How FX’s Welcome to Wrexham Breaks the Sports Documentary Mold

The series about a struggling Welsh football club is heavily character driven

Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney randomly taking over a fifth-tier football club in the north of Wales might seem like an odd choice for a docuseries, but the show following the pair’s journey around Wrexham AFC is proving to be a hit for network FX.

“It makes sense for FX. If you look at any genre, comedy, drama, unscripted, documentary, it still has to fit in the brand, which is fearless,” Nick Grad, FX president of original programming, told Adweek.

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