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Releasing on Jun 4, 2024
- 2024
- Hulu
- 2024
- Hulu
Summary L.A. Clippers coach Doc Rivers (Laurence Fishburne) is trying to win a championship when secretly recorded racist comments by owner Donald Sterling (Ed O'Neill) are leaked in the limited series based on the "ESPN 30 for 30" podcast The Sterling Affairs.
Created By: Gina Welch
- 2024
- Hulu
- 2024
- Hulu
Clipped (2024)
Season 1 Premiere: Jun 4, 2024
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Summary L.A. Clippers coach Doc Rivers (Laurence Fishburne) is trying to win a championship when secretly recorded racist comments by owner Donald Sterling (Ed O'Neill) are leaked in the limited series based on the "ESPN 30 for 30" podcast The Sterling Affairs.
Created By: Gina Welch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
73
83% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
17% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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The series brings just enough gossipy verve to the facts to keep the viewer hooked, with those four key performances ensuring that the humanity of these people (for better and for worse) makes it to the screen. A great basketball game packs in plenty of drama. But there are actually very few scenes of basketball being played in Clipped, because the action off the court is far more compelling.
There is seemingly very little daylight between the real-life characters and the ones on the roster of this absorbing, irritating, heartbreaking series created by Gina Welch.
Though “Clipped” regularly exercises poetic license, it’s a spiritually accurate re-creation of one of the most tumultuous and bizarre chapters in NBA history.
If it all sounds like a lot for a six-episode mini-series, that’s one of the reasons “Clipped” works in an era of television seasons that are almost always too long. This one is packed with memorable characters and ideas, not content to merely rehash what people remember about the Sterling drama but seeking to offer a new perspective on its players.
The crackling interplay between these key players provides Clipped with its foundation, and it always knows just who to call off the bench when the energy threatens to dip or the tempo needs to change.
A gaudy and campy docudrama sung in the key of Ryan Murphy (though Murphy isn’t involved in this production), Clipped bites off far more than it can chew. It’s part underdog sports drama, part overheated soap opera and part overly broad cultural satire… none of which are entirely successful.
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Production Company:
- Color Force
- FX Productions
Initial Release Date: Jun 4, 2024
Number of seasons: 1 Season