Esquire Network to take viewers back to 1995 with The Real O.J. Simpson Trial

As a fictionalized version of the O.J. Simpson trial plays out on FX’s American Crime Story, Esquire Network has decided to do assiduous fact-checkers and those who can’t watch Ryan Murphy’s constantly spinning camerawork for more than five minutes without getting nauseous a favor. The A.V. Club has exclusively learned that next Sunday, April 3, the network will air a 12-part special covering the trial from opening statements to final verdict in a 12-hour event it’s calling The Real O.J. Simpson Trial. Of course, the actual trial went on for months, so each episode will excerpt actual archival courtroom footage from key events like opening statements from the prosecution and defense, testimony from star witnesses “Kato Kaelin” and Mark Fuhrman, and, of course, Johnnie Cochran’s famous assertion that, “If the gloves don’t fit, you must acquit.”