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Aaron Hernandez Special to Kick Off New Season of ID’s ‘Murder Under the Friday Night Lights’ as President Says Network Is ‘Going Toe-to-Toe’ With Streamers for True Crime Content


A two-hour special on the downfall of Aaron Hernandez will kick off the new season of ID's 'Murder Under the Friday Night Lights.'

A two-hour special on the downfall of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez will kick off the new season of ID’s football-themed true crime series “Murder Under the Friday Night Lights.” According to a press release, the new documentary special “delves into the tragic intersection of Aaron Hernandez with two of his high school teammates, Alex Ryng and Nicholas Brutcher, who, in a disturbing twist of fate, also went on to commit murder.” The press release states that the episode “reveals a chilling pattern of violence that began in Hernandez’s youth, carried throughout his football career and his affliction with a severe case of CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), and culminated in his suicide in 2017.”

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