All American left audiences with a lot to be desired from Season 6.
After lots of the characters spent Season 5 grappling with the dying of coach Billy Baker [Taye Diggs], the nail-biting Season 5 finale included a long-awaited reconciliation between Spencer and Olivia, in addition to Jordan and Layla’s engagement. Meanwhile, Patience’s destiny in unknown after being stabbed by her stalker fan Miko exterior the Baker home.
While talking with Deadline concerning the upcoming finale of her NBC sequence Found, showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll additionally gave Deadline an replace on the place to count on Spencer, Olivia, Jordan, Layla and the remainder of the All American crew when the sequence returns to The CW.
“For Season 6…whether it be collegiate football, whether it be Layla’s music empire, whether it be Olivia as a journalist — the stakes both personally and career wise are much higher,” she stated.
Carroll added that audiences might be “dealing with a much more mature versions of these characters who are, for some of them, really reconciling the new them and what this more mature version of them really wants for their futures.”
All American has established itself as one in every of The CW’s high sequence because the most-watched sequence on digital and the most important present in complete viewers throughout all platforms.
It acquired an early Season 6 renewal, earlier than Season 5 debuted in January 2023. It was anticipated to return for Season 6 within the 2023-24 TV season, although manufacturing was delayed resulting from final yr’s twin strikes. As of now, its premiere date is unknown.
All American is exec produced by Nkechi Okoro Carroll, Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, John A. Norris, Jameal Turner, Mike Herro and David Strauss.