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OJ Simpson mini-series has strong ratings in debut
Posted On Feb 08 2016
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An insider shared that the Kardashian sisters didn’t love how they were shown during Nicole Brown Simpson’s funeral. “He said ‘I’m gonna kill myself.’ I said ‘O.J., I could never walk in this room, my daughter couldn’t sleep in this bed”.
The numbers are in for the premiere of The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, making it the network’s most watched series launch ever.
There’s a scene in the pilot in which Simpson, played by Cuba Gooding Jr., holds a gun to his head while in the bedroom a young Kim Kardashian stayed in while visiting father Robert Kardashian, played by David Schwimmer. Simpson, now 68, was said to be particularly bothered by FX’s handling of the late Johnnie Cochran (Courtney B. Vance), one of the many lawyers on his defense ream. “They created an O.J. Simpson who didn’t really exist in real life”. The site also offers “5 Reasons Why “The People V. O.J. Simpson” will be the Most Talked-About Series of the Season”. My brother could’ve run and saved his own life, but he stayed to help his friend.
Meanhile, entertainment review website Rotten Tomatoes gave “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” an approval rating of 96 percent, based on 50 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10.
“I think it’s awesome”, she tells Joy Behar on “The View”.
“I think it’s awesome”.
ET caught up with Gooding, Jr. – who portrays Simpson in the 10-part limited series – at the Perry Ellis fashion show in NY on Tuesday night after the series premiere, where he calmly reacted to Kaelin’s comments.
Indiewire says that the premier episode was all about introducing key characters that would soon play a greater role in the story such as Christopher Darden. Known as “the trial of the century”, The People v. O.J. Simpson unravels the drama of the 1994-1995 murder trial of the National Football League champion, who was accused of killing his wife, Nicole Brown, and the man she was allegedly having an affair with, Ronald Goldman, in their Brentwood, California home.
