picture.
The show, which premieres tomorrow night, Thursday 10/29, at 10:30 p.m. after
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, is FX's first solid attempt to produce a lasting companion piece to
Sunny and, given some of its predecessors (like
Starved or
Testees), it'd be easy to write
The League off. But, like a two-minute drill that gradually picks up steam,
The League might actually go... all... the... way.
OK -- no more football metaphors.
Continue reading The League -- An early look
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