Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Anger Management--Lacey hot East Indian chick (Sitcoms)

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I've been blessed into seeing more episodes of Anger Management.



I just found out that Lacey is an East-Indian chick.  



I found out when on the episode I saw recently Lacey tricks her way out of jail time by tricking Charlie into letting her do house arrest at his house.



In one scene she is mmmmmmm dancing with a tshirt on top and mmmmm well in a lot of minds nothing on the bottom.   The reality is of course she has mmmmm panties underneath.  The tshirt does a good job of hiding the panties and anything we might want to see (bad tshirt!!!!).

We see Lacey facing to Bollywood music while trying to seduce Charlie.



I new that Lacey was of a not so common background.  The actress was born Muslim but claims not to practise religion.  (Sounds like an odd thing to practise.  I thought you just were what your born and then decide how serious you are later.). She says she believes in God and is very spiritual.  I'd worship her,  though I don't actively chase afterIndian   women.



I've been trying to figure out how many non-white people are featured on sitcoms.  The Lacey character on Anger Management was an accidental find.



On The Big Bang Theory we have Raj.  On that show we are introduced to an Indian girl that was supposed to marry Raj but that doesn't happen. If you are wondering what happens to her and how long she's in a coma and how big the truck was buy the series on DVD or (whispering) go to YouTube.



Friends had no Indian  people but they had oriental people--I think Chinese.

I'm thinking about Lacey so you will have to wait for me to do more research on non whites on sitcoms or you could do some research yourself.

..... I mean come back in about a week or so.....you don't have to stare at the screen for the whole time.   Come back and hit refresh every couple days.



What if I just do a whole new post to continue the topic?  You will never know what I know about non whites on other shows MWAH HA HA!!!!!!

Now really .... Go away and come again another day.



Email me at zany1968@sympatico.ca 




Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Glee

Glee




Jane Lynch -- You've seen her on this show and on ICarly.




She is funny on both of those shows.




I saw her hosting a game show.  I saw the show a few times and enjoyed it.  It's probably just on when I'm busy.  I will watch for it.




Jane Lynch should be around for all time.  She has talent in a lot of areas.  If I had more time I would follow her work more closely. 




I have seen her work mostly on ICarly as Sam's mom.  She's funny, mean, and loving and on one episode she was all three.




I haven't got around to editing this post but soon.  Watch Glee episodes in whatever way you can and watch ICarly too.  I'm sure you can buy both shows in a lot of ways.  If you are lazy then just order them online.  Oh and get that cheese doodle out of your belly button.....lady......(whispering) call me....


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The Facts about Glee


Glee (TV series)


Glee title card.svg


Genre: Musical Comedy-drama
Created by: Ryan Murphy,  Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan

Starring
Dianna Agron
Jacob Artist
Melissa Benoist
Chris Colfer
Darren Criss
Jessalyn Gilsig
Blake Jenner
Dot-Marie Jones
Jane Lynch
Jayma Mays
Kevin McHale
Lea Michele
Cory Monteith
Heather Morris
Matthew Morrison
Alex Newell
Mike O'Malley
Chord Overstreet
Amber Riley
Naya Rivera
Mark Salling
Harry Shum, Jr.
Becca Tobin
Jenna Ushkowitz

Ending theme: "Time for Some Girl Talk"


Composer(s): James S. Levine


Country of origin: United States


Original language(s): English


No. of seasons: 6


No. of episodes: 111 (List of episodes)




Production


Executive producer(s):


Ryan Murphy
Brad Falchuk
Dante Di Loreto
Ian Brennan
Russel Friend
Garrett Lerner
Bradley Buecker

Producer(s):


Alexis Martin Woodall
Michael Novick
Kenneth Silverstein
Robert Del Valle
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Editor(s):


Joe Leonard
Bradley Buecker
Doc Crotzer
John L. Roberts
Nathan Allen
Fabienne Bouville
Philip Harrison

Cinematography:


Christopher Baffa
Michael Loi
Joaquin Sedillo

Camera setup: Single camera: Running time: 40–48 minutes,  56 minutes (Episode 2.18)


Production company(s):


20th Century Fox Television
Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision
Ryan Murphy Productions

Distributor: 20th Television




Broadcast

Original channel: Fox


Picture format: 720p (16:9 HDTV)


Audio format: Dolby Surround


Original run: May 19, 2009 – present




Chronology

Related shows: The Glee Project

Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on the Fox network in the United States. It focuses on the fictitious William McKinley High School glee club, New
Directions, which competes on the show choir competition circuit while its disparate members deal with relationships, sexuality, social issues, and learning to become an effective team.
The initial twelve-member cast included club director and Spanish teacher Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison), cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch), guidance counselor
Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays), Will's wife Terri (Jessalyn Gilsig), and eight club members played by Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Amber
Riley, Mark Salling, and Jenna Ushkowitz. In subsequent seasons, the main cast has expanded to fourteen and fifteen members.


The series was created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan, the last of whom first conceived of Glee as a film. The three wrote all of the show's episodes for the first two
seasons, and Murphy and Falchuk initially served as the show's main directors. The pilot episode was broadcast on May 19, 2009, and the first season aired from September 9, 2009,
to June 8, 2010. Subsequent seasons aired in September through May. The sixth and final season is set to air from January to March of 2015.  Glee features on-screen
performance-based musical numbers that are selected by Murphy, who aims to maintain a balance between show tunes and chart hits, and produced by Adam Anders and Peer Åström.


Songs covered in the show are released through the iTunes Store during the week of broadcast, and a series of Glee albums have been released by Columbia Records. The music of Glee
has been a commercial success, with over thirty-six million digital single sales and eleven million album sales worldwide through October 2011. The series' merchandise also includes
DVD and Blu-ray releases, an iPad application, and karaoke games for the Wii. There were live concert tours by the show's cast after the first and second seasons completed shooting;
a concert film based on the 2011 tour, Glee: The 3D Concert Movie, was produced by Murphy and Fox and directed by Kevin Tancharoen.


During its first season, Glee received generally favorable reviews from critics, with Metacritic's weighted average of 77 out of 100 based on eighteen critical reviews. The season was
nominated for nineteen Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, six Satellite Awards and fifty-seven other awards, with wins including the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best
Television Series – Musical or Comedy, and Emmy awards for Jane Lynch, guest-star Neil Patrick Harris and Murphy's direction of the pilot episode. In 2011, the show once again won
the Golden Globe for Best Television Series, and Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer won Golden Globes for Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor respectively, and Gwyneth
Paltrow won the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. The show was also chosen by Fox to fill the coveted time slot that followed the network's coverage of Super
Bowl XLV in 2011.


On October 17, 2013, in the wake of the death of Cory Monteith three months earlier, and a week after his tribute episode "The Quarterback" was aired, Murphy announced that the
sixth season would be the final season of the series.

Production


Conception


Ian Brennan conceived Glee based on his own experience as a member of the Prospect High School show choir in Mount Prospect, Illinois.  He initially envisioned Glee as a film,
rather than a television series, and wrote the first draft in August 2005 with the aid of Screenwriting for Dummies. He completed the script in 2005, but could not generate
interest in the project for several years. Mike Novick, a television producer and a friend of Brennan's from Los Angeles, was a member of the same gym as Ryan Murphy, and gave
him a copy of Brennan's script. Murphy had been in a show choir in college, and felt he could relate to the script. Murphy and his Nip/Tuck colleague Brad Falchuk suggested that
Glee be produced as a television show. The script was entirely rewritten, and was picked up by Fox within fifteen hours of being received. Murphy attributed that, in part, to the
network's success with American Idol. "It made sense for the network with the biggest hit in TV, which is a musical, to do something in that vein", he said. Murphy and Falchuk
became the show's executive producers and showrunners, Brennan became a co-executive producer and Novick a producer. Brennan, Falchuk and Murphy started by writing "all the
episodes".


Glee is set at the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio. Murphy chose a Midwest setting as he himself grew up in Indiana, and recalled childhood visits to Ohio to
the Kings Island theme park. Although set in Lima, the show is filmed at Paramount Studios and Helen Bernstein High School in Hollywood. Murphy has said that he has never seen
a High School Musical film, to which Glee has been compared, and that his interest lay in creating a "postmodern musical," rather than "doing a show where people burst into song,"
drawing more heavily on the format of Chicago. Murphy intended the show to be a form of escapism. "There's so much on the air right now about people with guns, or sci-fi, or
lawyers running around. This is a different genre, there's nothing like it on the air at the networks and cable. Everything's so dark in the world right now, that's why Idol worked. It's
pure escapism," he said. Murphy intended to make a family show to appeal to adults as well as children, with adult characters starring equally alongside the teenage leads, and as
of October 2009 he had already mapped out plans for the series covering three years of broadcast.


Writing


The three creators—Murphy, Falchuk, and Brennan—plan the stories together. For the first two seasons, they were the only writers, and after taking joint credit for the pilot episode
and the episode that opened the fall 2009 season, they began rotating taking a single auctorial credit, based in large part on the person "who’s taken the lead in story breaking or who
wrote a draft". Brennan noted that the writing process is "fast and loose, with the emphasis on fast", and quotes Murphy as having said, in terms of their roles in episode creation, "I'm
sort of the brain. Brad's sort of the heart. Ian's sort of the funny bone", which Brennan says "is true in a lot of ways". Some of the characters are written more by one writer than by
the others. Brennan writes most of Sue's material, and Falchuk frequently writes the scenes between Kurt and Burt Hummel, though Murphy contributes a great deal to Kurt.


Starting with season three, a writing staff of six was hired: Ali Adler, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Marti Noxon, Michael Hitchcock, Matt Hodgson and Ross Maxwell. The season's
fourth episode, "Pot o' Gold", was written by Adler, the first not credited to the show's three creators.


Adler and Noxon did not return for the show's fourth season and instead House writers Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner, and Stacy Traub were hired.


Music and choreography


Main articles: List of songs in Glee and Glee discography


The series features numerous song covers sung onscreen by the characters. Ryan Murphy is responsible for selecting all of the songs used, and has said that he strives to maintain a
balance between chart hits and show tunes: "I want there to be something for everybody in every episode. That's a tricky mix, but that's very important—the balancing of that."


According to Murphy, the song choices are integral to script development, "Each episode has a theme at its core. After I write the script, I will choose songs that help to move the
story along." In a 2010 interview with Allison Kugel, Chris Colfer noted that "there have been a couple of times when I have gone to Ryan Murphy (Glee creator) and told him a
couple of things that have happened to me, and then he writes it into the show. Or he'll ask me what song I would want to sing, in this situation or in that situation. I don’t think any of
us directly try to give input on the character or on the storyline, but they definitely steal things from us." For the second season, a shift toward using more Top 40 songs was seen,
in an effort to appeal more to the 18–49 demographic.


Murphy was surprised at the ease with which use of songs was approved by the record labels approached, and explained: "I think the key to it is they loved the tone of it. They loved
that this show was about optimism and young kids, for the most part, reinterpreting their classics for a new audience." A minority of those approached refused to allow their music
to be used, including Bryan Adams, Guns N' Roses and Coldplay; however, in June 2010, Coldplay reversed their decision, allowing Glee the rights to their catalog. Adams posted on
his Twitter account that the producers of Glee had never requested permission from him and urged them to "pick up the phone". Composer and musician Billy Joel offered many of
his songs for use on the show, and other artists have offered use of their songs for free. A series of Glee soundtrack albums have been released through Columbia Records.


Songs featured on the show are available for digital download through iTunes up to two weeks before new episodes air, and through other digital outlets and mobile carriers a week
later. Glee music producers Adam Anders and Peer Astrom have begun to add original music to the show, including two original songs, "Loser Like Me" and "Get It Right", on the
March 15, 2011 episode.


Glee is choreographed by Zach Woodlee and features four to eight production numbers per episode.


Once Murphy selects a song, rights are cleared with its publishers by music
supervisor P. J. Bloom, and music producers Adam Anders and Peer Astrom rearranges it for the Glee cast. Numbers are pre-recorded by the cast, while Woodlee constructs the
accompanying dance moves, which are then taught to the cast and filmed. Studio recordings of tracks are then made. The process begins six to eight weeks before each episode is
filmed, and can end as late as the day before filming begins. Each episode costs at least $3 million to produce, and can take up to ten days to film as a result of the elaborate
choreography. In late 2010, Bloom reported the process has been even shorter; "as quick as a few weeks". For the second season, the creators were offered listens of upcoming
songs in advance by publishers and record labels, with production occurring even before song rights are cleared.


Promotion





A promotional balloon for Glee in New York City.


Prior to the second episode's premiere, Glee's cast went on tour at several Hot Topic stores across the nation. The cast sang the U.S. national anthem at the third game of the
2009 World Series. Macy's invited them to perform at the 2009 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, but host broadcaster NBC declined because Glee aired on a rival network.


Murphy commented on the cast's exclusion: "I completely understand NBC's position, and look forward to seeing a Jay Leno float."


The show's success sent the cast on a concert tour, Glee Live! In Concert! after the first season's wrapup. They visited Phoenix, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York. The cast also
recorded a cover of Wham!'s "Last Christmas", which was released as a single in late 2009 but didn't appear in the show until "A Very Glee Christmas" on December 10, 2010.

Morrison, Lynch, Michele, Monteith, and Colfer reprised their roles as Will, Sue, Rachel, Finn, and Kurt respectively for a cameo appearance in an episode of The Cleveland Show that
aired January 16, 2011. Michele, Monteith, and Riley appeared as campers in the twenty-second season premiere of The Simpsons.


Lynch, Colfer, Monteith, and Riley appeared at the 2010 MTV VMAs on September 12, 2010. When Agron, Michele, and Monteith posed for a set of risqué photos for the
November 2010 edition of GQ magazine, Parents Television Council (PTC) criticized the show; PTC president Tim Winter commented that Glee has many young fans, and that "by
authorizing this kind of near-pornographic display, the creators of the program have established their intentions on the show’s direction. And it isn't good for families."


The promotional posters for the first season have the show's stars using their right hands to make an "L" to fill in the L of the word Glee. The second season's promotional posters have
the stars throwing slushies at the camera in pairs. The third season's promotional posters have the stars getting dodgeballs thrown at them by Sue Sylvester. While the cast concert
tour, Glee Live! In Concert!, began on May 15, 2010, and presented concerts in four cities in the US that month, the second edition, with an almost-entirely new set list, toured for four
weeks in the US and Canada from May 21 through June 18, 2011, and followed with twelve days in England and Ireland, from June 22 through July 3, 2011. The cast also
performed on the seventh season of The X Factor on December 5, 2010.


Cast and characters





Matthew Morrison was cast after Murphy spent three months observing actors on Broadway.


Characters of Glee

In casting Glee, Murphy sought out actors who could identify with the rush of starring in theatrical roles. Instead of using traditional network casting calls, he spent three months on
Broadway, where he found Matthew Morrison, who had previously starred on stage in Hairspray and The Light in the Piazza; Lea Michele, who starred in Spring Awakening; and Jenna
Ushkowitz, who had been in the Broadway revival of The King and I.


Actors lacking theatrical experience needed to demonstrate, during their auditions, that they could also sing and dance. Chris Colfer had no previous professional experience, but
Murphy wrote in the character Kurt Hummel for him. Jayma Mays auditioned with the song "Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me" from The Rocky Horror Show, while Cory
Monteith initially submitted a tape of himself acting only, and was requested to submit a second, musical tape, in which he sang "a cheesy, '80s music-video-style version" of REO
Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling". Kevin McHale came from a boy-band background, having previously been part of the group Not Like Them. He explained that the
diversity of the cast's backgrounds reflects the range of different musical styles within the show itself: "It's a mix of everything: classic rock, current stuff, R&B. Even the musical
theatre stuff is switched up. You won't always recognize it." Jane Lynch was originally supposed to have a recurring role, but was made a series regular when a Damon Wayans
pilot she was working on for ABC fell through. The cast is contracted for a potential three Glee films, with their contract stating that "[The actor] hereby grants Fox three
exclusive, irrevocable options to engage [the actor] in up to, respectively, three feature-length motion pictures." Murphy said in December 2010 that he wasn't interested in doing
a Glee movie "as a story", and added, "I might do it as a live concert thing." Glee: The 3D Concert Movie, filmed during the 2011 Glee Live! In Concert! tour, was released on
August 12, 2011.



Cory Monteith portrayed glee club member Finn Hudson.

Glee has featured as many as fifteen main roles with star billing, after starting with twelve. Morrison plays Will Schuester, McKinley High's Spanish teacher, who becomes glee-club
director and hopes to restore it to its former glory. Lynch plays Sue Sylvester, head coach of the "Cheerios" cheerleading squad, and the Glee Club's nemesis. Mays appears as
Emma Pillsbury, the school's mysophobic guidance counselor who has feelings for Will, and Jessalyn Gilsig plays Terri Schuester, Will's wife whom he eventually divorces after
five years of marriage and the discovery that she has faked being pregnant instead of revealing she had suffered a false pregnancy. Michele plays Rachel Berry, talented star of
the glee club who is often bullied by the Cheerios and football players, but grows closer to them as the show progresses. Rachel has an on-and-off relationship with Finn Hudson
starting in season one; they become engaged in season three. Monteith played Finn, star quarterback of the school's football team who risks alienation by his friends after joining
the glee club. Also in the club are Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones, a fashion-conscious diva who initially resents having to sing back-up; Colfer as Kurt Hummel, a fashionable gay
male countertenor; McHale as Artie Abrams, a guitar player and paraplegic; and Ushkowitz as Tina Cohen-Chang, an Asian American student with a fake speech impediment. Dianna
Agron plays Quinn Fabray, Finn's cheerleader girlfriend, who later joins the glee club to keep an eye on him. Mark Salling plays Noah "Puck" Puckerman, a good friend of Finn's on the
football team who at first disapproves of Finn joining the glee club, but later joins it himself. Naya Rivera and Heather Morris, who portray Cheerios and glee club vocalists Santana
Lopez and Brittany Pierce respectively, were originally recurring actors, but were promoted to series regulars in the second season. Mike O'Malley, who plays Kurt's father Burt
Hummel, also became a series regular on season two. Gilsig and O'Malley no longer appear on the list of starring actors at the beginning of the third season, though O'Malley will
be appearing as a recurring guest star in at least six episodes during the season. Two actors were promoted to series regulars as of the third season: Harry Shum, Jr. as football
player and glee club member Mike Chang and Darren Criss as former Dalton Academy Warbler and new club member Blaine Anderson, both of whom started as recurring actors, Shum
in the first season and Criss in the second. For the fourth season, Chord Overstreet, who started as a recurring actor in the second season, playing glee club member Sam Evans,
was promoted to the main cast, while Agron and Mays were credited as recurring guest stars.
Many of the original characters graduated from McKinley High at the end of the third season. Murphy said, "We didn't want to have a show where they were in high school for eight
years. We really wanted to be true to that experience." Adult characters played by Matthew Morrison and Jane Lynch will remain to provide continuity to the series, though
according to Falchuk, some students—Rachel, Finn and Kurt in particular—will likely remain on the show after they graduate. In May 2012, Murphy said that just because a
character on the show graduates high school does not mean that they are leaving, "A lot of people have been writing Dianna's off the show, Amber's off the show — they're not off the
show. I think Amber was talking about that bittersweet feeling of, 'I'll never be in the choir room with that exact group of people.' At least that's what she told me ... When I read
that [tweet,] I said, 'I think people will misconstrue that.' She's excited about where her character is going. They all are. I wanted to do the right thing by all of them." He then
continued: "They're all coming back. Anyone who is a regular is coming back. Everyone said yes."


On June 28, 2013, the media reported that Morris, Riley, Salling, and Shum would be changing from starring status to guest starring roles for the fifth season, and on the following
day that Jacob Artist, Melissa Benoist, Blake Jenner, Alex Newell and Becca Tobin, who play Jake Puckerman, Marley Rose, Ryder Lynn, Wade "Unique" Adams and Kitty Wilde,
respectively, were all being promoted to the show's main cast.


On July 13, 2013, Monteith was found dead in his room at the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia. An autopsy completed on July 15 indicated that he died of
alcohol and heroin overdose. On July 20, 2013, Ryan Murphy said in various media outlets that Cory would have a tribute in season five's third episode, which would deal with
the death of Monteith's character, Finn.


On July 30, 2013, Mays confirmed that she will depart the show after the fifth season to work on other projects, but stated that she would be open to returning as a guest star in the
future.


On July 7, 2014, it was confirmed that Rivera would be demoted to a recurring status for the sixth and final season, by her request. On August 28, a website revealed that Amber
Riley will once again become a regular along with Dot-Marie Jones while Jenna will be demoted to recurring status.




Broadcast


List of Glee episodes


The first season of Glee consists of twenty-two episodes. The pilot episode was originally broadcast on May 19, 2009. The series returned on September 9, 2009, airing
an additional twelve episodes on Wednesdays in the 9:00 pm timeslot until December 9, 2009, for a total of thirteen episodes. On September 21, 2009, nine more episodes were
ordered for the first season by Fox, and the first of these episodes was broadcast on April 13, 2010.


These episodes aired on Tuesday evenings at 9:00 pm. On January 11,
2010, it was announced that Fox had commissioned a second season of the show. The second season began production in June 2010. Season two began on September 21, 2010,
 airing in the 8:00 pm time slot on Tuesdays, and consists of twenty-two episodes. The show was chosen by Fox to fill the coveted timeslot that followed the network's coverage of
Super Bowl XLV in 2011, and the network originally planned to move the show to the 9:00 pm time slot on Wednesdays following the post–Super Bowl broadcast. However, Fox
later revised its schedule, leaving Glee on Tuesdays in order to concentrate on building up its weaker Wednesday and Thursday line-ups. A third season was ordered by Fox on
May 23, 2010, before the end of the first season. The early renewal of the show allowed the production team to cut costs and to plan ahead when writing scripts. The third season
broadcasts remained in the show's Tuesday 8:00 pm time slot, and began airing on September 20, 2011. The show's fourth season changed both date and time of broadcast: it
moved to Thursdays in the 9:00 pm time slot, and aired after that evening's 8:00 pm music competition "results" shows—The X Factor in the fall and American Idol in midseason.


The show was renewed for both a fifth and sixth season at the same time, on April 19, 2013.


Glee has been syndicated for broadcast in many countries worldwide, including Australia, where cast members visited to promote the show prior to its September 2009 debut on
Network Ten. Midway through season four, Glee was moved to Network Ten's digital channel Eleven due to poor ratings. It also airs in Canada on City, formerly Global,
New Zealand, and Fiji. It is broadcast in South Africa, where Fox beams the episodes directly to the M-Net broadcast center in Johannesburg rather than delivering the
tapes. Asian countries that broadcast Glee include Bangladesh, the Philippines, India, Malaysia, and Singapore.


UK trademark dispute


In the United Kingdom, E4 broadcast the first two seasons of Glee, showing episodes months after they were first aired in the US. Sky1 broadcast the series starting with the
third season, airing episodes two days after their US broadcast. However, the show has come under a trademark dispute in the UK with The Glee Club, a small chain of independent
live stand-up comedy and live music venues. In February 2014, a UK High Court judge ruled that the show "diluted and tarnished" the reputation of a comedy club chain. In a later
ruling in July 2014, the High Court ordered Fox to use a different title for the show in the UK, saying there was a "likelihood of confusion" between the two brands. Fox plans to
appeal the ruling to the UK Court of Appeal.


Merchandise


Glee merchandise


Three soundtrack albums were released to accompany Glee '​s first season: Glee: The Music, Volume 1, Glee: The Music, Volume 2 and Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers.
 Two extended plays (EP) accompanied the episodes "The Power of Madonna" and "Journey to Regionals": Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna and Glee: The Music, Journey to
Regionals respectively. Glee: The Music, The Complete Season One, a compilation album featuring all 100 studio recordings from the first season, was released exclusively to
the iTunes Store. Five soundtrack albums were released to accompany Glee '​s second season: Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album, featuring Christmas-themed songs, and Glee:
The Music, Volume 4, were both released in November 2010; Glee: The Music, Volume 5, Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers, and Glee: The Music, Volume
6 were 2011 releases, in March, April, and May, respectively. An EP entitled Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show was released to accompany the Halloween episode,
"The Rocky Horror Glee Show". Two EPs were released exclusively at the Target discount chain: Glee: The Music, Love Songs in the last week of 2010, and Glee: The Music,
Dance Party in early September 2011.


Glee has been released on several DVD and Blu-ray box-sets. Glee – Pilot Episode: Director's Cut features the pilot episode and a preview of the second episode, "Showmance".
Glee – Volume 1: Road to Sectionals contains the first thirteen episodes of season one, and Glee – Volume 2: Road to Regionals contains the final nine episodes of the first season.
 Glee – The Complete First Season was released on September 13, 2010. Three boxed sets were released for the second season: Glee Season 2: Volume 1 containing the first
ten episodes on January 25, 2011, and both Glee Season 2: Volume 2 with the final twelve episode and Glee: The Complete Second Season with all twenty-two on September 13,
2011. All three were released on DVD; only the complete season is available on Blu-ray.


Little, Brown Books is in the process of publishing five Glee–related young adult novels, which are being developed in collaboration with the show's producers and writers. The
first three novels have been written by Sophia Lowell; the first, Glee: The Beginning, was released in August 2010 and serves as a prequel to the events of the television series.
Subsequent novels include Glee: Foreign Exchange, released in February 2011, and Glee: Summer Break, released in July 2011.


Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products have plans for a line of Glee–related merchandise including games, electrical products, greeting cards, apparel and stationery. Macy's
carry a line of Glee–related clothing, and Claire's stock accessories.
Halfbrick Studios published a Glee content version of the mobile game Band Stars by Six Foot Kid  in collaboration with Fox Digital Entertainment on March 27,
2014, currently available on iOS platforms, but with plans to release to Android. The game is available for free download with some Glee content available immediately including Kurt
Hummel and Will Schuester. 12 characters from the Glee TV show are available for purchase and download in two separate packs. Pack 1 contains: Rachel Berry, Mercedes Jones, Noah
(Puck) Puckerman, Jake Puckerman and Quinn Fabray. Pack 2 contains: Artie Abrams, Tina Cohen-Chang, Blaine Anderson, Santana Lopez, Brittany Pierce and Unique Adams.




Reception


Critical reception



Variety '​s Brian Lowry said that Jayma Mays as Emma offered "modest redemption" to an adult cast of "over-the-top buffoons".



Glee received a Metacritic score of 77 out of 100 in its first season, based on reviews by eighteen critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". It was praised by critics in
several round-up reviews of 2009 in television. James Poniewozik of Time ranked it the eighth best television show of the year, commenting: "when Glee works—which is often—it is
transcendent, tear-jerking and thrilling like nothing else on TV." Entertainment Weekly '​s Ken Tucker ranked it ninth, calling it "Hands down the year's most novel show [and] also
its least likely success", Lisa Respers France of CNN wrote that while ordinarily Glee '​s premise would have been "a recipe for disaster", the show has "such quirky charm and
bravado that it is impossible not to get swept up". Reviews for subsequent seasons on Metacritic, reflecting their initial episodes, were not quite as good—the second season's
score was 76 out of 100 from eleven reviews, and the fourth season received a score of 73 out of 100 from six reviews.


Nancy Gibbs of Time magazine wrote that she had heard the series described as "anti-Christian" by a youth minister, and commented:

It is easy to see his point, if you look at the specifics. [...] The students lie, they cheat, they steal, they lust, they lace the bake-sale cupcakes with pot in order to give the student
body a severe case of the munchies. Nearly all the Ten Commandments get violated at one point or another, while the audience is invited to laugh at people's pain and folly and
humiliation. ... It insults kids to suggest that simply watching Characters Behaving Badly onscreen means they'll take that as permission to do the same themselves. [...] And it's set in
high school, meaning it's about a journey not just to college and career but to identity and conviction, the price of popularity, the compromises we must make between what we want and
what we need."


Variety '​s Brian Lowry was critical of the show's early episodes, highlighting acting and characterization issues and deeming the adult cast "over-the-top buffoons", with the exception
of Mays' Emma, who he felt offered "modest redemption". Though he praised Colfer and Michele's performances, Lowry wrote that the show's talent was squandered by its
"jokey, cartoonish, wildly uneven tone", deeming the series a "one-hit wonder". Following the show's mid-season finale, Lowry wrote that while Glee "remains a frustrating mess at
times", its "vibrant musical numbers and talented cast have consistently kept it on [his] TiVo must list" conceding that "even with its flaws, TV would be poorer without Glee."


As Glee '​s initial success pulled in a large audience, John Doyle of The Globe and Mail wrote that the early shows "felt fresh, mainly because the motley crew of kids had a kind of
square naïveté." Doyle notes that the early success took Glee away from its original characters and plot, focusing more on celebrity guests. "The gaiety is gone from Glee. You should
have set it in its prime, mere months ago". Matthew Gilbert of Boston Globe similarly wrote that "It has become a powerful, promotional machine, long on hype and short on the
human feeling--the glee--that once made it so addictive".


Music


The show's musical performances have been a commercial success, with over thirty-six million copies of Glee cast single releases purchased digitally, and over eleven million albums
purchased worldwide through October 2011.  In 2009, the Glee cast had twenty-five singles chart on the Billboard Hot 100, the most by any artist since The Beatles had thirty-
one songs in the chart in 1964; in 2010, it placed eighty singles on the Billboard Hot 100, far outstripping the previous record. In February 2011, Glee surpassed Elvis
Presley as the act with the most songs placed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, though fewer than one-fourth of them have charted for more than one week. The cast performance of
"Don't Stop Believin'" was certified gold on October 13, 2009, achieving over 500,000 digital sales, and on March 16, 2011, received platinum certification for having sales of
over a million. The series' cover version had a positive effect on sales of Rihanna's "Take a Bow", which increased by 189 percent after the song was covered in the Glee episode
"Showmance".


However, there has also been critical condemnation of the cast performances. Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone commented that Matthew Morrison "couldn't rap his way out of a 98°
rehearsal", and Allmusic's Andrew Leahey wrote that Cory Monteith and Dianna Agron "can't sing nearly as well as their co-stars". E! Online's Joal Ryan criticized the show for
its "overproduced soundtrack" and complained that many songs rely too heavily on the pitch-correcting software Auto-Tune: "For every too-brief moment of Lea Michele sounding
raw—and lovely—on a "What a Girl Wants", or Monteith singing a perfectly credible REO Speedwagon in the shower, there's Michele and Monteith sounding like 1990s-era Cher on
"No Air", or Monteith sounding like the Monteith XRZ-200 on the out-of-the-shower version of "Can't Fight This Feeling".


During the second season, Rob Sheffield for Rolling Stone noted the Britney Spears and Rocky Horror tribute episodes as examples when he lauded Glee and its choice of music. He
praised Murphy for his selection and resurrection of "forgotten" pop songs and compared the show's uniqueness to "MTV in its prime" as the embodiment of popular culture.


Some artists, including Slash, Kings of Leon and Foo Fighters, have declined to have their songs used on the show. Murphy has been publicly critical of these refusals, which has led to
exchanges in the press between him and a number of artists. A slated cover of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back" in the season four episode "Sadie Hawkins" has been criticized
as allegedly copying a rendition of the song by Jonathan Coulton without his permission. Side-by-Side comparison shows the waveforms appear remarkably similar. Other artists
have come forward with allegations of plagiarism in light of this development. It was reported that musician Prince was unimpressed about Glee covering his hit "Kiss", and that he
had not authorised this.


Fandom


Fans of Glee are commonly referred to as "gleeks", a portmanteau of "glee" and "geek". Fox ran a "Biggest GLEEK" competition, measuring fans' Glee-related activity on social
networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace, and found that the growth of the fanbase outpaced the network's science-fiction shows. The cast's Hot Topic tour was titled
"The Gleek Tour". Glee is one of the most tweeted-about TV shows. In 2011, it was the top trending US TV show. On IMDb, Glee is the seventh highest ranking TV
series of the period 2002–2012. Fans have recreated many of its musical numbers in tribute to the show, sharing them on YouTube. Based on this trend, show producers included
instrumental versions of some songs on the show's soundtracks.


Similarly, Glee fans have created portmanteaus of character couples, such as "Finchel" for Finn and Rachel, "Klaine" for Kurt and Blaine, and "Brittana" for Brittany and Santana. This
fact has been referenced in various second season episodes, notably "Furt", which is itself a coinage for the new stepbrothers Finn and Kurt, and "Rumours".


Awards and accolades


List of awards and nominations received by Glee


Glee has received a number of awards and nominations. In 2009, the series won five Satellite Awards: "Best Musical or Comedy TV Series", "Best Actor" and "Actress in a Musical or
Comedy TV Series" for Morrison and Michele, "Best Supporting Actress" for Lynch and "Special Achievement for Outstanding Guest Star" for Kristin Chenoweth. In 2010, the
show won a Golden Globe Award for "Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy". Morrison, Michele and Lynch also received acting nominations. The series was nominated for
two Writers Guild of America Awards, with screenplays nominated in the "Comedy Series" and "New Series" categories. It also won a Peabody Award in 2009. The
Glee cast won the "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series" award at the 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Paris Barclay and Ryan Murphy both received
nominations for "Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series" at the Directors Guild of America Awards for their work on Glee. In July 2010, Glee received nineteen Emmy Award
nominations, including "Outstanding Comedy Series", "Outstanding Lead Actor – Comedy Series" for Morrison and "Outstanding Lead Actress – Comedy Series" for Michele; it won
four of these, including "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series" for Lynch and "Outstanding Guest Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series" for Neil Patrick
Harris.[164] Paris Barclay was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Best Directing in a Comedy Series in 2010 for his episode "Wheels".


On January 16, 2011 the show won a Golden Globe for "Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy" and both Lynch and Colfer won Golden Globes for Best Supporting Actress and
Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series, Miniseries, or TV Film. In July 2011, Glee received twelve Emmy nominations and won two: Gwyneth Paltrow was named Outstanding
Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her portrayal of Holly Holliday, and the show won the Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series category. It received three Emmy
nominations in July 2012, and four in July 2013.


The cast was invited to sing at the White House by Michelle Obama in April 2010 for the annual Easter Egg Roll.



The pilot episode of Glee averaged 9.62 million viewers, and the following eleven episodes attained between 6.10 and 7.65 million. The mid-season finale was watched
by 8.13 million viewers, with the show returning in April 2010 to a season high of 13.66 million viewers. The following six episodes attained between 11.49 and 12.98 million
viewers, falling to 8.99 million for the penultimate episode "Funk". Viewing figures rose to 11.07 million viewers for the season finale, giving Glee the highest
finale rating for a new show in the 2009–10 television season. Only the first twenty episodes of the first season were accounted for when calculating the season average due to
the final two episodes airing outside the traditional sweeps period. On February 6, 2011, after the Super Bowl, Glee received its highest ever ratings, with over 26.8 million
tuning in to see the special episode, with a peak of 39.5 million.


In 2011, Glee generated $2 million advertising revenue per half hour. In 2012, the show was the fourth-highest revenue earning show of the year, with US$2.83 million ad revenue
per half hour, behind Two and a Half Men, The X Factor (U.S.) and American Idol.


Film


Glee: The Concert Movie, a concert film based on the four-week North American segment of the 2011 Glee Live! In Concert! tour and featuring the cast of the series in performance
and backstage, was released in the United States and the United Kingdom on August 12, 2011, for a two-week limited engagement. The film is directed by Kevin Tancharoen.


Related media


Further information: The Glee Project and Don't Stop Believing (TV series)
In January 2010, it was announced that open auditions would be held for three new roles to be introduced in Glee '​s second season. They were open to amateurs and professionals aged
sixteen to twenty-six, and were intended to be the subject of a multi-part television special, set to air in the lead-in to the second season premiere in fall 2010, with the new cast
members revealed in the first episode. Murphy commented: "Anybody and everybody now has a chance to be on a show about talented underdogs. We want to be the first
interactive musical comedy on television." On June 22, 2010, Josef Adalian of New York magazine revealed that the reality show would not go ahead, due to Murphy's desire to
concentrate on the main series, and fear that the distraction of the reality show may damage Glee.


Adalian reported that the production team would still choose several winners from
the entrants and invite them to appear on Glee for at least one episode. In June 2010, it was announced that Oxygen would host a reality series set to air in June 2011, featuring
performers competing for a spot on Glee. The Glee Project started airing on June 12, 2011, and the final episode was broadcast on August 21, 2011. The winning prize
was a seven-episode guest-starring role in Glee '​s third season, which was awarded to two contestants, with a two-episode role given to two other finalists.


On June 7, 2010, UK broadcaster Channel 4 aired Gleeful: The Real Show Choirs of America on its E4 station. The documentary explored the American show choir phenomenon which
inspired Glee. Narrated by Nick Grimshaw, it went behind the scenes with real-life glee clubs and detailed celebrity show choir alumni including Lance Bass, Ashton Kutcher,
Blake Lively and Anne Hathaway. It was selected as recommended viewing by The Guardian, with the comment: "it's a fascinating look at the real-life New Directions, and it's
equally as crackers as its TV champion." The newspaper's Lucy Mangan reviewed the documentary positively, writing: "It will, one way or another, fill your heart to bursting",
and commenting that: "Glee, it turns out, is not a gloriously ridiculous, highly polished piece of escapism. It is cinéma vérité." It was watched by 411,000 viewers, a 2.3% audience
share.


In summer 2010, Channel 5 in the United Kingdom aired Don't Stop Believing, a reality talent show inspired by Glee '​s success. The series featured live shows in which established and
new musical performance groups competed against each other, performing well-known songs in new arrangements, with viewers voting on the winner. Solo singers were also sought
to join a group to represent the United Kingdom on the American glee club circuit. Five's controller Richard Woolfe stated: "There's an explosion in musical performance
groups and Don't Stop Believing will tap into that exciting groundswell." The show was hosted by Emma Bunton, who told The Belfast Telegraph that she is a "huge fan" of
Glee. The show's judges were former EastEnders actress Tamsin Outhwaite, Blue member Duncan James, singer Anastacia and High School Musical choreographer Charles
"Chucky" Klapow.

Doc Martin

Doc Martin




Created by: Dominic Minghella


Starring:


Martin Clunes
Caroline Catz
Ian McNeice
Joe Absolom
Selina Cadell
Jessica Ransom
Annabelle Apsion
Stephanie Cole
Katherine Parkinson
Louise Jameson
Eileen Atkins


Theme music composer: Colin Towns


Country of origin: United Kingdom


No. of series: 6

No. of episodes: 46 (List of episodes)


Production

Producer(s): Philippa Braithwaite


Running time: 38× 50mins,  1× 92mins




Broadcast

Original channel: ITV, STV, UTV


Picture format: 576i (2004 - 2009), 1080i (2009 - 2013)


Original run: 2 September 2004 – Present


Doc Martin is a British television medical comedy drama series starring Martin Clunes in
the title role. It was created by Dominic Minghella after the character of Dr. Martin
Bamford in the 2000 comedy film Saving Grace. The show is set in the fictional
seaside village of Portwenn and filmed on location in the village of Port Isaac, Cornwall,
England, with most interior scenes shot in a converted local barn. Five series aired
between 2004 and 2011, together with a feature-length special that aired on Christmas
Day 2006. The sixth series began airing on ITV on 2 September 2013 and aired its last
episode "Departure" on 21 October 2013. A seventh series has been commissioned.


Synopsis


Dr. Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes), a brilliant and successful vascular surgeon at
Imperial College London, develops haemophobia (a fear of blood), forcing him to stop
practising surgery. He obtains a post as the general practitioner (GP) in the sleepy
Cornish village of Portwenn, where he spent childhood holidays with his Aunt Joan
(Stephanie Cole). Upon arriving in Portwenn — where, to his frustration, the locals
address him as "Doc Martin" — he finds the surgery in disarray. He inherits an
incompetent receptionist, Elaine Denham (Lucy Punch). In series 2-4, Pauline Lamb
(Katherine Parkinson), a new receptionist and later phlebotomist, replaces Elaine. In
2011, Morwenna Newcross (Jessica Ransom) takes up the post.


The show revolves around Ellingham's interactions with the local Cornish villagers.
Despite his medical brilliance, Ellingham is gruff and ill-mannered and lacks social skills.
His cold, abrasive manner offends many of the villagers. They perceive him to be short-
tempered and lacking in a bedside manner, whereas he feels he is performing his duties in
a professional and no-nonsense manner, not wasting time chatting with the villagers. The
villagers eventually discover his fear of blood and the frequent and debilitating bouts of
nausea and vomiting it causes. Ellingham's aunt, Joan Norton, provides emotional support
in the face of the disquiet his abrupt manner causes among the villagers. Ellingham also
finds it difficult to express his romantic feelings to primary school teacher Louisa
Glasson (Caroline Catz), often spoiling a rare tender moment with, for example, a
comment about an unpleasant medical condition or requesting a stool sample.


Original character


Martin Clunes originally played a character called "Dr Martin Bamford" in the 2000
film Saving Grace and its two made-for-TV prequels, Doc Martin and Doc Martin and the
Legend of the Cloutie, which were made by British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB). The
prequels show Bamford, a successful obstetrician rather than surgeon, finding out that his
wife has been carrying on extramarital affairs behind his back. After confronting her
with the news, he escapes London and heads for Cornwall, which he remembers fondly
from his youth. Shortly after he arrives, he is involved in the mystery of the
"Jellymaker" and, following the departure of the village's resident GP, decides to stay in
Port Isaac and fill the gap. In these three films the village is not known as Portwenn.
The original deal was to produce two such television films per year for three years, but
Sky Pictures folded after the first two episodes were made, so Clunes's company tried to
sell the franchise to ITV. ITV felt the Martin Bamford character should be portrayed as
a "townie", out of his depth and uncomfortable in the country. They also wanted
something edgier, so Clunes suggested the doctor be very grumpy and socially inept. The
new doctor's surname was to be Ellingham, an anagram of the last name of the new writer,
Dominic Minghella, who was brought in to rework the doctor's background and create a
new cast of supporting characters.


Along with Clunes, the only actors to appear in both versions of Doc Martin are Tristan
Sturrock and Tony Maudsley.


Episodes


List of Doc Martin episodes


Six series totaling 46 episodes have aired on ITV in the UK between 2004 and 2013.
Episodes are 50 minutes, except the 2006 TV film which is 92 minutes. In the US,
American Public Television provides the 2006 TV film as a two-part episode with the
second episode airing the week after the first.


The first three series were broadcast from 2004-2007; subsequent series have aired
only in odd-numbered years.


Series 7


Clunes has confirmed that the seventh series will be shot in 2015, but because of the
difficulty in creating new storylines, the series may be the show's last.


Ratings


In the UK, Doc Martin has been a ratings success for ITV with the third series achieving
ITV's best midweek drama performance in the 9pm Monday slot since December 2004. The final episode of the third series was watched by 10.37 million viewers, which is
the programme's highest-ever viewing figure for a single episode.


In 2009, Doc Martin was moved to a 9pm Sunday time slot for the broadcast of Series
4. That change meant that it followed-on from ITV's The X Factor programme. Series 4
ratings were adversely impacted by STV not screening the majority of ITV drama
productions in Scotland. The final episode of Series 4 had ratings of 10.29 million
viewers. STV went back on its decision not to screen ITV drama in Scotland. Series 4 of
Doc Martin was broadcast on Sunday afternoons in August 2011.


Foreign adaptations


Notro Films produced a Spanish version under the title Doctor Mateo for Antena 3
Televisión. It aired in 2009 and was shot in Lastres, Asturias, with the fictional name of
San Martín del Sella twinned with Portwenn.


French television producers Ego Productions, in cooperation with TF1, have produced a
French version of the series starring Thierry Lhermitte as Dr Martin Le Foll, with the
series based in the fictional Breton town of Port-Garrec, twinned with Portwenn.


In Germany, Doktor Martin an adaptation of the original series, airs on ZDF with Axel
Milberg as Doktor Martin Helling, a surgeon from Berlin. The counterpart of
Portwenn was the real existing village of Neuharlingersiel in East Frisia.


In Austria the equivalent to Doc Martin is Der Bergdoktor which translates to The
mountain doctor. The doctor is called Dr Martin Gruber played by Austrian actor Hans
Sigl. It is set in the picturesque village of Ellmau in the Tirol region. Like Portwenn this
is a rural setting but in mountains rather than on the coast. The series began in 2008.


In Greece, Kliniki Periptosi an adaptation of the original series, was aired in November
2011 on Mega Channel with Yannis Bezos as Markos Staikos, a surgeon from New York.
In the Netherlands Dokter Tinus based on the original series began airing in late August
2012 on SBS6 with the main role being played by actor Thom Hoffman. The series was
shot in Woudrichem.


A Russian version is mentioned in the Series 5 bonus material.


In 2004 Doc Martin won the British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Drama, having
also been nominated as Best New TV Comedy. In the same year, Martin Clunes won the
Best TV Comedy Actor award, primarily for his portrayal of Doc Martin

The League-- needs edit

The League



Created by:

Jeff Schaffer
Jackie Schaffer

Starring:

Mark Duplass
Nick Kroll
Stephen Rannazzisi
Paul Scheer
Jon Lajoie
Katie Aselton

Country of origin: United States

Original language(s): English

No. of seasons: 6

No. of episodes: 71 (List of episodes)


Production

Executive producer(s):

Jeff Schaffer
Jackie Schaffer

Running time: 20–23 minutes (Seasons 1-5); 25-30 minutes (Season 6)

Production company(s):

Chicken Sticks
FX Productions

Distributor: 20th Television


Broadcast

Original channel: FX (2009–2012), FXX (2013–present)

Original run: October 29, 2009 – present

The League is an American sitcom that premiered on FX on October 29, 2009. The series, set in Chicago, Illinois, is a semi-improvised comedy about a fantasy football league, its members, and their everyday lives. The sixth season premiered on September 3, 2014. FXX renewed the series for a seventh and final season, set to air in the fall of 2015.


Synopsis

List of The League episodes

The series revolves around six friends who participate in a fantasy football league. The show follows the friends, who will do anything to win, while also dealing with a variety of situations that occur in their everyday lives.

Cast

Main characters

Mark Duplass as Peter "Pete" Eckhart: Three-time league champion who separates from his wife Meegan (Leslie Bibb) in the pilot episode. Several episodes revolve around his interaction with women. Pete is known for tricking his gullible friends (particularly Taco and Andre) into making poor fantasy football trades (called "trade rapes"). He works in a cubicle in sales, avoiding doing actual work as much as possible, though in the Season 5 episode "The Automatic Faucet," he was done with fantasy football and focusing on work except for helping his boss with a staff lineup, which earned him a promotion. He created, and is commissioner of, the "Sacko", the "worst-team" trophy created during the episode "The Reunion". He still holds the North Winnetka High School pole-vault record. He once got a "Fear Boner" when he went to pick up Bears tickets from a man he met in the park.

Stephen Rannazzisi as Kevin MacArthur: An assistant district attorney, Kevin is also the league commissioner from Seasons 1–3 as well as Pete's best friend. He returns to commissioner in season 5. Because he has difficulty competing in the league on his own, he often takes football knowledge from his wife, Jenny. As a result, the other guys take for granted that Jenny really runs Kevin's team. Jenny eventually joins the league herself after Ruxin's brother-in-law Rafi leaves the league. He had never won the Shiva, the award given to the league winners (named after Shivakamini Somakandarkram: a high school classmate to whom Kevin lost his virginity). In college he got a "Fear Boner" when somebody asked for directions who he thought was going to mug him. Kevin wins in the finale of Season 3, however it was declared null by Ruxin due to collusion and lies, until Kevin agreed to give Ruxin the role of commissioner and let him have naming rights to his newborn. Kevin has been highnotized (hypnotized under the influence of marijuana) by his brother Taco. His best friend Pete and his wife Jenny have also similarly programmed him using dog-training techniques. Kevin has a young daughter named Ellie whose foul mouth comes from her parents, and a son born in Season 4's first episode and named Chalupa Batman by his Uncle Taco, but renamed Christopher Benjamin by his parents in the next episode. In the Season 5 premiere he takes Ted's AIDS-medication cocktail because he believes the drugs helped Ted win the Shiva.

Nick Kroll as Rodney Ruxin: A Jewish product-liability attorney, he is just as ruthless and obnoxious in the league as he is in the courtroom. He "out-kicked his coverage" with his wife, and therefore goes to great lengths to please her. He is constantly torn between his need to please his wife and his desire to crush his league opponents. In many episodes, and all of Season 3, Ruxin is extremely paranoid, often thinking that his opponents are "trying to get into his head," or that other members of the league are "in collusion" to cheat him, but his paranoid hunches have been correct on at least two occasions, in "Expert Witness" and "The Lockout". In the episode "The Bounce Test", he describes his own appearance: "I look like a Nazi propaganda cartoon of a Jew." He and Sofia currently have a son named Geoffrey ("Baby Geoffrey") and own a dog named Cale (the name Kevin told Ruxin in confidence that he and Jenny wanted to name their next child if it was a boy). He hates being called by his first name, Rodney, preferring to be called Ruxin although his sister Rebecca (Lizzy Caplan) calls him the "Rod-man," and Taco sometimes calls him "Ruspin," which he also hates. He won the league championship at the end of season 2. In high school he had a reputation for dating large women, giving him the nickname "The Herdsman." He inherited his sarcastic nature from his father Rupert (Jeff Goldblum), who also prefers to be called Ruxin. After catching Kevin in his "clown car of lies", he declares Season 3 to be null and void and claims himself as winner via default, after miraculously healing (upon catching sight of Shiva) from the after-effects of a stress-induced stroke from discovering the collusion. He then agrees that the events of Season 3 of the television show--Season 7 of the league itself-—would count in exchange for becoming the new league commissioner and for the naming rights to Kevin and Jenny's newborn, the latter of which he trades to Taco for his #1 draft pick. He was commissioner only in season 4. Ruxin is a graduate of Northwestern University.

Paul Scheer as Dr. Andre Nowzick: A bald, rich plastic surgeon whose naïveté makes him the brunt of many jokes. He wears what he believes to be trendy clothing, for which he is mercilessly mocked by his friends. He tries to be cool by using current slang, particularly the jargon of hip-hop culture, but he is constantly rebuked by his friends and others, such as professional football player Chad Johnson. Andre wins the Shiva at the end of Season 1 after entering a committed relationship with Shivakamini Somakandarkram (the person whose name graces the league trophy). He's hosted the first three drafts; at his house, then in Las Vegas, and then in the third season was locked out of his house during the draft as a part of the Sacko punishment, leaving time for Dirty Randy (Seth Rogen) to create a low-budget porno based loosely on Andre's life. In the Season-2 premiere he renamed the trophy "the Dre" which was then renamed by the rest of the crew as "the SheDre" (A hybrid of "Shiva" and "Dre"). The worship of a false god in "the Dre" results in bad luck, which is nicknamed "Draids". His Draids resulted in the worst record in the league and ultimately recipient of the Sacko. Andre's sister Heather (Sarah Silverman) has had sex with everyone in the league except Andre, Jenny, and Ruxin.

Jon Lajoie as Taco MacArthur: Kevin's younger brother, a perpetually-stoned, unemployed musician. He doesn't care or know much about football, evident by his attempts to draft Canadian football players and his tendency to draft placekickers. He has won the league championship at least once in 2006, evident by his handwritten name on the trophy. He hooks up with women easily, and lives via handouts from his brother Kevin and "Eskimo family tree" (people who have slept with women he has slept with), making his own food (thousand-year-old eggs) and making his own personal hygiene products, such as deodorant. He also makes ringtones (Horse Orgasm or, "Horsegasm"). For one episode, Taco takes martial arts, specializing in use of a naginata (a long pole with a blade at the end) and studies of naginatajutsu. He usually means well but his acts of kindness usually have disastrous results. He is perhaps the most emotional member of the league, prone to crying when his feelings are hurt. In the unrated version of season 1, Ruxin claimed that the reason Taco is such a "frittata" is because they made him smoke marijuana when he was 8. Between seasons 2 and 3, Taco travels around the world and becomes a soap opera star in Algeria where he plays a stupid American. Taco enjoys keeping bongs (which he calls "guest bongs") in all of his friends' houses for him to use. In season 4, it is revealed that he owns the domain name dallascowboys.com, which Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones buys for $250,000. In Season 5 he turns his dead uncle's van into multiple unsuccessful small businesses. It is also revealed that when he is not high he is actually very intelligent, probably the most intelligent member of the League. In season 6, his Eskimo-Brother DataBase ends up making him a lot of money and he starts other business ventures.

Katie Aselton as Jenny MacArthur (née Banger): Kevin's wife, who helps him run his team and has as much enthusiasm for the league as the actual members do during season 1. When Kevin loses a bet to Pete in Season 1, Jenny is forced to streak since she is clearly the manager for Kevin's team. For season 2, Jenny wanted her own team for the league, but the members voted to give the vacant spot to Ruxin's brother-in-law Rafi; angered, Jenny sought revenge by helping Ruxin draft instead. She is introduced into the league during that same season to replace Rafi and would eventually lose to Ruxin's team in the Shiva Bowl. Her foul mouth is well equal to Kevin's and their daughter Ellie is already taking after them. At the end of Season 3, she tells Kevin that their second child is on the way. She gives birth to a baby boy in the Season-4 premiere. She defeated Andre in Season 5's Shiva Bowl.

Recurring characters

Nadine Velazquez as Sofia Ruxin, Ruxin's Latina wife. She is good friends with Taco--Ruxin's only friend with whom she gets along.

Jason Mantzoukas as Rafi, Sofia's deranged, obnoxious brother, aka "Bro-lo el Cuñado." Best friend and possible lover of porn director Dirty Randy. He shared a bed with Sofia until she was 18. He was an altar boy as a child, but had to quit after he raped a priest. Down for anything no matter what, to an extreme. He always calls Pete "Tall Guy" and believes Kevin's name is Brian. His residence has a large number of "load-bearing chairs" stacked up and has a "toilet-kitchen". Rafi stores a never-ending supply of hotdogs in his pants, referring to them as "pocket-dogs." He is a diabetic. He gets "murder boners" when practicing his MMA skills and gets a "War Boner" when playing paintball. He thinks that he is Baby Geoffrey's true father. Occasionally he has suggested that he and Sofia shared an incestuous relationship in the past (not directly denied by Sofia). Many times when he vomits, he defecates. Many times when he defecates, he orgasms. Ruxin's sarcasm led him to take on the role of Bobbum Man in real life. He is apparently killed by Dirty Randy in a duel. In Season 6's "When Rafi Met Randy," it is revealed Rafi was once a normal family man until Randy's business partner fell to his death on top of Rafi's wife and two sons, killing them all. After numerous suicide attempts, Rafi was checked into a mental asylum along with Randy. An over-zealous nurse subjected them both to shock therapy that would alter their minds to their deranged state. Randy revealed that he was responsible for the deaths of Rafi's family only for Rafi to be subjected to a partial lobotomy that made him forget them completely. It is also revealed how Rafi was returned to life via special means.
Alina Foley as Ellie MacArthur, Jenny and Kevin's young daughter. She has inherited her parents' profane language.

Janina Gavankar as Shivakamini Somakandarkram, a doctor who was the valedictorian of most of the league members' graduating high-school class. She is a urologist, specializing in genital reconstruction. Usually appears on the penultimate or season finales of the season, given that she is the "patron deity" of their league's trophy. They each present an item to the trophy, which contains a high-school photo of her. The only odd-episode-out is "The High-School Reunion" where she was present with the league, revealing that Pete's mother's windshield wasn't busted by a high-school friend, but rather by Kevin when he lost his virginity to Shiva. Shiva cursed the 2012 season of the league because they would not take her picture off the trophy.

Adam Karchmer as Geoffrey Ruxin, Ruxin and Sofia's son. Ruxin calls him "Baby Geoffrey."
Rob Huebel as Dr. Russell Deramo, a doctor and friend of the gang. He first appears in "The Draft", where he attends Andre's party. He returns in "The Kluneberg", where it is revealed that he moved to New York, but returned saying New York was too crowded and too full of "crazy people". He later reveals that he is a sex addict, and invites Jenny to join his league. He later replaces her with Rafi, allowing her to join the league. In Season 5, he is a member of Rafi's Domination League with "Dirty Randy." He is introduced into the league in Season 6 as a replacement for Ted.
Leslie Bibb as Meegan Eckhart, Pete's abrasive ex-wife. They fought constantly. After she gave away his lucky draft shirt, Pete realized that they were not meant to be together and they separated. They finalized the divorce, and she was left with only the house. She had requested their Benjamin Button DVD, presumably knowing that it contained a disc with a sex video she had made with Pete, but Pete had already sneaked into her house and stolen it, aided by Kevin; Pete never gives it back. She was later seen dating an older man named Ted.

Seth Rogen as Dirty Randy – Rafi's friend, who works as a librarian and a pornographer. The reason he works at the library is for the infrastructure and says "it's a place where you can find desperate people and you can pay them in drugs and alcohol to work as part of the porn-production team." Before he was a porn director, he was homeless, kicked out of the military, a crack dealer, and a porn-location scout. He met Rafi in an asylum, an experience he describes as "very romantic". He believes that puns "are as vital to the porn business as they are to the pet shop and children's barbershop industries." He directed such movies as the controversial "Shitler's List" (the controversy was that it was shot in black and white), "Toe-Bangers 3" (The SEAL Team-Six member who shot Bin Laden found a copy of it in the compound, but the Government will not release the footage), "Dr. Andre Nodick," and "12.12.12: The Mayan Cockandlips" (filmed in the loft Deion Sanders bought from Andre). In Season 5, he is also a member of Rafi's "Domination League." He threatens Ruxin with a trident made from dildos. In Season 6's "When Rafi Met Randy," Randy is revealed to have been a successful businessman who accidentally knocked his partner off a construction building where the man crushed the family of a then-normal Rafi. The two were committed to the same mental institution where numerous shock therapy sessions resulted in their deranged states. When Randy realized he was responsible for the deaths of Rafi's family, he used another shock session to make him forget about them.

Brie Larson as Ashley, Baby Geoffrey's former au pair. She was hired partially due to her good looks. Pete quickly begins sleeping with her, which causes her to neglect her au-pair duties. Ruxin wants to fire her, but she ends up extorting him, threatening to tell Sofia that he was masturbating to her photo (he was actually wiping pee off his pants) unless he continues to pay her for doing nothing. In order to get her to quit, Ruxin enlisted Rafi to hit on her, which ends up backfiring when she brings Rafi into bed with her and Pete to do the "Golden Gate Bridge". Rafi eventually talks her into quitting and moving in with him, which is in Ruxin's home.


Notable guest stars

Matt Walsh as Mr. Friedman -- "Freaky Friedman" or "The Oracle"'s father. (Season 1 - Pilot)
Thomas Lennon as Bryce – Pete and Meegan's mediator.
Bobby Lee as Chu – a local "frittata" and patron of a local Chinese restaurant.
Craig Bierko as Craig O'Connor – Kevin's boss.
Brooke Nevin as Lily—Kevin's co-worker and for a brief moment, Taco's girlfriend. Referred to by Kevin as a "goody-two-shoes."
Janet Montgomery as Ambrosia – Las Vegas stripper who has a vast knowledge in fantasy football.
Lake Bell as Brooke – Pete's girlfriend, and Kevin's ex-girlfriend. Nicknamed "The White Knuckler."
Alison Becker as Darcy - A practicing Wiccan Pete went out with on Halloween.
Jamey Sheridan as Ted – Meegan's new, significantly-older boyfriend who has a heart attack at Ruxin's anniversary party.
Michael Hitchcock as Ed - A man Pete meets in the park. He offers Pete Bears tickets and gives him a Fear Boner.
Alia Shawkat as April – A courtroom artist and Taco's girlfriend.
Ike Barinholtz as Frank "The Body" Gibiatti – Ruxin's high school rival.
Martin Starr as Stu Pompeu – Pete's high school rival, nicknamed "Box of Frogs."
Lindsay Sloane as Lindsey Martin - Ellie's teacher who is also dating Pete. Breaks Pete's dick because of her constant kegel exercises.
Lloyd Ahlquist as Dr. Andre NoDick—Dirty Randy's porn star.
Kayden Kross as Kayden, a porn star in the Dr. Andre NoDick porno.
Rick Shapiro as Bum – A homeless man.
Desi Lydic as Waitress—-Briefly hooked up with Peter during "The Marathon" episode.
Ray Liotta as Mr. Hudabega – Ruxin's boss, a germaphobe.
Keegan-Michael Key as Steve (Carmenjello) – A janitor Andre attempts to befriend after unintentionally upsetting him by calling him "Carmenjello," thinking that was his name, but finds out that it is the name of the janitorial service for which he works. Kevin takes a picture of skin and says "it's the perfect shade of cinnamon" which also offends him.
Sarah Silverman as Heather Nowzick – Andre's promiscuous sister.
Jeff Goldblum as Rupert Ruxin – Rodney's father.
Will Forte as Chuck – One of the league's two out-of-town members, a recovering alcoholic. Has the nickname, "Two-Nut Chuck." In the Season-5 premiere it is mentioned that he is in rehab again.
Eliza Dushku as Kristen – Kevin's Krav Maga instructor.
Deon Cole as Mugger – Tries to rob Kevin and Kristen after Krav Maga class.
T.J. Miller as Gabriel – A member of a religious cult called "The Light of Genesis" who tries to recruit Ruxin.
Brett Gelman as Gavin – An ex-convict Kevin prosecuted, the father of Ellie's friend Chloe.
Melissa Ordway as Sutton- A friend of the league and a sexual interest of Taco and Pete.
Chris Tallman as Mr. Swall – The human-resources representative at Ruxin's firm
Allison Williams as Danielle – Pete's controlling girlfriend. Decides to make Pete's roster and beer selections
Marianne Muellerleile as Bernice, a hospital nurse who tends to Ruxin after his heart attack; when Rafi visits Ruxin, he hits on Bernice.
Timothy Olyphant as Wesley-san – A sushi chef at Spuki Sushi. He is white but acts Asian. Claims to be from O-ma-ha.
Ryan Hansen as Ben – Jenny's ex-boyfriend, Kevin and Andre's friend. In Season 4, it is divulged that he and Jenny once had sex six times in one day ("The Freezeout").
Julia Duffy as Martha - Kevin and Taco's mother who dislikes Jenny and considers Taco the more successful of the two brothers, seemingly oblivious to his shortcomings.
Kristin Cavallari as herself – Appears in Kevin and Jenny's "Mommy & Me" class. Jenny steals her breast milk.
Ken Marino as Donnie "The Seed" Sadowski – A bully from high school who used to jerk off in his hand and rub it on victims' heads. Friends with Frank Gibiatti.
J. B. Smoove as Wheelchair Guy (DeRon)– Buys the last pair of Vapora Sport Sneakers out from under Pete. Pete steals the sneakers back.
Robert Wagner as Gumpa Duke - Pete's promiscuous grandpa who pretends to be losing his mind so that he can hook up at the retirement home
Lee Meriwether as Gumma Eve - Pete's grandma who is married to Gumpa Duke.
John Ross Bowie as Dr. Pete Wyland - Gives Kevin a colonoscopy. Insists on being called Pete and has a nurse named Jenny.
Brooklyn Decker as Gina Gibiatti – Frank Gibiatti's sister who briefly dates Pete, then Adrian Peterson.
Jayma Mays as Trixie – Andre's interior decorator, then fiancée. She is allergic to his semen. She breaks off the engagement after discovering the Secret Draft on her wedding weekend, then blinding herself with Andre's semen-filled pee-bib while crying. At the end Taco calls her Pixie instead of Trixie.
Bob Odenkirk as Mall Manager – Fights with Taco over Krampus and Ruxin over Christmas music.
Adam Brody as Ted Rappaport – The other out-of-town member of the league and Season-4 Shiva winner.Had AIDS. Died after being hit by a car while insulting Kevin via FaceTime.
Jorma Taccone as Spazz - a member of Rafi's 'Domination League'.
Griffin Dunne and Glenne Headly as Andre's parents.
Snoop Dogg as himself. One of Taco's "Eskimo Brothers."
Christine Lakin as "Pete's girl."
Dana White as The Falcon's enforcer. Kills Dirty Randy and Rafi's friend Spazz.
Will Sasso as Police Officer. Rafi and Dirty Randy thinks he is a Nazi.
Kevin Nealon as Chuck Falcon. Porn Kingpin who is known as the Steve Jobs of Porn. Killed by Dirty Randy.
Ali Larter as Georgia Thompson. Unhappily-married woman who initiates an affair with Pete.
Erin Heatherton as Coach Crowley. Ellie's intimidating basketball coach.
Lizzy Caplan as Rebecca Ruxin - Rodney's sister
Aziz Ansari as Dr. Hector Rocha, Andre's plastic-surgery rival.
Rob Riggle as Bethesda. "Higher-up" at Ruxin's firm and coach of Geoffrey's little league team.
Mark Cuban as himself. Buys the Eskimo Brother Database from Taco.
Brenda Song as Rosette - Pete's girlfriend who constantly wants to hold hands.
Jerry O'Connell as Father Muldoon. The MacArthurs' priest.
Anna Camp as Penny. Pete's girlfriend who grooms Andre's cat.
Corbin Bernsen as Bruce Banger - Jenny's father.
Rich Fulcher as Luther the Hobo, the homeless dressing-gown-wearing heckler in "The Bringer Show."
Dan Castellaneta as Lane's doctor.
Notable NFL players and analysts as guest stars[edit]
NFL on Fox analyst and former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw in Season 1 Episode 3 "Sunday at Ruxin's."
San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates in Season 1 Episode 4 'Mr. McGibblets."
Then Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson in Season 2 Episode 1 "Vegas Draft."
Then Cleveland Browns kick return specialist Josh Cribbs and Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs in Season 2 Episode 3 "The White Knuckler."
Then Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew, then Atlanta Falcons cornerback Brent Grimes and then Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Sidney Rice in Season 3 Episode 1 "The Lockout."
ESPN fantasy football analyst Matthew Berry in Season 3 Episode 3 "The Au Pair."
Chicago Bears running back Matt Forté in Season 3 Episode 13 "The Funeral."
Robert Griffin III, Trent Richardson, Matt Kalil, Ryan Kalil, Felix Jones, Brandon Carr, Jason Witten, Jay Ratliff, DeSean Jackson, Rich Eisen, Chris Brockman, and Jerry Jones in Season 4 Episode 1 "Training Camp"
Then-Buffalo Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick in Season 4 Episode 5 "Judge MacArthur."
Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon in Season 4 Episode 6 "The Tailgate."
NFL Network analyst and Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders in Season 4 Episode 11 "12.12.12."
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson in Season 4 Episode 13 "The Curse of Shiva."
Houston Texans defensive end JJ Watt in Season 5 Episodes 1 and 2 "The Bachelor Draft" and "The Von Nowzick Wedding" and Season 6 Episode 1 "Sitting Shiva."
Minnesota Vikings kicker Blair Walsh in Season 5 Episode 1 "The Bachelor Draft."
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Gerald McCoy and San Francisco 49ers linebacker NaVorro Bowman in Season 5 Episode 2 "The Von Nowzick Wedding."
Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler in Season 5 Episode 3 "Chalupa vs. the Cutlet."
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Greg Jennings in Season 5 Episode 10 "The Near Death Flex-perience."
San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis in Season 5 Episode 12 "Baby Geoffrey Jesus."
NFL Network broadcaster Rich Eisen, Carlos Hyde, Mike Evans, Taylor Lewan, Ryan Shazier, Stephon Tuitt, New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan, and Cleveland Browns tight end Jordan Cameron in Season 6 Episode 1 "Sitting Shiva."
FoxSports.com senior writer Jay Glazer in Season 6 Episode 2 "Tefl-Andre."
Philadelphia Eagles running back Darren Sproles in Season 6 Episode 3 "The Height Supremacist."
Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch in Season 6 Episode 11 "EBDBBnB."

Leagues

The League '​s fictional league

Teams

Unknown 8th member (drops out in 2007) Andre – "The Double Ent-Andres" (formerly "The Ooh, Ruxin Got Serveds", "The I Had Allergies", "The Twilight Breaking Dawn-dres" and "The James B-Andres") (replaces unknown 8th member in 2007)
Kevin – "Too Hot to Handle" (formerly "The Ruxin Looks Like a Middle-Aged Lesbians", "The Fighting MacArthurs", and "The Pleasures of Andre's Sister")
Pete – "The Shit Heads" (formerly "3-Pete")
Ruxin – "Jenny Top/Kevin Bottom" (formerly "Pete Top/Kevin Bottom", "The Kevin's Micro Dongs", "The MacArthur's Crotch Nubbs", "The Andre Cried While Watching "Jumanjis"", and "The Fear Boners")
Taco – "Password is Taco" (formerly "The Encino Men")
Vince (drops out in 2010) Rafi (replaces Vince in 2010) Jenny – "The Lady MacArthurs" (replaces Rafi midway through 2010)

Chuck – "Stephen Hawking's Cleats" -- Out-of-town player
Ted – "The Balls Deeper" -- Out-of-town player (dies in 2014) Russell - "Seabiscuit Rip" -- (replaces Ted in 2014)

Season-by-season results[edit]

Show season
NFL season
League season
Shiva Bowl winner
Shiva Bowl loser
Sacko Bowl winner **
Sacko Bowl loser**
Draft location
(back story) 2005 1 Pete Ruxin N/A N/A Pete and Meegan's House
(back story) 2006 2 Taco Pete N/A N/A Pool near Kevin's House
(back story) 2007 3 Pete Andre N/A N/A Ruxin's House
(back story) 2008 4 Pete Ruxin N/A N/A Pete and Meegan's House
1 2009 5 Andre**** Pete N/A N/A Andre's new downtown Chicago loft
2 2010 6 Ruxin Jenny Taco Andre*** Las Vegas
3 2011 7 * Kevin* Taco Pete Ruxin (Andre running Ruxin's team)* Andre's Metrosexual Loft
4 2012 8 Ted Pete Ruxin Kevin Jenny's hospital room
5 2013 9 Jenny Andre Kevin Pete Andre's Bachelor Party in L.A.
6 2014 10 Andre Ruxin Kevin Taco Ted's funeral
– * Due to Ruxin discovering the league colluded to keep him from getting the top draft pick and because he won the Sacko, Kevin was stripped of his championship and the 2011 season of The League was declared null and void, to be sent off by a Norse funeral. However, before the 2012 season, Kevin got his championship reinstated by trading his role as commissioner to Ruxin along with naming rights to his and Jenny's son and because Ruxin had a stroke due to the fact that the league was colluding is the reason he had no Sacko punishment because the stroke was punishment enough. Ruxin later traded the naming rights to Taco in exchange for Taco's first round draft pick. Jenny gives birth to their son, and Taco announces the name, "Chalupa Batman MacArthur", which was quickly changed to "Christopher Benjamin". Later in season 5, it was referenced that Kevin earned his commissioner role back.
– ** The Sacko Bowl was not introduced until the sixth season of league play or season two of the actual tv show. Whoever wins the Sacko Bowl wins the Sacko trophy, meaning they came in last place.
- *** Taco "Won" the Sacko the first season, but it was overruled after the points had been counted, meaning that Andre was the first to win the Sacko, which started the trend "first to worst".
- **** Andre won the Shiva bowl in 2009 with the help of Ruxin, whose name is with Andre's on the trophy.
-*****Playoff format doesn't reseed.
Production[edit]
The League was given a pilot order on July 15, 2009, with the pilot written by Jeff Schaffer and Jackie Schaffer and Jeff Schaffer also directing. The series is executive produced by Jeff Schaffer, Jackie Schaffer and the production company, FX Productions.
When the series was given a pilot order several roles were cast, with Mark Duplass playing Pete Eckhart, Stephen Rannazzisi playing Kevin MacArthur, Nick Kroll playing Rodney Ruxin, Paul Scheer playing Andre Nowzick, Jon Lajoie playing Taco MacArthur and Katie Aselton playing Jenny MacArthur.[3]
The League was given a series order on August 20, 2009 with six episodes.[4] A second 13-episode season of The League premiered on September 16, 2010 on FX.[5] On January 15, 2011, it was announced that the series had been picked up for a third season,[6] which premiered on October 6, 2011.[7]
On December 13, 2011, The League was renewed for a fourth season of 13 episodes which premiered on October 11, 2012.[8]
On December 20, 2012, The League was renewed for a fifth season of 13 episodes and premiered on September 4, 2013 on the new FXX network.[9]
On March 28, 2013, It was announced that The League was renewed for a sixth season which premiered on September 3, 2014.[10]
On December 8, 2014, it was announced that the upcoming seventh season of The League, set to premiere in late 2015, will be the final season of the series.[11]
DVD releases[edit]

DVD name
Region 1 release date
Region 2 release date
Region 4 release date
Ep #
Discs
Additional information
Season One September 14, 2010[12] TBA TBA 6 2 Extended Episodes, Deleted Scenes, Blooper Reel, "Andre: Dress with Style, Win with Style", "Legalize Kevin's Pubic Smoke", "Alt Nation", "Mr. McGibblets Fun House and Dojo", "Three Penis Wine Infomercial", "Vaginal Hubris Extended", "Birthday Song" and the pilot of Archer.
Season Two October 4, 2011[13] TBA TBA 13 2 Extended Episodes, Deleted Scenes, Gag Reel, "Taco Tones Productions Presents: Vinegar Strokes", "Taco Tones Productions Presents: I'm Inside Me, Notarize!", "El Notario", "Andre's Extended Fads" and "Ruxin's Wedding Video".
Season Three October 9, 2012[14] TBA TBA 13 2 Extended Episodes, Deleted Scenes, a Gag Reel, "Alt Nation" and "Taco Tones."
Season Four September 10, 2013[15] TBA TBA 13 2 Extended Episodes, Deleted Scenes, "Taco Tones", "Rafi's Helpful Holiday Hints", "Witchy Woman Podcast", "Alt Nation", and a Gag Reel
Season Five September 2, 2014[16] TBA TBA 13 2 TBA