The Best (and Worst) Fictional TV Football

Rating:  WORST

We do loves us some Callie Thorne, even when she isn't taking her top off.  And we love Marc Blucas as well, but something about delving into the personal problems of a therapist or her football clientele doesn't arouse our passion for pigskin.  Who knows, maybe it'll get there someday.

Rating:  BEST

It only ran for eleven episodes and represented the start of ESPN's foray into original drama, but it certainly takes the people who know football to show us new ways to love the game on and off the field.

Rating:  WORST

Let's see, we've had football players break ranks and distract players by launching into renditions of "Single Ladies," allowed unexperienced girls into play, allowed Artie in his wheelchair to act as a "battering ram," and wore zombie make-up to intimidate players after a rendition of "Thriller."

We're fairly certain Glee creator Ryan Murphy didn't pay much attention to football regulations in high school.

Rating:  BEST

Blue collar America, and a conservative man in fictional Arlen, Texas?  You'd better believe football plays a huge role in King of the Hill, from the Landry Longhorns to Dallas Cowboys, to "Dandy" Don Meredith.  Nothing makes the game as sweet as how it shapes the bond between father and son.