EXCLUSIVE: It is a uncommon prevalence within the present strike-impacted broadcast season — a scripted sequence getting an order for added episodes. In keeping with sources, the CW‘s flagship drama All American is having its present sixth season prolonged from 13 episode to fifteen episodes.
All American’s first 5 seasons have ranged between 16-20 episodes. With the sequence selecting up simply over a yr after the tip of Season 5, there’s a whole lot of unpack, and the additional episodes would permit to flesh out that story higher and convey it to a satisfying conclusion.
It additionally would permit followers to remain within the present world longer as All American‘s characters are getting ready for main life adjustments, with sequence protagonist Spencer James (Daniel Ezra) and doubtlessly Jordan Baker (Michael Evans Behling) headed to the NFL draft.
This may wrap creatively Spencer’s journey over the previous six seasons. To search out out what which means for All American and its probabilities to get a seventh season, take a look at Deadline’s CW Renewal Standing Report.
Along with Ezra and Behling, the solid of All American consists of Bre-Z, Greta Onieogou, Samantha Logan, Cody Christian, Karimah Westbrook, Monét Mazur and Chelsea Tavares. The sequence is government produced by showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, John A. Norris, Jameal Turner, Mike Herro and David Strauss. It comes from Berlanti Prods., Warner Bros. TV in affiliation with CBS Studios.