The Los Angeles Clippers reached new heights after Doc Rivers joined them as a coach, but the first few years haven’t been easy. The new FX series Clipped puts a dramatic twist on a controversy that shook the NBA to its core after the Clippers owner’s scandalous remarks made the headlines during Rivers’ first season with the team.
According to FX’s official logline, Clipped will take us behind the scenes of a notorious scandal that saw the racially insensitive remarks made by the then-Clippers owner Donald Sterling caught on tape.
“The 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,” reads the official logline.
Laurence Fishburne leads the series as famed coach Doc Rivers, along with Ed O’Neill as the erratic former Clippers owner Donald Sterling. The supporting cast also includes Cleopatra Coleman, Jacki Weaver, Kelly AuCoin, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Rich Sommers, Corbin Bernsen, Clifton Davis, and Harriet Sansom Harris.
Clipped will premiere on Hulu on June 4 with two back-to-back episodes, while the remaining four will stream weekly until July 2.
