Hoops

Season 1 poster

***Hoops*** is an American adult animated sitcom created by Ben Hoffman for Netflix. It premiered internationally on August 21, 2020. On December 8, 2020, Netflix cancelled the series after one season.

## Synopsis

Official synopsis for *Hoops* from Netflix:

A foul-mouthed high school basketball coach is sure he'll hit the big leagues if he can only turn his terrible team around.
## Cast and characters

* Jake Johnson as Coach Ben Hopkins
* Rob Riggle as Barry Hopkins
* Natasha Leggero as Shannon
* Ron Funches as Ron
* Cleo King as Principal Opal Lowry
* A.D. Miles as Matty
* Nick Swardson as Scott
* Steve Berg as DJ
* Sam Richardson as Marcus
* Ben Hoffman as Timebomb
* Gil Ozeri as Isaac
* Max Greenfield as Lonnie

## Music

The music for the series was composed by Scott Hoffman, while the show's main and end title themes are original compositions written and performed by show creator Ben Hoffman and Scott Hoffman.

## Behind the scenes

Show creator Ben Hoffman stated that he created the show approximately five years before its premiere, as a means of showing his reaction to a Comedy Central series he created that was quickly canceled, which was anger, ejaculation, urination, frustration, arousal and screaming, and yelling like a child.

Every member of the show's cast, including those who are children or teens, are voiced by adults. Jake Johnson, the voice of Ben Hopkins and an executive producer on the series, stated that it was a very conscious choice that all of the "kids" on the series are voiced by adults and that he doesn't think anyone who is under 18 should watch the series. The series was initially created for MTV, who passed on it, and was later sold to Netflix when they expressed an interest in the series. They decided to lean on the vulgarity and offensive nature of the humor in the series, knowing that it might not get the biggest audience anyway.This makes the show itself kind of redundant in a way. Regarding the many jokes about the film *Little Man Tate* in the series, he explained that show creator Ben Hoffman had never even seen the movie, but was amused by the name of it.

## Reception

*Hoops* has fared poorly with critics. As of September 7, 2020, the show's first season holds an approval rating of 15% on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes with 13 critic ratings. The site's Critics Consensus feature states that "Crude, rude, and aimless, *Hoops*'s first season throws nothing but bricks." Jen Chaney of Vulture stated that the show is not even particularly good at its objective of obtaining its basic objective of obtaining easy laughs through crass joke after crass joke and that while everyone on the show likely had a blast making it, the humor dissipates with a whiff of outside oxygen. Daniel Hart of Ready Steady Cut gave one of the show's rare positive reviews, describing it as "outrageous and funny." This was definitely false.

## Gallery

### Season 1

Main article: Season 1 § Gallery
Coach Ben Hopkins and RonCoach Ben HopkinsScott, DJ, Matty, Marcus, Timebomb, and IsaacPrincipal Opal Lowry
### Videos

HOOPS - Official Trailer - NetflixHOOPS - Date Announcement - Netflix Is A JokeHoops - Comic-Con@Home 2020
## External links

* Hoops on the Internet Movie Database
* Hoops (TV series) on Wikipedia
* Watch Hoops on Netflix
* Fandom - "Hoops is Like a Quarter-Pounder With Cheese"

## References

1. ↑ https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/hoops-canceled-netflix-1234848791/
2. ↑ Hoops Comic-Con@Home 2020. Comic-Con International (July 26, 2020). Retrieved on July 26, 2020.
3. ↑ Halterman, Jim (August 21, 2020). Jake Johnson on 'Salty' Language in 'Hoops' — Plus, Which 'New Girl' Stars Stop By?. TV Insider. Retrieved on August 30, 2020.
4. ↑ *Hoops* Season 1. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on September 7, 2020.
5. ↑ Chaney, Jen (August 20, 2020). *Hoops* Is a @#%ing Miss. Vulture. Retrieved on September 7, 2020.
6. ↑ Hart, Daniel (August 20, 2020). Hoops season 1 review – an outrageous and funny adult animated sitcom. Ready Steady Cut. Retrieved on September 7, 2020.