'People v OJ Simpson' Is Most Watched New Cable Show of 2016

“People v. O.J. Simpson” is officially the most watched new cable show of 2016, FX announced on Tuesday.

The anthology series concluded its 10-episode run last week and already ranks among the top 10 programs in all of television in delivery of the key adults 18-49 demographic.

On a live-plus-seven basis, the first eight episodes of the series are averaging 7.5 million total viewers, 4 million of which are in the key demo. It also ranks as the most-watched new series in FX history.

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The series premiere was the most-watched original scripted series premiere in FX’s 22-year history and, to date, has delivered 17.5 million viewers across all linear and non-linear platforms.

It is cable television’s highest-rated new series this year in total viewers and all key demos and ranks number two in 2016 among all cable series behind only AMC’s “The Walking Dead.”

“The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story” is a limited series that examines the infamous O.J. Simpson trial through the eyes of the legal teams battling to convict or acquit the football legend of double homicide.

It is based on the book “The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson” by Jeffrey Toobin. Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski and Brad Falchuk serve as executive producers.

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It stars John Travolta, Cuba Gooding Jr., Sarah Paulson, David Schwimmer, Courtney B. Vance, Sterling K. Brown, Nathan Lane, Kenneth Choi, Christian Clemenson and Bruce Greenwood. The limited series is produced by Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions.

'People v OJ Simpson': 9 Weird Facts It Didn't Include (Photos)

If you're watching "The People v OJ Simpson" in light of Simpson's release from prison, get ready for some surprises. But the most amazing details in the FX miniseries were true. And the show didn't even include some of the strangest facts about Simpson's life -- although some made it into ESPN's "OJ: Made in America" (pictured). Here are nine bizarre details FX left out.
1. Marcia Clark Was Packing

"In light of her high public profile, the detectives in the Simpson case had prevailed upon Clark to start carrying a gun," Jeffrey Toobin writes in "The Run of His Life."
Clark (played by Sarah Paulson) once missed a flight because she forgot about her gun and had to fill out federal forms to carry it.
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2. Johnnie Cochran: Two Times a Family Man

In the 1970s, Cochran had two families, one of which he kept secret from the other.
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While living with his wife Barbara, Cochran (Courtney B. Vance) also had a relationship with his secretary, Patty, who later changed her last name to Cochran. They traveled, bought property and had a child together. He also had two daughters with Barbara.
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3. From Witness to Ghostwriter

Screenwriter Pablo Fenjves testified against Simpson about hearing the "plaintive wail" of Nicole Brown Simpson's Akita when she was murdered. Later, he ghost-wrote Simpson's book "If I Did It."
4. Lance Ito Bashed the State Supreme Court

Toobin writes that when Ito (Kenneth Choi) was a prosecutor, he despised California's liberal Supreme Court so much that he had a custom vanity plate referring to them as "7 BOZOS."
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5. Ito Had Crazy Game

Ito met his future wife, Margaret York, in the most unromantic setting possible: at a homicide scene, at 4 a.m.
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6. OJ Was Jealous of Kato

The reason Kato Kaelin was living with OJ, Toobin writes, is that he had formerly been a tenant in Nicole Brown Simpson's guest house.
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When Nicole moved into a new home, she intended for Kato to move in and help babysit her kids. But Simpson objected to Kato living under the same roof as his ex-wife. So he let him stay at his own home.
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"OJ's offer thus simultaneously removed a potential rival for Nicole's affections and took money out of his ex-wife's pocket," Toobin wrote.
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7. There Was a Gross Mark Fuhrman-Nicole Brown Simpson Rumor

There were unsubstantiated reports that Mark Furhman (Steven Pasquale) bragged to other officers about having sex with Nicole Brown Simpson and complimented her "boob job." Two detectives who were said to have heard of the alleged bragging later denied they had.
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Johnnie Cochran repeatedly brought up the "boob job" talk in court on Sept. 1, 1995. Here's the transcript.
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8. OJ's Son v OJ

Simpson's son, Jason, once took a bat to OJ's statue of himself. Jason said in a deposition that he wasn't mad at his dad: "I wanted a party, and I was gonna throw a party, and I got busted. My dad found out that I was going to have a party that night. He said I couldn't have a party."
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9. The Juror Who Gave the Black Power Salute Was an Ex-Black Panther

The show accurately showed a juror giving Simpson a black power salute. What it didn't include was that the juror, Lionel (Lon) Cryer, was “a former Black Panther whom prosecutors had inexplicably left on the panel.”
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... and this list of what "The People v OJ Simpson" got wrong.
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As OJ Simpson walks free, here are some details that didn’t make it into FX’s devastating miniseries

If you're watching "The People v OJ Simpson" in light of Simpson's release from prison, get ready for some surprises. But the most amazing details in the FX miniseries were true. And the show didn't even include some of the strangest facts about Simpson's life -- although some made it into ESPN's "OJ: Made in America" (pictured). Here are nine bizarre details FX left out.

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'People v OJ Simpson': 9 Weird Facts It Didn't Include (Photos)

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