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[This story contains spoilers from the season finale of American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez.]

For Stu Zicherman, the biggest challenge when setting out to make American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez was figuring out how to make their lead character “relatable, watchable, empathetic — and then trying to string that through the entire season,” she showrunner tells The Hollywood Reporter.

“That was always the focus in the writers room,” he says. “It’s like, ‘How can we be true to the story, be true to all the other characters [but] also find ways to Aaron’s humanity that feel like it’s cascading out of control?”

Now that the true-crime series from Ryan Muprhy has released its finale, Zicherman is able to offer his assessment of the 10-episode FX limited series. And he says that giving people reason to keep watching was key.

“Once you get into the later part of the season with the murders and some of the awful, awful things he did, [the question becomes] ‘how can...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for American Sports Story episode 9.

The penultimate episode of FX's American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez depicts Aaron Hernadnez's ex-fiancee Shayanna Jenkins sitting with Hernandez's mother during his murder trial over her own flesh and blood. American Sports Story episode 9 "What's Left Behind" places Hernandez's ex-fiancee Shayanna Jenkins in the hot seat as she chooses to defend Hernandez through his arrest and murder conviction. The contents of the box that Hernandez asked Shayanna to dispose of remain a mystery in both the series and in reality.

Since the first two episodes of American Sports Story, the life and NFL career of Aaron Hernandez were headed toward a tragic and frightening endpoint that resulted in the former New England Patriot and star tight end receiving a lifetime prison sentence for the murder of Odin Lloyd. From his emergence as an offensive weapon on Urban Meyer's...

Ryan Murphy is back at it with another installation of his “American Story” franchise. The long-awaited “American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez” centers on the rise and fall of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez.

It’s been three years since the series was first announced in August 2021, and now with the cast finalized and production wrapped, the project is right around the corner in a living room near you. “West Side Story” and “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” breakout Josh Rivera stars as Hernandez and here makes his TV debut.

The series lands on FX on Tuesday, Sept. 17. Here’s a list of the cast and the real-life figures they play.

Josh Rivera as Aaron Rodriguez

Josh Rivera stars as late New England Patriots tight-end Aaron Rodriguez. He played for the team for three seasons before he was arrested and convicted for the murder of Odin Lloyd.

Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez, the fiancée of the late Aaron Hernandez, is speaking out about Netflix's docueries. Less than a month after Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez was released, Shayanna sat down for her first interview and shared how she really felt about the project. The docuseries examined the life of the former New England Patriots player, from his childhood and NFL career to his court cases and death. It also addressed rumors about Aaron's sexuality. When ABC News' Amy Robach asked  if there was anything in the series that, in her opinion, shouldn't have been included, Shayanna noted the rumors about his...

Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez, the former fiancée of the late Aaron Hernandez, took to Instagram on Thursday to share a poem with her followers. "She made broken look beautiful and strong look invincible," she captioned the post, quoting a piece by Ariana Dancu. "She walked with the universe on her shoulders and made it look like a pair of wings." Many of Shayanna's followers applauded her for the post and encouraged her to "stay strong."  While Shayanna didn't specify what sparked the post, it came less than two weeks after Netflix released the docuseries Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez, which explores his life and cases. During his...