Summer Streamin' 24 - American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez - Season One

Ryan Murphy season continues with, American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez.

American Sports Story serves as the fourth instalment in the American Story media franchise, streaming on Disney+ in Australia, on FX in the former democratic states of the USA.

The first season, is focused on the rise and fall of former NFL player Aaron Hernandez. The series started off mid-September, with the season being based on the podcast Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc. from The Boston Globe and Wondery.

Over ten episodes (might have been tighter storytelling with eight episodes), the series explores the disparate strands of Hernandez's identity, his family, his career, his suicide and their legacy in sports and American culture.

With principal photography beginning in April, filming was suspended in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, then later resuming in December. Filming continued further in March 2024 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida.

The latest American Story, stars, Josh Andrés Rivera, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Lindsay Mendez, Tony Yazbeck, Jake Cannavale, & Catfish Jean.

Whilst the show does focus on NFL and sports, it really does have a lot of crime across the ten episodes.

It is also rather sexy at times. It wouldn't be a Ryan Murphy show without a bit of spice right?

Overall the show does deliver some strong messages. Injury occurring during contact sports are rough. The implications for a players future are vast and varied.

Josh Andrés Rivera as Aaron Hernandez is excellent. However where will Murphy go after this first season? Will American Sports Story return for a second run? Now this has finished I have jumped straight into a similar series with less crime, Plum on ABC iView.

See how they compare at the end of the year, early 2025 in RATED for Summer Streamin' 24.