*This is one of those moments I experience about three times every year where I think I should have stayed in Los Angeles and really tried to tough it out as a TV writer. I KNOW I could have come up with this idea or at least have been a scribe on the project. Alas, the show seems promising (especially considering my own age and current state in life) and I can't wait to check it out.
From Variety.com:
FX has quietly begun production on "The League," a half-hour comedy pilot starring "Humpday's" Mark Duplass.
The semi-improvised buddy comedy revolves around a group of thirtysomething guys in a fantasy football league. Set in the suburbs of Chicago, "League" follows the group as they deal with issues of friendship, relationships and parenthood.
Duplass stars along with Nick Kroll ("I Love You Man"), Paul Sheer ("Human Giant"), Steve Rannazzisi ("Paul Blart: Mall Cop") and Jon Lajoie.
Also in the cast are Leslie Bibb ("Iron Man"), Katie Aselton ("The Office") and Nadine Velazquez ("My Name Is Earl").
In the pilot, Duplass plays Pete, a married man pondering whether to have a baby. "God bless fantasy football," Pete says in the script. "There are many things a man can do with his time. This is better than those things."
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" helmer Jeff Schaffer will direct "The League," which he penned with Jackie Marcus Schaffer. Both are exec producing.
FX Prods. is producing. "The League" could be ready to run on the cabler as soon as this fall.
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Will they make a trip to the SEVC for research?
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