| Creator: | Stu Zicherman |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Network: | FX |
| Related: | American Story |
American Sports Story is an upcoming American sport anthology series developed by Stu Zicherman, who will also executive produce alongside Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, Hernan Lopez, Marshall Lewy, Linda Pizutti Henry, and Ira Napoliello. The series will serve as the fourth installment in the American Story media franchise, and will be broadcast on the cable network FX.
The first season, titled American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez, will focus on the rise and fall of former NFL player Aaron Hernandez, and is set to premiere on September 17, 2024.[1]
There are set to be ten episodes in the first season.
On August 13, 2021, it was announced that FX had ordered a new spin-off limited series American Sports Story. The series is based on the podcast, Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc. from The Boston Globe and Wondery, will focus on the rise and fall of former NFL player Aaron Hernandez. Specifically, the series will explore the disparate strands of Hernandez's identity, his family, his career, his suicide and their legacy in sports and American culture, and will be titled American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez.
By January 2023, John Landgraf stated that the series was "heading toward production" as there was a "fairly complete set of scripts" from Stu Zicherman, although no premiere date was set. In November 2023, it was reported that Josh Andrés Rivera, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Lindsay Mendez, Tony Yazbeck, Jake Cannavale, and Catfish Jean had joined the cast.
Principal photography began on April 3, 2023, in Jersey City, New Jersey. Filming was suspended in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, and resumed in December. Filming continued further in March 2024 in Orlando Florida at Camping World Stadium.
American Sports Story is scheduled to debut its first two episodes on FX on September 17, 2024.