FX announced Wednesday that its picking up its fantasy-football-themed comedy “The League” for a second season.
The re-up of the show, created by Jeff Schaffer (“Seinfeld,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm”) is significant for the cable network, which is looking to build up a comedy lineup around “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.”
Through five episodes of its first season, leading out of “Philadelphia” at 10:30 on Thursday nights, “The League” has averaged just over 1 million, and 863,000 adults 18-49. The show has grown FX’s adult-demo performance in the time period by 44 percent since the same period last year.
FX ordered only six episodes for season one — the finale is Thursday night — but has ordered 13 episodes the sophomore campaign.
The show’s ensemble cast includes Mark Duplass, Stephen Rannazzisi, Nick Kroll, Paul Scheer and Katie Aselton.
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