‘Winning Time’ – Official Trailer:

21 September, 2022 Siobhan Marie Day 0 Comments 2 categories

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.

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty; starring John C. Reilly and Quincy Isaiah; created by Max Borenstein and Jim Hecht; based on "Showtime" by Jeff Pearlman; Photo Credit: HBO Entertainment (2022-)

Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and The Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s; written by Jeff Pearlman for Penguin Publishing group in 2014.

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.

John C. Reilly as Dr. Jerry Buss in the HBO Original series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. Photo Credit: Warrick Page/HBO Entertainment (2022)

Jason Clarke as Jerry West in the HBO Original series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. Photo Credit: Warrick Page/HBO Entertainment (2022)

Jason Segel as Paul Westhead in the HBO Original series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. Photo Credit: Warrick Page/HBO Entertainment (2022)

Gaby Hoffmann as Claire Rothman in the HBO Original series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. Photo Credit: Warrick Page/HBO Entertainment (2022)

Rob Morgan as Earvin Johnson Sr. in the HBO Original series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. Photo Credit: Warrick Page/HBO Entertainment (2022)

Adrien Brody as Pat Riley in the HBO Original series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. Photo Credit: Warrick Page/HBO Entertainment (2022)

Showtime Lakers reunion in Hawaii, Sept. 2022. A photo posted by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1984. Photo Credit: Andrew D. Bernstein/ NBAE/ Getty Images.

Director Adam McKay attends the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on March 27, 2022, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)

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.