Clipped Trailer: FX NBA Series Based on Donald Sterling Scandal

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Clipped Trailer: FX NBA Series Based on Donald Sterling Scandal

FX has released the official trailer for Clipped, an upcoming docudrama series about former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and his racist remarks in 2013 that resulted in him being banned from The National Basketball Association (NBA) for life. The series is set to hit Hulu on June 4, 2024.

Starring Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix) as Head Coach Doc Rivers and Ed O’Neill (Modern Family) as Sterling, the limited series will consist of six episodes and will revolve around the LA Clippers and the controversy surrounding the leaked recording of Sterling.

The statement from FX reads: “FX’s Clipped takes you behind the scenes of a notorious NBA owner’s racist remarks, captured on a tape heard around the world. Based on the hit ESPN 30 for 30 podcast The Sterling Affairs, this limited series charts the collision between a dysfunctional basketball organization and even less functional marriage, and the precipitating tape’s impact on an ensemble of characters striving to win against the backdrop of the most cursed team in the league.”

Per the statement, the upcoming series “is an Obama-era story of racial reckoning delivered via meme, in which V. and the Sterlings discover who really has the power in the internet age, and which leaves Rivers and his players wondering if the expulsion of one bad apple brings about the transformative change the media wants to celebrate.”

You can watch the trailer below

Who else is involved in Clipped?

Additional cast members for Clipped include Kelly AuCoin as Andy Roeser, J. Alphonse Nicholson as Chris Paul, Rich Sommers as Seth Burton, Corbin Bernsen as Pierce O’Donnell, Clifton Davis as Elgin Baylor, and Harriet Sansom Harris as Justine.

Gina Welch serves as Clipped’s creator and showrunner, who also executive produces the series alongside Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Zanne Devine, Ramona Shelburne, and Kevin Bray.