American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson is the first season of FX’s real crime anthology television series American Crime Story. The season, which premiered on February 2, 2016, is based on Jeffrey Toobin’s book The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson and revolves around the O. J. Simpson murder case (1997).
Most of the performances (especially Paulson, Vance, Brown, and Travolta), as well as the direction and writing, won critical accolades for the season.
The season got 22 Primetime Emmy Award nominations in 13 categories for the 68th Primetime Emmy Wins, winning nine of them, including Outstanding Limited Series, which was the highest after Game of Thrones, which won 12 awards that year.
Sarah Paulson won the Golden Globes for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film and Best Miniseries or Television Film.
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The People vs OJ Simpson Main Cast
Sterling K. Brown as Christopher Darden
Kenneth Choi as Judge Lance Ito
Christian Clemenson as William Hodgman
Cuba Gooding Jr. as O. J. Simpson
Bruce Greenwood as Gil Garcetti
Nathan Lane as F. Lee Bailey
Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark
David Schwimmer as Robert Kardashian
John Travolta as Robert Shapiro
Courtney B. Vance as Johnnie Cochran