ESPN Eyes Oscar Nomination for OJ Simpson Docuseries

Los Angeles Times: Disney’s ESPN is treating “O.J.: Made in America,” its new five-part, 7.5-hour documentary series, like a traditional film. The all-sports cable network is qualifying the series for a documentary Oscar by opening it for a week in Los Angeles and New York theaters ahead of its airing on the network in June. “This was not constructed as an episodic series — it was constructed as a film.”