- The show was made in 2017 by FX and was initially shown globally on Netflix.
- But FX was bought by Disney in 2019.
The television show People vs. OJ Simpson first aired in 2017, but is gaining new interest after 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 verdict in the real-life trial on October 3 of that year was viewed by more than 150 million people in the United States (57 percent of the country).
The ten-episode show was made by Fox-owned FX, but initially aired globally after its February 2017 release on Netflix under a huge rights deal at the time.
But now it’s on Hulu and Disney+ after Disney completed its acquisition of Fox’s television shows and movies in 2017.
The People V OJ Simpson: American Crime Story with Cuba Gooding Jr. as OJ Simpson and Courtney B. Vance as Johnnie Cochran
David Schwimmer is Robert Kardashian and John Travolta is Robert Shapiro on the show.
The People Vs OJ Simpson is free for Hulu (above) and Disney Plus subscribers
Anyone who has a subscription to those two services can watch it for free. Otherwise, people will have to buy it from services like AppleTV.
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 featured prominently in the premiere, as she advised Simpson legally and also convinced him not to commit suicide in Kim Kardashian’s childhood bedroom.
Kris Jenner, played by Selma Blair, appears at her good friend Nicole Brown Simpson’s funeral in that episode.
The funeral scene ended with Gooding Jr’s Simpson kissing his murdered ex-wife in her open casket.
FX, which made the show, describes it as: “A limited series that takes you inside the OJ Simpson trial with a fascinating 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.