--- title: American Crime Story: Ryan Murphy's FX Miniseries About O.J. Simpson description: The miniseries, about behind-the-scenes legal drama, will begin production next year canonical: https://time.com/3478708/american-crime-story-o-j-simpson-ryan-murphy/ author: Daniel D'Addario article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-07T17:57:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:38:13.632Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: American Crime Story: Ryan Murphy's FX Miniseries About O.J. Simpson og:description: The miniseries, about behind-the-scenes legal drama, will begin production next year og:url: https://time.com/3478708/american-crime-story-o-j-simpson-ryan-murphy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5cd5c0918718a77/69875f19a988ca4b686a99fb/ap149734913566.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: O.J. Simpson, F. Lee Bailey, Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: American Crime Story: Ryan Murphy's FX Miniseries About O.J. Simpson twitter:description: The miniseries, about behind-the-scenes legal drama, will begin production next year twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5cd5c0918718a77/69875f19a988ca4b686a99fb/ap149734913566.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # FX to Produce Ryan Murphy Miniseries About O.J. Simpson, _American Crime Story_  by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Oct 7, 2014 5:57 PM CUT  O.J. Simpson reacts as he is found not guilty of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, at the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles. At left is defense lawyer F. Lee Bailey and at right is defense attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. Defense attorney Robert Shapiro is in profile behind them. (AP Photo/Daily News, Myung J. Chun, Pool, File) O.J. Simpson reacts as he is found not guilty of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, at the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles. At left is defense lawyer F. Lee Bailey and at right is defense attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. Defense attorney Robert Shapiro is in profile behind them. (AP Photo/Daily News, Myung J. Chun, Pool, File)Myung J. Chun—ASSOCIATED PRESS  by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Oct 7, 2014 5:57 PM CUT Not content with the passel of Emmys already won by Ryan Murphy’s first three seasons of _American Horror Story_, FX is furthering its investment in the Murphy brand. The cable network has announced its order of an anthology miniseries entitled _American Crime Story_, the first season of which will focus on the case of O.J. Simpson, to begin production next year. The series is to be based on Jeffery Toobin’s true-crime book _The Run of His Life_ and focus on both the Simpson legal team and the case’s prosecutors. While the team involved is prestigious (announced writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski also wrote _The People vs. Larry Flynt_), it’s not hard to wonder the degree to which Murphy’s particular touch will inflect the proceedings. Murphy’s _American Horror Story_ is indeed horrific, but it aims for screams of campy delight as often as screams of terror. His series _Glee_ and the departed _New Normal_ also sought to balance genuine emotion with self-consciously arch humor. But the case of O.J. Simpson, hinging as it does on two senseless deaths, will be harder to turn into entertainment. Murphy’s comment, provided by FX, provides as much reason to hope for insight as it does reason to fear whether he’ll stick the landing: --- > “” --- Meanwhile, Murphy’s _American Horror Story: Freak Show_ — about an entirely _different_ sort of spectacle — is set to begin on Oct. 8. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3478708/american-crime-story-o-j-simpson-ryan-murphy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3478708/american-crime-story-o-j-simpson-ryan-murphy/"},"headline":"FX to Produce Ryan Murphy Miniseries About O.J. 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