There are TV shows and movies that are rude, crude — and funny. And being funny makes up for a lot.

On the other hand, there are TV shows like FX's "The League." It's incredibly crude. UNBELIEVABLY crude.

And not in the least bit funny.

This new series, which debuts Thursday at 11:30 p.m. on FX, is just painful to watch. It's horrible.

And it's astonishing that something this downright dirty could be on basic cable. "The League" is actually dirtier than most of the shows on HBO and Showtime. A little more nudity and a few f-bombs, and this would be the dirtiest show on TV.

Actually, even without the full-frontal nudity and f-bombs this is certainly one of the dirtiest shows on TV.

It's no exaggeration to tell you that the dialogue in "The League" is actually more crude than the dialogue in pay-cable shows. The only show that even compares in terms of content is HBO's sex-therapy series, "Tell Me You Love Me."

There are so many examples of crude sexual terms in "The League" that it's, well, unbelievable.

In the first 45 seconds of Thursday's premiere, there are multiple uses of a crude term that I can't even allude to in a family newspaper — and, believe it or not, it's what a father is saying to his infant. And there's a bit of nudity. In the first 45 seconds.

"The League" comes to us from "Curb Your Enthusiasm" producer Jeff Schaffer and his wife, Jackie Marcus Schaffer. And it includes the same kind of improvisational elements as "Curb," we're told.

Apparently, the actors in "The League" are unable to improvise without leaping enthusiastically into the gutter.

Nominally, the show is about a group of friends (Jon Lajoie, Mark Duplass, Stephen Rannazzisi, Paul Scheer and Nick Kroll) who play fantasy football.

Actually, the fantasy football angle is just a way into talking about sex. And sex. And sex some more.

Not just talking about it, either. Proving that you can be graphic without showing body parts, there's a sex scene in the pilot that — once again — I can't even begin to describe for you because it's so crude. But the show makes it crystal clear what's going on beneath the sheets.

What's even more astonishing is that "The League" involves children. Not just the danger that children might watch the show, but children in the show.

In the first episode, a 5-year-old spells out a five-letter word for prostitute in refrigerator magnets. And, later, she speaks that word.