FX’s new mini-series Clipped will stream on Disney+ in Canada beginning Tuesday, June 4 with the first two episodes, followed by a new episode each week.
Clipped takes viewers behind the scenes of a notorious NBA owner’s racist remarks, captured on a tape heard around the world, and stars Laurence Fishburne, Ed O’Neil, Cleopatra Coleman, and Jacki Weaver.
The 6-episode series is based on ESPEN’s “303 for 30” podcast The Sterling Affairs, Clipped 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.
Famed coach Doc Rivers (Fishburne) arrives as coach of the LA Clippers in 2013. With a promising roster of big personalities, Rivers has the building blocks to win the franchise’s first championship. The team’s owner, Donald Sterling (O’Neill), is a well-known problem: he’s cheap, he’s erratic, he’s a bully. But minimizing Sterling’s influence to win a title becomes a personal quest for Doc. Meanwhile, a courtside power struggle escalates between Sterling’s ambitious personal assistant V. Stiviano (Coleman) and his wife and business partner of 60 years, Shelly (Weaver).
Clipped streams on Disney+ in Canada.
