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Exclusive: Cameron Elie is joining the cast of All American: Homecoming for its final season.

The actor will guest star as a character named “Noah” in the upcoming 13-episode season. Deadline understands that he will appear in at least four episodes, though details about his character are being kept under wraps.

Elie is an emerging young talent whose previous television credits include United States of Al, PEN15, and Family Time. In addition to acting, he is also the writer/director of the upcoming sci-fi/horror short, Grub.

He is represented by D2 Management and Prototype Talent Agency.

All American: Homecoming returns to The CW for its third and final season on July 8. The series was canceled earlier this month due to budget constraints that made it difficult for the network to continue with both Homecoming and the flagship series All American, which was renewed for Season 7.

Homecoming is set against...

The CW is cutting ties with another of its pre-Nexstar original series.

The network announced Wednesday that the forthcoming third season of All American: Homecoming will be its last. The college-set spinoff of All American is set to premiere July 8.

The news comes a few days after The CW renewed All American for a seventh season — albeit for a shorter run (13 episodes) than most of its past seasons.

With the end of Homecoming, All American and the forthcoming fourth (and final) season of Superman & Lois are the only scripted holdovers from The CW’s previous Warner Bros.-CBS regime. (The network canceled WalkerA in May.) Since Nexstar took a controlling interest in the network in late 2022, it has jettisoned most of the scripted series from the earlier days and leaned into a less expensive co-production model for scripted shows as it looks to make The CW profitable for the first time.

It’s official: The CW will not be proceeding with a fourth season of All American: Homecoming. The cast were informed of the decision yesterday. With Walker also canceled and Superman & Lois ending its run with the upcoming fourth season, the just-renewed All American is the only surviving scripted series from the pre-Nexstar CW.

All American and All American: Homecoming executive producer/showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll had a strong reaction to the decision.

“I’m devastated to learn that All American: Homecoming will not be moving forward with more episodes and that this new season premiering in July will be our final one,” she said. “However, I am so very 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 last three seasons. We made this show for the culture and thank our loyal...

The CW has canceled “All American: Homecoming,” which will begin airing its third (and now final) season on July 8.

“We want to thank the cast, crew, producers, Nk, Marqui and everybody at Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television for their hard work and dedication in telling these important stories for three incredible seasons,” The CW said in a statement. “The upcoming final season is the best yet and we cannot wait to share it with fans beginning on Monday, July 8.”

The series is a spinoff of “All American,” which was recently renewed for a seventh season at The CW.

“I’m devastated to learn that ‘All American: Homecoming’ will not be moving forward with more episodes and that this new season premiering in July will be our final one,” said series executive producer Nkechi Okoro Carroll. “However, I am so very grateful to have worked with this incredible cast and crew,...

The CW has set Monday, July 8 for the season 3 premiere of All American: Homecoming. Additionally, the mothership series All American confirmed it is adding two original episodes to the current sixth season, extending its run to 15 episodes. Season 6 will wrap with its season finale on Monday, July 15.

All American: Homecoming is set against the backdrop of the Hbcu (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) experience at Bringston University, where Black Excellence is a way of life. The series follows Simone (All American‘s Geffri Maya), a young tennis hopeful from Beverly Hills, and her close circle of chosen family as they navigate the highs, lows, and sexiness of unsupervised early adulthood at the prestigious Hbcu.

In Season 3, Simone deals with the fallout from the romantic choice she made in Season 2, but romantic drama will take a back seat when she finds her tennis ambitions threatened. Her friends rally to support her,...

The CW has announced the premiere date for Season 3 of “All American: Homecoming,” which will return on July 8 at 9 p.m. Et. The network also revealed that it has picked up two more episodes for the sixth season of “All American,” bringing it to a season order of 15 episodes. “All American” will now conclude its Season 6 on July 15 at 8 p.m. Et.

Meanwhile, the second season of “61st Street,” starring Courtney B. Vance and Aunjanue Ellis, will debut July 22 at 9 p.m. Et on The CW.

According to an official logline, “‘All American: Homecoming’ is a young adult drama set against the backdrop of the Hbcu (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) experience at Bringston University, where Black Excellence is a way of life. The series follows Simone (Geffri Maya), a young tennis hopeful from Beverly Hills, and her close circle of chosen family as they navigate the highs, lows, and...

The CW is hoping to keep its trio of scripted originals – All American, All American: Homecoming and Walker – on the air for some time.

The network scaled back its scripted ambitions after it was acquired by Nexstar in 2022 with a number of shows ending over the last twelve months including The Flash, Riverdale, Nancy Drew, Walker: Independence, The Winchesters and Gotham Knights.

Related: Martin Bobb-Semple Upped To Series Regular For Season 3 of ‘All American: Homecoming’

Its fourth scripted original Superman & Lois is heading into its fourth and final season this year.

The CW President of Entertainment Brad Schwartz said that it’s no longer an “financial” question as to whether it will keep these Warner Bros. Television and CBS Studios going past their current seasons.

Related: The CW Picks Up New Drama ‘Sherlock & Daughter’ Starring David Thewlis

“CBS and Warner Bros have been so wonderful working with us on those...

Exclusive: Martin Bobb-Semple has been upped to series regular for Season 3 of All American: Homecoming.

In the Nkechi Okoro Carroll-created series, Bobb-Semple portrays Orlando “Lando” Johnson, a college baseball player who is initially introduced as an antagonist from a rival school toward the end of Season 1. He transfers to Bringston University in the second season and quickly becomes involved in a love triangle of sorts with Simone [Geffri Maya] and Damon [Peyton Alex Smith]. Season 2 ended on a cliffhanger, as Simone supposedly professes her love to either Damon or Lando…but viewers don’t see who it is.

All American: Homecoming is a young adult sports drama set against the backdrop of the Hbcu experience at Bringston University, where Black excellence is a way of life. No Season 3 premiere date has been announced as of yet.

The series stars Geffri Maya, Cory Hardrict, Sylvester Powell, Camille Hyde, Mitchell Edwards,...

It’s curtains for “Gotham Knights” at The CW. The network will not move forward with a second season of the DC series, Variety has learned.

The series was absent from a statement of upcoming programming from the CW, which announced renewals of both “Superman & Lois” and “All American: Homecoming” for the 2023-2024 broadcast season.

The news about the future of “Gotham Knights” comes more than two weeks ahead of the date that the series is slated to air what would now be its series finale. The program premiered on March 4 and was set to conclude its 13-episode first season on June 27.

From Warner Bros. Television, “Gotham Knights” follows Bruce Wayne’s rebellious adopted son, who forms a team with the children of Batman’s enemies. Chad Fiveash, James Stoteraux and Natalie Abrams co-created the series and served as executive producers alongside Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and David Madden of Berlanti Productions.

“Superman & Lois” and “All American: Homecoming” will be returning for additional seasons at The CW, the network announced Monday.

The “All American” spinoff and college drama will return for 13-episode third season while the superhero drama comes back to the network for a 10-episode fourth season.

“We are thrilled to bring ‘All American: Homecoming’ and ‘Superman & Lois’ back to The CW,” The CW Network president of entertainment Brad Schwartz said in a statement. “These series are two of our strongest performers across our linear and digital platforms with some of the most passionate fanbases in all of television. We are grateful to our partners at Warner Bros. Television and Berlanti Productions for their continued collaboration, and we cannot wait to get started on the new seasons.”

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Spoiler Alert! This story contains details from the Season 2 finale of The CW‘s All American: Homecoming

The school year has officially come to a close at Bringston University, and, after a season of wavering between two suitors, Simone (Geffri Maya) finally made a decision about her love life during Monday’s Season 2 finale of All American: Homecoming.

Her choice will settle a love triangle that co-showrunners Nkechi Okoro Carroll and Marqui Jackson have been building since the end of Season 1. But audiences will have to wait to find out who Simone actually chooses, because Monday’s episode ends with Simone supposedly professing her love to either Damon (Peyton Alex Smith) or Lando (Martin Bobb-Semple)…but viewers don’t see who it is.

“The love triangle was absolutely built into the season. It’s the reason why we introduced Martin Bobb-Semple as Lando at the end of last season, to...

Spoiler Alert! This post contains details from this week’s episode of All American: Homecoming.

The Bringston University women’s tennis team is figuring out how to move forward in Monday’s episode of The CW series All American: Homecoming, after the young women were racially profiled during a police stop on their way to a tennis match.

In last week’s episode, the tennis team’s bus was pulled over under the pretext of an illegal lane change, only for Simone (Geffri Maya) and her teammates were harassed by the officers, who began searching their bags for drugs and weapons, despite no evidence to suggest they would be in possession of either. The story was inspired in part by the experience of the Delaware State University women’s lacrosse team during a traffic stop in Georgia last year.

“Anytime there’s a big story like this that comes out of the Hbcu community,...

“All American: Homecoming” actress Netta Walker wants it all. The 26-year-old, Jacksonville-hailing CW star isn’t satisfied with just occupying the small screen, always seeking to immerse herself in all aspects of worldbuilding, from the writers room to the various minutiae of the production process.

“In the long run, I aspire to be like a Reese Witherspoon or Margot Robbie: women who know what they find interesting and challenging and they’re like, ‘There is money here for this to be done. Who’s trying to give me the money to do it? Because you should trust my vision.’ And to be able to have people trust that vision,” Walker, who portrays sophomore Keisha in the Hbcu-set series, told TheWrap in an interview. “I know that they’ve worked for so long to be able to establish themselves that way, and I’m like, ‘Let me figure out...

(Spoiler alert: The following article discusses the entirety of “All American: Homecoming” Season 2, Episode 5, titled “No More Drama.”)

“All American: Homecoming” creator Nkechi Okoro Carroll has never shied away from depicting the realities that come with the show’s setting at an Hbcu, as well as its exploration of what it means to balance marginalized identities with college-specific struggles. These two strands are clearer than ever as they form the backbone of the two-part episodes “We Shall Not Be Moved” and “No More Drama,” which finds Bringston University reeling from a bomb threat and navigating the healing process that comes with being targeted at a space meant to be safe and empowering for Black students.

Co-showrunners and co-executive producers of The CW series, Carroll and Marqui Jackson, drew inspiration from and consulted with current Hbcu students to accurately depict the realities of what took place at HBCUs beginning in January,...

The usually bustling lives of the students at Bringston University came to a halt after the campus was put on lockdown due to a bomb threat during Monday night’s episode of The CW series All American: Homecoming.

It’s a story that showrunners Nkechi Okoro Carroll and Marqui Jackson have been hoping to bring to the small screen since the show’s inception, given the rising number of bomb threats made against historically Black colleges and universities over the past several years.

HBCUs in the United States have been targeted by bomb threats at least 57 times this year. In August, Howard University received two bomb threats in the span of a week. To date, no arrests have been made in connection with any of these incidents.

“If there was ever a show to talk about it, I felt like it was ours because we’re set in an Hbcu...

Exclusive: Sonay Hoffman has joined NBC’s newly picked up drama series Found as executive producer and co-showrunner. She will work alongside series creator/executive producer/showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll on the series, from Berlanti Productions, Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television.

Given her workload of three on-air series, Carroll was expected to bring in a co-showrunner on Found the way she recently did on All American: Homecoming with Marqui Jackson. In addition to Found and All American: Homecoming, on which she is creator/exec producer and co-showrunner, this coming season Carroll also has All American, on which she is an exec producer/showrunner.

In any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about. Public relations specialist Gabi Mosely (series star and producer Shanola Hampton) — who was once herself one...

Exclusive: Marqui Jackson, who served as co-executive producer on Season 1 of All American: Homecoming, has been promoted to executive producer and co-showrunner for the upcoming second season of the CW series. He will share showrunning duties with series creator/executive producer Nkechi Okoro Carroll.

Season 2 of All American: Homecoming will continue to delve into the lives of students and athletes at a distinguished Hbcu, and the struggles these young adults face while trying to find their footing.

Homecoming stars Geffri Maya as Simone Hicks, Peyton Alex Smith as Damon Sims, Kelly Jenrette as Amara Patterson, and Cory Hardrict as Coach Marcus Turner. The drama is from Warner Bros. Television and CBS Studios in association with Berlanti Productions, with executive producers Okoro Carroll, Jackson, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Robbie Rogers.

Jackson, who worked at CAA before becoming writer-producer Joel Fields’ assistant, started his career in the Disney Writing Fellowship, which...

Exclusive: In a competitive situation, NBC has landed drama Family History with a script commitment plus sizable penalty. The project hails from The Resident co-executive producer Marqui Jackson, Imagine Television Studios and CBS Studios where Imagine has a TV deal.

Written by Jackson, in Family History, the Vincents, a family of African-American doctors, buy the inner-city hospital where they lost one of their own in order to better serve their community, but long-buried family secrets rise to the surface and threaten to tear them apart.

Jackson executive produces with Imagine principal Brian Grazer and TV president Samie Kim Falvey. CBS Studios produces with Imagine Television Studios. Jillian Kugler and Nicole Scott are the Imagine executives on the project.

Jackson is currently in his third season on Fox’s The Resident as a co-executive producer. Previously, he wrote for both seasons of Rosewood for Fox/20th. Jackson has also written on House,...