- The show was made in 2017 by FX and originally streamed worldwide on Netflix
- But FX was bought by Disney in 2019
The TV show People vs. OJ Simpson first aired in 2017 – but it’s seeing renewed interest following the football star’s death.
The American Crime Story series focuses on the 1995 murder trial of Simpson, played by Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr.
The actual trial verdict on October 3 of that year was watched by more than 150 million people in the United States, or 57 percent of the country.
The ten-part show was made by Fox-owned FX but was initially released worldwide following its February 2017 release by Netflix in a major rights deal at the time.
But it’s now available on Hulu and Disney+ after Disney completed its acquisition of Fox’s TV shows and movies in 2017.
The People V OJ Simpson: American Crime Story starring Cuba Gooding Jr. as OJ Simpson and Courtney B. Vance as Johnnie Cochran
David Schwimmer is Robert Kardashian and John Travolta is Robert Shapiro in the series
The People Vs OJ Simpson is free for subscribers of Hulu (above) and Disney Plus
Anyone with a subscription to both services can watch it for free. Otherwise, people have to buy it from services like Apple TV.
It features Friends star David Schwimmer as Simpson’s friend and lawyer Robert Kardashian. It also stars John Travolta, Sarah Paulson, Courtney B. Vance, Sterling Brown, Nathan Lane, Kenneth Choi, Christian Clemenson and Bruce Greenwood.
In the first episode, Kardashian was featured prominently in the premiere as he advised Simpson legally and also talked him out of committing suicide in Kim Kardashian’s childhood bedroom.
Kris Jenner, played by Selma Blair, appears at the funeral of her good friend Nicole Brown Simpson in this episode.
The funeral scene ended with Gooding Jr’s Simpson kissing his murdered ex-wife in her open casket.
FX, which made the series, describes the series as: “A limited series that takes you inside the trial of OJ Simpson with a gripping look at the legal teams fighting to convict or acquit the football legend of double homicide .”
The show is based on the book The Run of His Life: The People v. OJ Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin.
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