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Returning: Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

Back to the 1980s for a second season dramatising the glory of the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Period basketball drama, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, will return to Binge, FOX Showcase in early August.

Season two continues to explore the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers. This seven-episode season hones in on the period just after the Finals in 1980 through 1984, culminating in the first professional rematch of the era’s greatest stars: Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.

The ensemble cast for the second season includes John C. Reilly, Quincy Isaiah, Adrien Brody, Jason Clarke, Gaby Hoffmann, Jason Segel, Hadley Robinson, DeVaughn Nixon, Solomon Hughes, Tamera Tomakili, Brett Cullen, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Spencer Garrett, Molly Gordon, Joey Brooks, Delante Desouza, Jimel Atkins, Austin Aaron, McCabe Slye, Thomas Mann, Gillian Jacobs, with Michael Chiklis and Rob Morgan.

Executive producers Adam McKay and Kevin Messick for Hyperobject Industries; showrunner, executive producer, writer, and co-creator Max Borenstein; executive producer Scott Stephens; executive producer, writer, co-creator Jim Hecht; executive producer and writer Rodney Barnes; executive producer and director of episodes 1, 6, and 7 Salli Richardson-Whitfield; executive producer Jason Shuman.

Monday August 7th on Binge and on FOX Showcase at 8.30pm.

 

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