When the cast and creators of FX Networks’ “The League” reunited Friday night in Austin at the Atx Television Festival the primary topic — threaded between jokes about fantasy football failures and on-set injuries — was timing and opportunity.
Namely, did the show air at the right time, could it survive in today’s TV landscape, and would it thrive, even, if a revival aired on streaming or premium networks, sans the restrictions of basic cable?Katie Aselton, who played Jenny, referred to the possibility of a revival as the “billion dollar question,” and co-creator Jackie Marcus Schaffer caught some good-natured flack from the cast when she questioned “The League’s” continued relevancy.“At the time [we made the show], fantasy football was [really] popular,” she said.
“But is that still a thing?”“I don’t know,” Aselton said, sarcastically.
“Are friends still a thing?”“Are people still busting balls?” Jason Mantzoukas said, piling on.“It was a kinder,
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