Archive for January, 2011

The League Extended for 3rd season

If, for some reason, you find the urge to go sleep or immediately change the channel following It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia‘s Thursday broadcast, FX is giving viewers a 3rd chance to right their wrongs and stay tuned for arguably the most entertaining newcomer over the past 2 football seasons. No, football season and TV seasons are not one in the same, but for the FX-original series The League, the two walk hand in hand. Recently renewed for a 3rd season, much to the delight of yours truly, The League is to legions of cleverer-than-thou Fantasy Football nerds what Sex and the City was to desperate middle-aged women. In fact, the two shows draw further parallels in that The League is only partially about fantasy football just as SITC centered around men on only a primarily superficial level. Instead, what The League represents is a realistic (assuming every fantasy football league could score NFL cameos and finance/execute quality music videos) depiction of male friendship, treating each other and talking to one another like guys really do and addressing topics guys actually talk about. Read more »