*The first season of “The People v. O.J. Simpson” will be available globally on Netflix (excluding Canada) in 2017, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The streaming service announced its first global pact with 20th Century Fox TV Distribution Monday, which will make it the exclusive global streaming home for FX’s “American Crime Story” anthology series. All future seasons will become available to streaming viewers after their broadcast window on FX.
The deal comes in the wake of the show’s 22 Emmy nominations, including acting nods for Courtney B. Vance as Johnnie Cochran, Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark and Cuba Gooding Jr. as O.J. Simpson. Its 10-episode run was cable’s most-watched new series of 2016, setting up an anticipated season 2 surrounding the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
“We’re excited to evolve our relationship with Fox and to bring their lauded content to our members around the world,” noted Netflix’s VP of global television Sean Carey, with 20th Century Fox TV Distribution’s exec VP worldwide pay TV and SVOD adding: “We’re extremely pleased to continue our relationship with Netflix on this groundbreaking deal. We are very proud of the first installment of this franchise, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, which has received extraordinary critical acclaim and perfectly captured the cultural Zeitgeist.”
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