IT’S SHOWTIME..!

The Featured Television Blog for September is the HBO Original Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty! The sports drama television series is created by Max Borenstein and Jim Hecht for HBO and is based on the book, Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s written by Jeff Pearlman.

THE WINNING TIME TEAM…

The series features an ensemble cast led by  John C. Reilly, Jason Clarke, Jason Segel, Gaby Hoffmann, Rob Morgan, and Adrien Brody.  The first season chronicled the 1980s Showtime era of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, which started in late 1979, featuring the most notable NBA stars from the team, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The series premiered on March 6, 2022, and consisted of ten episodes, with the pilot episode being directed by Adam McKay. The season finale was on May 8, 2022, and the series was renewed for a second season in April 2022.

ADAM MCKAY WINS SOME AND LOSES SOME…

The Featured Television Blog for the series includes a critique of the sports drama, a recommendation for the series featuring the history related to an episode that looks at Jerry Tarkanian, who almost coached the Los Angeles Lakers but the deal was prevented due to a mob hit taken out on his long time friend and business manager, Vic Weiss. And a review that will look at the show Lakers fan Adam McKay wanted to make, but it would cost him his long-time friendship and business partnership with Will Ferrell, who wanted to play Dr. Jerry Buss, but the role went to his stepbrother John C. Reilly. the blog also features an Interview and a Top Ten List.

You can watch the 2022 Official Trailer for Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty here: