The Lakers of the era showtime They will continue for another year. HBO has announced the renewed for a season 2 from ‘Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty’, his basketball drama.
Starring John C. Reillythe period fiction takes us (stylistically too) to the late seventies and early eighties, when the signing of Magic Johnson was the first point in the plan to transform not only the Los Angeles team but also the NBA.
This renewal it comes right in the middle of its first seasonwith the fifth episode gathering 1.2 million viewers in the United States, indicating an increase of 37% over the pilot episode, which was directed by Adam McKay.
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The cast of this first season is made up of John C. Reilly, Quincy Isaiah, Jason Clarke, Adrien Brody, Gaby HoffmannTracy Letts, Jason Segel, Julianne Nicholson, Hadley Robinson, DeVaughn Nixon, Solomon Hughes, Tamera Tomakili, Brett Cullen, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Spencer Garrett, Sarah Ramos, Molly Gordon, Joey Brooks, Ahead Desouza, Jimel Atkins, Austin Aaron, Jon Young, Rob Morgan and Sally Field.
‘Time for Victory’ is co-created by Max Borenstein and Jim Hechtwhom he accompanies Rodney Barnes in the script, and is based on “Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s” by Jeff Pearlman.