Hoops: Season 1

2020
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Jake Johnson (New Girl) voices a foul-mouthed high school basketball coach hoping to get into the big leagues in this... More

Where to watch Hoops: Season 1

Hoops: Season 1 is available to stream in New Zealand... More now on Netflix.

Hoops: Season 1 episodes

Episode 1.1

Pilot

Coach Hopkins leaves his dignity and good sense at the... More door in hopes of convincing the high school's tallest student to join the basketball team.

Episode 1.2

My Two Dads

Outraged that Shannon still hangs out with his dad, Coach... More goes looking for petty revenge. Matty struggles to bond with the team.

Episode 1.3

Ethics

Worried he may soon be academically ineligible, Matty asks Coach... More for help passing ethics class. 

Episode 1.4

The Sponsor

The mighty Lenwood Colts have a new sponsor, and Coach... More is none too pleased. Meanwhile, Shannon, Ron and Kirk set out to catch Coach in a lie.

EPISODE 1.5

Matty Gets a Girlfriend

Thinking Matt's new girlgriend may be a distraction, Coach sabotages... More their relationship.

EPISODE 1.6

Zen

Coach finds enlightenment with an unconventional anger-management therapist. Scott is... More bullied about his past relationships.

EPISODE 1.7

The Strike

Coach Hopkins weaves a tangled web when he bets big... More against his rival. Opal worries that the school is haunted.

EPISODE 1.8

Death

A school-based grief counselor gets more than she bargained for... More when Coach, Opal, Barry and Shannon all share their long-suppressed traumas.

EPISODE 1.9

The Road Game

The team scores an invite to a prestigious tournament in... More Cincinnati. When Coach misses the bus, he's forced to beg a ride from Shannon.

EPISODE 1.10

The Scout

A scout from a prep school powerhouse comes to Lenwood... More in hopes of recruiting Matty, but Coach isn't about to let his star player go without a fight.

Hoops: Season 1 | Ratings & Reviews

"“Hoops” proves that excessive cussing is just like canned laughter when it comes to comedy, in that abuse of either shows the extent of a show's desperation. Ben's profane outrage becomes tiresome pretty quickly."

RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.com

"It is filled with hateful stereotypes."

The GuardianThe Guardian

"Hoffman is happy creating a world where Ben can get away with stuff like this without learning his lesson or offering any applicable commentary. There’s no satire here, or anything beyond the surface-level ugliness. That’s not to say there aren’t other characters, but none are fleshed out enough to stand out."

IndieWireIndieWire

"[“Hoops” doesn’t] seem to have much interest in evolving its characters beyond their most basic loglines. That wouldn’t be as much of an issue for a foulmouthed animated comedy if it weren’t for the fact that this foulmouthed animated comedy isn’t half the joke machine it would need to be in order to justify its total lack of nuance."

VarietyVariety

"Hoops is a show about an immature man and his immature teenage charges that doesn’t aspire to anything more than making immature jokes and then, often, repeating those same immature jokes. ... There is some funny buried in Hoops, if you can get past the more off-putting moments to find it. But that’s hard to do."

VultureVulture

"Ben’s self-indulgent and cynical without warmth or thoughtfulness. The rest of the main cast do their best—and their best Kentucky accents—but the series lacks a vision of where it wants its characters to go or the message it sends, a quality that’s set shows like BoJack Horseman and Big Mouth apart from other animated offerings."

A.V. ClubA.V. Club

"By the tenth episode there's enough going right here to make one hopeful for future seasons, but it still feels like a disappointment given the pedigree. At the very least, Hoops passes the time until somebody just gives Ron Funches a show of his own."

Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter

Hoops: Season 1 | Details

Genre
Comedy, Sport
Country of origin
USA

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