Aaron Hernandez" is the first of six series from executive producer Ryan Murphy to air this month, and the third Murphy project to center on elite athletes mired in tabloid scandal. "American Sports Story" - don't you dare make it an acronym!

Mired by Wikipedia-like plotting, clunky dialogue, and an exorbitant runtime, FX's latest "Story" hits its stride whenever it centers the perils of sports culture.

Aaron Hernandez” premieres on Tuesday, Sept. 17. The Ryan Murphy series, itself a spinoff of his popular “American Horror Story” franchise, “re-examines a prominent event involving a sports figure.” Season 1 of the show “will follow the story of Aaron Hernandez,

New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez was convicted of murder in 2015 and died by suicide two years later

Aaron Hernandez ” stars Josh Rivera as Hernandez, Patrick Schwarzenegger as Tebow and more celebrities playing the real-life athletes and people involved with the case. The 10-episode miniseries was created by Stuart Zicherman and executive produced by Ryan Murphy.

It’s hilarious to imagine the average ‘American Horror Story’ viewer trying to make heads or tails of this grumpy, hoodie-wearing guy named Bill Belichick.”