All American

All American
Genre	Sports drama
Created by	April Blair
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	104
Starring	Daniel Ezra Bre-Z Greta Onieogou Samantha Logan Michael Evans Behling Cody Christian Karimah Westbrook Monet Mazur Taye Diggs Jalyn Hall Chelsea Tavares
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Running time	42 minutes
Production
Production company(s)	Berlanti Productions April Blair's Company CBS Television Studios Warner Bros. Television
Distributor	CBS Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Ratings
Average rating/share (18-49)	0.2/1 (as of fourth season)
Average viewers (millions)	0.67 (as of fourth season)
Release
Original network	The CW
Original run	October 10, 2018 – present

All American is a television series that premiered on The CW on October 10, 2018. It is inspired by the life of professional football player Spencer Paysinger.

On April 24, 2019, The CW renewed All American for a second season, which aired from October 7, 2019, to March 9, 2020. On January 7, 2020, the series was renewed for a third season, which premiered on January 18, 2021. On February 3, 2021, the network renewed the series for a fourth season, which premiered on October 25, 2021. On March 22, 2022, All American was renewed for a fifth season.

Summary

"When a rising high school American football player from South L.A. is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High, the wins, losses and struggles of two families from vastly different worlds—Crenshaw and Beverly Hills—begin to collide. Inspired by the life of pro football player Spencer Paysinger."

Cast

Starring

• Daniel Ezra as Spencer James (seasons 1-6)
• Bre-Z as Tamia "Coop" Cooper (seasons 1-present)
• Greta Onieogou as Layla Keating (seasons 1-present)
• Samantha Logan as Olivia Baker (seasons 1-6)
• Michael Evans Behling as Jordan Baker (seasons 1-present)
• Cody Christian as Asher Adams (seasons 1-6)
• Karimah Westbrook as Grace James (seasons 1-6)
• Monet Mazur as Laura Baker (seasons 1-present)
• Taye Diggs as Billy Baker (seasons 1-present)
• Jalyn Hall as Dillon James (seasons 1-6)
• Chelsea Tavares as Patience (seasons 1-6)

Series overview

Season	No. of episodes	Originally aired		Time slot	Average ratings
		First aired	Last aired		Rating (18-49)	Viewers (millions)
1	16	October 10, 2018	March 20, 2019	Wednesdays 9/8c	0.2	0.67
2	16	October 7, 2019	March 9, 2020	Mondays 8/7c		0.72
3	19	January 18, 2021	July 19, 2021		0.3	0.71
4	20	October 25, 2021	May 23, 2022		0.2	0.56

Production

Development

In September 2017, it was announced that The CW veteran Greg Berlanti had two pilots in development for the network, one of them inspired by the life of NFL football player Spencer Paysinger. It was also revealed that April Blair would write and executive produce the untitled project, with Berlanti and Sarah Schechter executive producing. A pilot for the potential series, then called Spencer, was ordered in January 2018. The pilot was ordered to series on May 11, 2018.

Casting

On February 22, 2018, Taye Diggs was cast as Billy Baker, followed a week later with Samantha Logan cast as Olivia Baker, his daughter. The rest of the cast was filled out through mid-March with Bre-Z and Greta Onieogou cast as Tiana Cooper and Leila Faisal, respectively, on March 15 and Monet Mazur, Michael Evans Behling, and Cody Christian cast the next day as Laura Fine-Baker, Olivia's mother; Jordan Baker, Olivia's brother; and Asher. Karimah Westbrook was cast as Grace James on March 19 and Daniel Ezra was cast in the lead role of Spencer James on March 21. On May 31, Jalyn Hall was promoted to a series regular as Dillion, Spencer's little brother.

Filming

Filming for the series takes place in Los Angeles, California. The pilot was filmed during the first quarter of 2018. Filming for season one began in July. 

External links

• All American on Fandom
• All American on Facebook
• All American on Wikipedia