ABC's 'American Crime:' powerful, but will it be popular?

UPDATE: In updated national estimates from Nielsen released Friday afternoon, “American Crime” finished at its preliminary score of 2.0/7 in 18-49 while drawing 8.37 million viewers overall. The only revisions were one-tenth gains for CBS' “The Big

UPDATE: In updated national estimates from Nielsen released Friday afternoon, “American Crime” finished at its preliminary score of 2.0/7 in 18-49 while drawing 8.37 million viewers overall. The only revisions were one-tenth gains for CBS' “The Big

A year after he won the Adapted Screenplay Oscar for 12 Years A Slave, John Ridley returns with American Crime, an ABC drama which premieres at 10 PM Thursday in the spot formerly occupied by How To Get Away With 

A year after he won the Adapted Screenplay Oscar for 12 Years A Slave, John Ridley returns with American Crime, an ABC drama which premieres at 10 PM Thursday in the spot formerly occupied by How To Get Away With 

"American Crime" has all the markings of the next great drama. It's even been labeled as such in its marketing campaign and with (superficially) good reason. From the mind and pen of Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley, who's last project was the