O.J.: Made in America: Season 1

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Generally favorable reviews based on 179 Ratings

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ABC | ESPN | Season Premiere Date: June 11, 2016

Summary: The five-part documentary chronicles O.J. Simpson's rise from the San Francisco housing projects to football fame in college and the NFL to his post-football career and infamy with the 1995 trial for the killings of his ex-wife, Nicole, and Ron Goldman. The first episode will air on ABC with the following four episodes airing only on ESPN.

Genre(s): Sports, Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E5. Part Five
Air Date: June 18, 2016
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S1:E4. Part Four
Air Date: June 17, 2016
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S1:E4. Part Four
Air Date: June 17, 2016

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Critic Reviews

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TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Jun 3, 2016

A troubling, provocative, and insightful masterwork of psychology and sociology. [6-19 Jun 2016, p.18]

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Mary McNamara

May 20, 2016

Historically meticulous, thematically compelling and deeply human, O.J.: Made in America is a masterwork of scholarship, journalism and cinematic art. Read full review

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Emily VanDerWerff

Jun 16, 2016

O.J.: Made in America might be the most essential TV series of the year. Read full review

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Jack Hamilton

Jun 8, 2016

Partly due to its virtuosic storytelling and partly to its sheer scope, Made in America often feels like several masterpieces unfolding at a single time. Read full review

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Brian Lowry

Jun 9, 2016

[Writer-director Ezra Edelman] has responded with, even in the annals of ESPN’s “30 for 30” docs, what feels like a master opus. Read full review

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Hank Stuever

Jun 9, 2016

It is nothing short of a towering achievement. Read full review

Gail Pennington

Jun 10, 2016

Director Ezra Edelman weaves many voices into a thoughtful slice of American social history, examining the volatile subject of race via intense focus on an athlete so elite, he believed he transcended color. ... If there is a weakness in O.J.: Made in America, it's that the unspooling of the murder trial will feel too familiar, especially for anyone who just watched "The People v. O.J. Simpson." Read full review

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Prosmooth

Jun 16, 2016

I don't know if there is such as a thing as a Golden Age of documentaries--but if there was, I think we are living in it. This is the latest example of a documentary filmmaker at the top of his game. Made in America goes to the top of the best of all time lists, reaching even the heights ofI don't know if there is such as a thing as a Golden Age of documentaries--but if there was, I think we are living in it. This is the latest example of a documentary filmmaker at the top of his game. Made in America goes to the top of the best of all time lists, reaching even the heights of classic documentaries like Ken Burns' The Civil War.… Expand

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JohnMcQ

Jun 13, 2016

A brilliant and compelling series. This is the perfect addition, if not better, to the FX American Crime Story series. A must watch for film and TV lovers.

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BShaps

Jul 8, 2016

The documentary was incredible. Ignore vgmkyle's review because it is obvious from what he said that he didn't watch it at all. Only 1 out of the 5 episodes covers the case in detail, the rest is about OJ's rise to fame, his attitude toward black issues of the time, the events that createdThe documentary was incredible. Ignore vgmkyle's review because it is obvious from what he said that he didn't watch it at all. Only 1 out of the 5 episodes covers the case in detail, the rest is about OJ's rise to fame, his attitude toward black issues of the time, the events that created an environment where the black community was suspicious of the LA police, and also what happened with OJ after the case was over. Even if you've watched every other documentary on the case, you're sure to learn a ton of new information that is presented in a really interesting way. It's also great to see the actual people involved in the case reflecting on it.… Expand

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BlatantBlack

Jun 19, 2016

i signed up for this site today just to write this. pay no attention to the few bad user reviews. if you notice nearly every critic's review kinda dances around the same idea, "this might be the best documentary about anything ever." and that idea is certainly not wrong.

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Anderhole

Jul 4, 2016

If you missed how the Watts riots connected to O.J. Simpson's verdict in his murder trial and wonder why he walked, O.J. Made in America is here for you. This is a solid doc and probably the first piece of media relating to O.J. that's not a complete waste of time.

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DirigiblePulp

May 21, 2017

The whole bloody affair: A powerful, moving, thoroughly exhaustive document of not just O.J. Simpson's life and the trial that defined him, but also the world around him that helped to build to the trial of the century and beyond. This film, like the trial it is mostly about, tackles so muchThe whole bloody affair: A powerful, moving, thoroughly exhaustive document of not just O.J. Simpson's life and the trial that defined him, but also the world around him that helped to build to the trial of the century and beyond. This film, like the trial it is mostly about, tackles so much more than just whodunit - the context is everything. Race riots, the justice system, celebrity - this is America baby, too unreal to be fiction. There's a lot here, probably too much, but this is a great, utterly absorbing work.… Expand

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vgmkyle

Jun 13, 2016

As long as it has OJ's name on it; I guess it gets a high review no matter what. Honestly, this really isn't worth looking into if you are familiar at all with this tiresome and frivolous case.

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: June 11, 2016
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  S1:E5. Part Five
  Air Date: June 18, 2016
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  S1:E4. Part Four
  Air Date: June 17, 2016
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  S1:E4. Part Four
  Air Date: June 17, 2016
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  S1:E3. Part Three
  Air Date: June 15, 2016
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  S1:E2. Part Two
  Air Date: June 14, 2016
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  S1:E1. Part One
  Air Date: June 11, 2016
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  S1:E1. Part One - Obsessed with Fame
  Air Date: June 11, 2016