Almost as soon as sporting events around the country and the world shut down two months ago, ESPN began talking to filmmakers about speeding up the release of Michael Jordan documentary series The Last Dance.
The 10-part series, a partnership between ESPN’s film division and Netflix, had been in the works for two years and had been slated for a June airing, but following the bottoming out of live sports in mid-March, the network was eager to air something new, and premium, for sports-starved audiences.

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