The L.A. Clippers Scandal Will Be Clipped for TV

You get a show! You get a show! Everybody* gets a show!!!

(*If you’re an NBA squad successful Los Angeles, apparently.)

The L.A. Clippers are getting their ain Winning Time, courtesy of FX and Hulu. Will the reaction from real-life players beryllium better this time? Clipped, which is based connected the ESPN’s “30 for 30” podcast The Sterling Affairs, explores erstwhile Clippers proprietor Donald Sterling’s 2014 racism scandal. Or, arsenic a property merchandise puts it, the six-episode amusement volition illustration “the collision betwixt a dysfunctional hoops enactment and adjacent little functional marriage, and the precipitating tape’s interaction connected an ensemble of characters striving to triumph against the backdrop of the astir cursed squad successful the league.” Here’s what we cognize astir the upcoming constricted series, including what happens successful the trailer, who was cast arsenic Mr. Sterling’s self-described silly rabbit, and when you tin watercourse it connected Hulu.

Nothing excessively surprising, if you followed the real-life scandal. Doc Rivers (Laurence Fishburne) is welcomed arsenic the caller manager of the Clippers, which is owned by billionaire Donald Sterling (Ed O’Neill). Sterling’s woman is engaged successful a courtside contention with his idiosyncratic assistant, V. Stiviano. Then, a signaling of Sterling making racist remarks is leaked to the satellite — including immoderate horrified Clippers players. Perhaps astir importantly, we get a li’l audio teaser recreating portion of Stiviano’s unforgettable interview with Barbara Walters.

Laurence Fishburne volition manager the Clippers arsenic Doc Rivers, portion Modern Family’s Ed O’Neill volition play problematic squad proprietor Donald Sterling. Cleopatra Coleman volition prima arsenic Sterling’s adjunct and self-described silly rabbit, V. Stiviano. She’ll clash with Jacki Weaver, who plays Sterling’s woman and decades-long concern partner, Shelly. The show’s afloat roster besides includes Kelly AuCoin arsenic Andy Roeser, J. Alphonse Nicholson arsenic Chris Paul, Rich Sommers arsenic Seth Burton, Corbin Bernsen arsenic Pierce O’Donnell, Clifton Davis arsenic Elgin Baylor, and Harriet Sansom Harris arsenic a quality simply identified arsenic Justine.

Yup. Gina Welch (Castle Rock) serves arsenic creator and showrunner, and is besides enforcement producing alongside Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Zanne Devine, Ramona Shelburne, and Kevin Bray.

Clipped volition commencement streaming connected Hulu connected June 4. Do we deliberation immoderate … clips of it volition spell viral?