Is All American canceled? Is season 6 the last season?

CW Season 6 All American is almost over and some fans fear this could be the final season of the football drama. Keep reading to see if All American is canceled, along with more details on the future of the series.

East All American canceled?

For now, the answer is no. In June 2024, All American has been renewed for a 13-episode seventh season, but the show’s long-term future is still up in the air due to major casting changes and alleged budget cuts.

Ahead of the final two episodes of Season 6, news broke that the series’ lead actor, Daniel Ezra, will not be returning for Season 7 as a series regular. Ezra has played rising football star Spencer James since the series began in 2018, and his departure comes shortly after Spencer was recruited by the NFL. While the British actor’s departure is a creative decision unrelated to rumors of the show’s budget being cut, it signals a significant shift in storytelling and new casting exits.

As our sister site Deadline reported in April 2024, All American will have to cut costs in order to maintain its high licensing fees (the amount the CW pays Warner Bros. to air the show), which is north of $1 million per episode. One way to do this is to replace the cast with new generation characters, like many high school and college series such as Joy And Friday night lights have done. The series appears to be adopting this strategy with the closure of Spencer’s storyline, although there is no news yet on potential new cast members.

While All American is the CW’s strongest scripted series and most economically feasible for Warner Bros., it could meet the same fate as several other CW shows that were canceled this year, including its spinoff. All American: Coming Home and the western show directed by Jared Padalecki Walker. The football TV series is the only remaining CW series created before the network’s acquisition by Texas-based Nexstar Media Group in 2022. That puts it in a difficult situation, as the new owners focus largely on unscripted programming and low-broadcast programs. cost of foreign imports, such as Sullivan Creek And Wildcardsboth of which film in Canada.

What could save the series is the lucrative deal that Warner Bros. concluded with Netflix in 2018, when the series premiered. The deal allows the streaming giant to broadcast every season of All American eight days after the respective season finales aired on the CW. “It makes things a little more interesting for everyone,” CW Entertainment president Brad Schwartz told Deadline in May 2024.

All American: Homecoming also had a licensing deal with Netflix, but the streamer chose to cover only the existing three seasons of the series, leading to major budgetary issues and its cancellation in June 2024. The spinoff centered around a group of he students at the fictional Bringston University, a prestigious historically black college, as they navigate college life and pursue their dreams.

Showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll, who is also helming the flagship, revealed she was “devastated” by Back home“, but noted, “I am so grateful to have worked with this incredible cast and crew, led by Geffri Maya, to bring the authentic HBCU experience to your screens for the past three seasons.” The EP continues: “We made this show for the culture and thank our loyal audiences and fans for taking this journey with us. We made this show so that our community, our children (and their dreams), could be seen and. celebrated every week and we are proud to say that we have accomplished this mission… Especially with this exciting final season that we can’t wait to show you all. our favorite Bringston Lions!

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