Most interesting about the next season of The League is how the show does without its former lead-in and with the added attention FXX will receive from its acquisition of The Simpsons. While The League could drop a bit now that it’s standing on its own for the first time, there’s a strong likelihood that any decline could be curbed or even avoided by the addition of The Simpsons, something that might have the power to take FXX to the next level. Thus far in its run, FXX has been the home of wayward FX comedies, with Legit getting cancelled after one season on the network and the final season of Wilfred going out with a whimper and since there won’t be any FXX original scripted series until 2015, it’s up to The Simpsons to give the network the type of momentum in the last quarter of the year that it hasn’t generated on its own thus far.

Following a group of friends who compete in a fantasy football league every year, The League stars Stephen Rannazzisi (Paul Blart: Mall Cop), Katie Aselton (Black Rock), Mark Duplass (Tammy), Nick Kroll (Kroll Show), Paul Scheer (NTSF: SD: SUV::), and Jon Lajoie (Let’s Be Cops).

Will you be watching the sixth season of The League? Do you think the show can survive without It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia? What kind of impact do you think The Simpsons will have on the FXX lineup?

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Do you think you can handle more of The League?

It doesn’t matter because you’re getting more of The League. Beginning Thursday, December 6th at 10:30, the FX fantasy football comedy will be airing three consecutive weeks of back-to-back new episodes, culminating in a December 20th season finale.

Up first in the upcoming League blitz is “The Anchor Baby,” where Ruxin runs into marital problems with Sofia, who he thinks has soured on their relationship, and the guys try to lose an acquaintance that none of them care to be around. Meanwhile, Jenny uses insider information to help her in making a dirty trade, which will assuredly come back to bite her in some way. Kevin might not be that vengeful toward his wife, Taco couldn’t care less about the dirty dealings of The League, and Jenny can handle anything that Andre tries to do to get even with her, but if she screwed over either Pete or (especially) Ruxin, she might want to brace herself for the humiliation to come.

Following at 11:00 will be “Bro-lo El Cordero,” where Andre takes advantage of Kevin following his colonoscopy and Pete thinks that his grandpa is committing adultery. Meanwhile, there’s a major League dispute and as no one wants Ruxin to be the deciding word in anything, they call in the only other person they’ve got – Rafi. However, I have a feeling that by the end of the episode, the League will be kicking themselves for not just letting Ruxin get his way and avoiding the damage that will surely come from Rafi being in charge.

Do you think doubling up on episodes of The League is a good idea? What will happen once the rest of The League finds out that Jenny used insider information to make her trade? Will Rafi actually be able to settle the League dispute properly or will it turn into a bigger mess than if Ruxin had been in charge?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0DxZ5wfhdY

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The League is finally heading to another game, but their attention won’t be on the action on the field this time.

Tonight on The League, Andre tries to get the guys to go tailgating, but any hope they had of having any fun goes out the window when they run into high school nemesis Frank “The Body” Gibiatti. He had the same idea for his group of friends and that means that The League will try to outdo him in any way possible. The League is obviously extremely competitive among one another and will do anything in order to get the advantage, but now that there’s an outside threat to their game day activities, I wouldn’t be surprised to see them ban together and try to take down The Body.

Elsewhere on The League, Taco gets a shirt signed by former Chicago Bear quarterback Jim McMahon…and then asks for 300 more to be signed, in order to sell them later. Might this be the latest idea from Taco Corp., a second-hand merchandising shop featuring jerseys, shirts, and hats from NFL greats? With or without their permission, of course. (Judging by the photo, it looks like McMahon will get into the spirit.) Or is this just Taco being Taco?

The League airs tonight at 10:30 on FX following an all new episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Beginning the week of December 6th, there’ll be three consecutive weeks of double episodes of The League, culminating in a December 20th finale. The show has yet to be renewed for a fourth season.

Would you buy a shirt signed by Jim McMahon from Taco, even if it was kept in a garbage bag? Do you think the guys will be able to have fun tailgating while dealing with Frank and his friends? What other NFL players would you like to see make an appearance later in the season?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zzUiypGKWA

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Who knew that election fever would strike The League, of all places? Tonight on the FX fantasy football comedy, Kevin has decided to run for judge and ends up at a charity event with Buffalo Bills quarterback (and Harvard University graduate) Ryan Fitzpatrick. Kevin may (arguably) be the most competent member of The League, but he’s just as prone to messing up any good thing that comes around as any other member of the group and I don’t expect any type of campaign (or charity event) to go well for him…really, anytime soon. Politics is a rough field to begin with, as we’ve seen over the recent campaign season, so throw in the football element, Kevin’s competitiveness, and no political experience and you have a recipe for disaster.

Considering that he (and Jenny) could barely contain themselves around the mother of Jay Cutler’s baby around last week, it might be the presence of Fitzpatrick that does him in at the event, both in terms of being around a football player/tempted to go into fantasy mode and having someone with that type of pedigree near him. Kevin’s insecure about his intelligence anyway and to be near someone from Harvard at an event like that could threaten him, put him on the defensive, and send his chances of making a fool of himself shooting through the roof.

Elsewhere on The League, Ellie contracts lice and Andre might need to get himself checked as a result, despite being bald and not wanting to acknowledge/come to terms with his hair loss. Meanwhile, the guys take an intelligence test to determine the smartest member of their group, which can only mean that they’ll try to cheat, attempt to sabotage one another, and Taco will emerge victorious.

The League airs tonight at 10:30 on FX.

Which member of the group do you think will be the smartest? How will Kevin embarrass himself in front of Ryan Fitzpatrick? Will Andre catch lice from Ellie?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51CKIbydr-A

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