‘The League’ Reunion: Cast and Creators Open to Revival, Share One Regret About Airing on Cable

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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