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For the third and final season of All American: Homecoming, Damon Sims (Peyton Alex Smith) was no longer a series regular on the CW drama for an unfortunate reason. 

One of the leads in Seasons 1 and 2, Damon was Bringston's talented and popular baseball player and a member of a love triangle, competing with Martin Bobb-Semple's Lando for a relationship with Simone Hicks, played by Geffri Maya. 

Did Damon Leave All American: Homecoming? Read full article on The Direct.

Rising star Martin Bobb-Semple has signed with UTA.

The 27-year-old British actor was recently seen on the CW’s sports drama series and “All American” spin-off “All American: Homecoming,” playing lead Orlando ‘Lando’ Johnson, a talented baseball player and one of the main characters across all three seasons.

Bobb-Semple also starred in two seasons of Peacock’s teen mystery series “One of Us is Lying” in the recurring role of Evan Nieman, and was a lead in Disney’s “Free Rein.”

Having started his acting career at the age of 9, the Londoner made his stage debut in the West End production of “Oliver!” in 2009 and had his first TV credit in 2014. He studied at the Identity School of Acting and began booking back-to-back U.S. project immediately upon graduation.

In the U.K. Bobb-Semple will continue to be represented by the Identity Agency Group, while his attorney is Breecheen Feldman...

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A sports drama series on The CW television network, the All American: Homecoming TV show is a spin-off of the All American series. It stars Geffri Maya, Cory Hardrict, Sylvester Powell, Camille Hyde, Mitchell Edwards, Netta Walker, Martin Bobb-Semple, and Rhoyle Ivy King. Set against the backdrop of the highly competitive Hbcu (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) experience at Bringston University, the story revolves around...

Spoiler Alert! This post contains details from Season 3, Episode 12 of All American: Homecoming.

Monday’s penultimate episode of All American: Homecoming seemed, in many ways, to be about healing.

After standing up to a major recording artist about his work, Cam (Mitchell Edwards) is looking for new opportunities, and Keisha (Netta Walker) wants to help. But, since their breakup, Cam hasn’t been willing to even stay in the same room as Keisha, let alone allow her to give him any sort of aid. So, she enlists Lando’s help to set up an intimate venue at Bringston for Cam to perform some of his music.

“I think we both knew that they had really deep love for each other,” Walker told Deadline. “But this particular episode, I was really proud of her for, even in this adversity between the two of them, being there for someone that she loves...

We don't have to wonder about the future of All American: Homecoming. It's already been revealed that the show's been cancelled and won't be back for a fourth season on The CW. Could the characters return someday if this final season's ratings are good enough?  Stay tuned.

A sports drama series, the All American: Homecoming TV show is a spin-off of the All American series. It stars Geffri Maya, Cory Hardrict, Sylvester Powell, Camille Hyde, Mitchell Edwards, Netta Walker, Martin Bobb-Semple, and Rhoyle Ivy King. Set against the backdrop of the highly competitive Hbcu (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) experience at Bringston University, the story revolves around a group of talented athletes and students. Simone (Maya) is a young tennis hopeful from Beverly Hills and she must deal with the fallout from the romantic choice she made...

It's game over for Simone and her friends in the third season of the All American: Homecoming TV show on The CW. As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like All American: Homecoming is cancelled or renewed for season four. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustrated when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the third season episodes of All American: Homecoming here.

A CW sports drama series, the All American: Homecoming TV show is a spin-off of the All American series. It stars Geffri Maya, Cory Hardrict, Sylvester Powell, Camille Hyde, Mitchell Edwards, Netta Walker, Martin Bobb-Semple, and Rhoyle Ivy King. Set against the backdrop...

All American: Homecoming fans have waited more than a year for the outcome of Simone Hicks’ love triangle — but it only took one hour for Simone’s romance with Damon Sims to flame out.

The All American spinoff returned for its third — and, sadly, final — season on Monday night, leaping forward in time by one year and three months, just as the mothership series did. So, if you were Team Damon heading into Season 3, there’s some comfort in knowing that not only did Simone choose him over Lando, but she and Damon did get to enjoy more than...

It may be summertime, but school is back in session for the kids at Bringston University as All American: Homecoming returns for its third and final season on July 8. When we last saw the Bringston vortex, Simone (Geffri Maya) finally decided if she wanted to be with Damon (Peyton Alex Smith) or Lando (Martin Bobb-Semple), but the audience is still unaware of which baseball star she chose. The upcoming Season 3 premiere will reveal who Simone chose and the fallout from that decision for her and those around her as the Bringston campus finds itself at the center of yet another controversy. TV Insider caught up with Bobb-Semple ahead of the All American: Homecoming premiere to ask what fans can expect from the love triangle and other campus drama. The actor revealed that he and his co-stars didn’t know this would be the final season until the show had wrapped,...

As expected, the All American: Homecoming TV show won't have a fourth season. The spin-off of the All American series has been cancelled ahead of its upcoming third-season premiere.

A sports drama series airing on The CW television network, the All American: Homecoming TV show stars Geffri Maya, Camille Hyde, Sylvester Powell, Cory Hardrict, Martin Bobb-Semple, Mitchell Edwards, Netta Walker, and Rhoyle Ivy King. Set against the backdrop of the highly competitive Hbcu (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) experience at Bringston University, the story revolves around a group of talented athletes and students. Read More…...

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.

Simone Hicks is warming up for her final tennis match.

All American: Homecoming has been cancelled at The CW, TVLine has learned, making its upcoming third season its last. The news comes two weeks after TVLine reported that the offshoot was looking unlikely to return for a fourth season.

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“I’m devastated to learn that All American: Homecoming...

Simone Hicks plans to “dominate this season” when All American: Homecoming returns — but fresh footage from the upcoming episodes has us thinking the season might dominate her.

In the exclusive Season 3 trailer embedded above, Simone’s renewed determination on the tennis court quickly gives way to a potential injury (“Something’s off with my swing,” she worries aloud) and a seemingly formidable opponent from another university. Plus, Simone’s personal life seems similarly complicated: Although we briefly see her in bed with (presumably) one of her two suitors from last season’s cliffhanger, the conversation she’s having via voiceover — “I did what you asked.

With no disrespect to Challengers, this might be pop culture’s biggest tennis news of the week.

All American: Homecoming will be back for its third season on Monday, July 8, at 9/8c, The CW announced Wednesday.

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As previously reported, the All American mothership has added two episodes to its currently airing sixth season, for a total of 15 episodes. With those extra installments factored in,...

The All American universe is returning to The CW very soon.

While audiences will have to wait a few more months until they catch up with the students at Bringston University on All American: Homecoming, production is in full swing on the upcoming 13-episode season.

Showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll teased to Deadline during All American‘s 100th episode party that they are currently shooting “what might be one of my favorite episodes of the season.”

“It is sort of a tribute to my love of rom coms [and] my love of beautiful, slow-evolving relationship movies and dramas where we’re just centered around two characters in one day in their life over the course of this episode, and I’m just so incredibly excited,” she said.

According to Carroll, Season 3 of All American: Homecoming will experience a similar time jump to that of the flagship series, which is picking up with...

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.

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

The CW is starting to give a glimpse at its upcoming scripted slate beyond the spring.

Earlier today, the network announced spring premiere dates for All American, Walker and more. During the Television Critics Association panel, The CW President of Entertainment Brad Schwartz indicated where the network is placing its two other major scripted shows this year.

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

All American: Homecoming Season 3 likely will debut in the summer, as Schwartz said the show is “finally getting to a place where it can stand on its own” without a lead-in from the flagship series — which is how the first two seasons operated.

Schwartz said that the plan is for the abbreviated 13-episode season of All American will move directly into 13 episodes of Homecoming.

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As for Superman & Lois, Schwartz argued that...

We’re not geometry whizzes or anything, but we think we may have cracked the outcome of All American: Homecoming’s central love triangle.

Martin Bobb-Semple, who plays Lando Johnson on the CW drama, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming third season, according to our sister site Deadline. As fans of the show will recall, Season 2 ended with Simone choosing between love interests Lando and Damon (Peyton Alex Smith), but viewers didn’t get to see who she was speaking to when she declared, “I know who I want. It’s you.”

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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,...

If Simone Hicks did choose Damon Sims at the end of All American: Homecoming‘s second season, she won’t be seeing much of her new boyfriend in Season 3.

Peyton Alex Smith, who plays Damon Sims on the CW drama, is one of two cast members who will not return as a series regular for the show’s third season, TVLine has confirmed. Smith will likely recur in Season 3, a rep for Warner Bros. TV tells us, while Kelly Jenrette — who plays Bringston University prez Amara Patterson — is confirmed to recur.

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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: 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,...

Exclusive: Joe Witkowski (The Wilds)and Doralynn Mui (Riverdale) will join the drama of Peacock’s One Of Us Is Lying, taking on major recurring roles for the YA series’ second season. They will appear opposite stars Marianly Tejada, Cooper van Grootel, Annalisa Cochrane, Chibuikem Uche, Jessica McLeod and Melissa Collazo.

Based on Karen M. McManus’s best-seller, One Of Us Is Lying is the story of what happens when five high schoolers walk into detention and only four make it out alive. Everyone is a suspect and everyone has something to hide.

Witkowski will play will play brother of Jake (Barrett Carnahan) who has come back to Bayview to find out the truth about what happened to his little brother. He’s even more handsome and charming than his brother, and he might be more dangerous too.

Mui will play Fiona, a new girl at Bayview who causes surprising complications for Nate and Bronwyn.

Exclusive: We can expect more trouble from Tierney in the upcoming season of the CW’s Pandora. Tina Casciani, who recurred as the character in Season 1, has been promoted to series regular for Season 2 of the sci-fi action series.

Casciani’s Tierney is the ruthless leader of the criminal organization the Hypatia Syndicate. A daughter of the Howard Hughes-like industrialist, Harlan Fried, Tierney has long sought to break away from her father’s shadow by living on the wrong side of the law. Intelligent, conniving, and charming, Tierney always has a card up her sleeve, and a knife at the ready just in case.

Set in the year 2199, Pandora stars Priscilla Quintana as Jax (aka Pandora), a resourceful young woman who has lost everything after the death of her parents but finds a new life at Earth’s Space Training Academy where she and her friends learn to defend the galaxy from threats,...

What's next for Pandora? Members of the cast and creative team of The CW TV show recently discussed what fans can expect from the series' second season.

The sci-fi drama takes place in the year 2199 and centers on Jax (Priscilla Quintana) aka Pandora, a young woman who enters the EarthCom Fleet Training Academy after her parents' traumatic death. There, she discovers there is more to her identity than she had always believed. The cast also includes Oliver Dench, Raechelle Banno, John Harlan, Ben Radcliffe, Banita Sandhu, Martin Bobb-Semple, and Noah Huntley.

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Is Jax on the right path during the first season of the Pandora TV show on The CW? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Pandora is cancelled or renewed for season two. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we'd like to offer you the chance to rate all of the Pandora season one episodes here. *Status update below.

A CW sci-fi drama from creators, Pandora stars Priscilla Quintana, Oliver Dench, Raechelle Banno, John Harlan, Ben Radcliffe, Banita Sandhu, Martin Bobb-Semple, and Noah Huntley. Unfolding in the year 2199, the action centers on Jax (Quintana) aka Pandora. After the traumatic death of her parents, Jax must start her life anew, so she enters the EarthCom...

Much of the summertime programming on The CW is of the non-scripted variety, but even during the lesser-watched, warmer months, the littlest network still likes to keep a little drama in the air. The newest entry in this category is the Pandora TV series. How will it do in the Nielsen ratings? Is science fiction the right genre to bring people inside and get them to sit down in front of their televisions? Will Pandora be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. *Status update below.

A CW sci-fi drama from creators Mark A. Altman and Steve Kriozere, Pandora stars Priscilla Quintana, Oliver Dench, Raechelle Banno, John Harlan, Ben Radcliffe, Banita Sandhu, Martin Bobb-Semple, and Noah Huntley. Unfolding in the year 2199, the action centers on Jax (Quintana) aka Pandora. After the traumatic death of her parents, Jax...

Just two weeks after the Season 1 finale, the CW has ordered a second season of its sci-fi action series Pandora. It’s slated for premiere in 2020.

Set in the year 2199, Pandora stars Priscilla Quintana as Jax (aka Pandora), a resourceful young woman who has lost everything after the death of her parents but finds a new life at Earth’s Space Training Academy where she and her friends learn to defend the galaxy from threats, both alien and human. When secrets about the nature of her own identity begin to surface, she must uncover the truth, and whether she will be humanity’s savior or the instrument of its destruction.

Cast also includes Oliver Dench as Xander Duvall; Raechelle Banno as Atria Nine; John Harlan Kim as Greg Li; Ben Radcliffe as Ralen; Banita Sandhu as Delaney Pilar; Martin Bobb-Semple as Thomas James Ross and Noah Huntley as Professor Donovan Osborn.

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What's This TV Show About?

A CW sci-fi drama from creators Mark A. Altman and Steve Kriozere, Pandora stars Priscilla Quintana, Oliver Dench, Raechelle Banno, John Harlan, Ben Radcliffe, Banita Sandhu, Martin Bobb-Semple, and Noah Huntley. Unfolding in the year 2199, the action centers on Jax (Quintana) aka Pandora. After the traumatic death of her parents, Jax must start her life anew, so she enters the EarthCom Fleet Training Academy. It is there that...

Network: The CW.

Episodes: Ongoing (hour).

Seasons: Ongoing.

TV show dates: July 16, 2019 — present.

Series status: Has not been cancelled.

Performers include: Priscilla Quintana, Oliver Dench, Raechelle Banno, John Harlan, Ben Radcliffe, Banita Sandhu, Martin Bobb-Semple, and Noah Huntley.

TV show description:

From creators Mark A. Altman and Steve Kriozere, the Pandora TV show is a science-fiction drama which unfolds in the year 2199. The action centers on Jax (Quintana) aka Pandora, who must start her life anew.

After her parents' traumatic deaths, this enterprising young woman enters the EarthCom Fleet Training Academy and proceeds to form something of a "found family." There's more to Jax than meets the eye -- even more than she suspects.

Starlings Entertainment, a film financing and production company, is formally expanding into television with the official launch of Starlings Television, led by studio executive and producer Chris Philip. The company, headed by CEO Karine Martin and President Jeffrey W. Stentz, is coming off a successful investment in Paramount’s Elton John biopic, Rocketman.

Philip and Starlings have been collaborating since 2018 to develop, co-produce, and co-finance original scripted content, which the new division will focus on. It is behind two new scripted series. The first, Pandora, a Ya sci-fi drama starring Priscilla Quintana (Traffik), is set to premiere July 16 on the CW. Starlings recently closed a deal with Sony International to handle international distribution.

Starlings TV also has a six-episode first season order for Departure, starring Oscar winner Christopher Plummer and Emmy winner Archie Panjabi. Produced by Shaftesbury, the series will air on Global Television Network in Canada and NBC Universal Channels in select international territories.

The CW is moving things around this summer. The network just announced they've rescheduled the premiere date for their new TV show, Pandora.

Set in the year 2199, the sci-fi drama centers "on a resourceful young woman who has lost everything but finds a new life at Earth's Space Training Academy where she and her friends learn to defend the Galaxy from threats, both alien and human." The cast includes Priscilla Quintana, Oliver Dench, Raechelle Banno, John Harlan Kim, Ben Radcliffe, Banita Sandhu, and Martin Bobb-Semple.

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Actress Banita Sandhu, who made her debut in Bollywood with the film "October" in 2018, will be seen in Priscilla Quintana starrer "Pandora", a sci-fi action series.

Rounding out the series regular cast are Oliver Dench, Raechelle Banno, John Harlan Kim, Ben Radcliffe, Banita, Martin Bobb-Semple and Noah Huntley. Production is underway in Bulgaria. A premiere date has not yet been set, reports deadline.com.

An excited Banita had tweeted: "So thrilled to announce my next project with The CW."

Banita's "October" co-star Varun Dhawan tweeted on Thursday morning: "Woohoo so proud of you Bani. Does this mean I have to get in touch with your agent now to see you."

Set in the year 2199, Pandora centers on Jax, played by Quintana, a resourceful young woman who has lost everything after the death of her parents but finds a new life at Earth's Space Training Academy where she and her friends...

Priscilla Quintana has been cast as the lead in the CW’s upcoming summer sci-fi series “Pandora.”

Other series regulars include Oliver Dench (“Ride”), Raechelle Bano (“Home and Away”), John Harlan Kim (“The Librarians”), Ben Radcliffe (“The Evermoor Chronicles”), Benita Sandhu (“October”), Martin Bobb-Semple (“Free Rein”) and Noah Huntley (“28 Days Later”).

Mark A. Altman and Steve Kriozere, Thomas P. Vitale, Karine Martin, and Chris Philip are executive producers.

Production has begun in Bulgaria, though the premiere date is still unknown.

Exclusive: Priscilla Quintana (Traffik) is set as the lead in Pandora, the CW’s upcoming summer sci-fi action series, from Mark A. Altman and Steve Kriozere’s (ABC’s Castle) Radioactive Fishtank, Vital Signs Entertainment and Starlings Television. Rounding out the series regular cast are Oliver Dench (Ride), Raechelle Bano (Home and Away), John Harlan Kim (The Librarians), Ben Radcliffe (The Evermoor Chronicles), Benita Sandhu (October), Martin Bobb-Semple (Free Rein) and Noah Huntley. Production is underway in Bulgaria. A premiere date has not yet been set.

Set in the year 2199, Pandora centers on Jax (aka Pandora), played by Quintana, a resourceful young woman who has lost everything after the death of her parents but finds a new life at Earth’s Space Training Academy where she and her friends learn to defend the Galaxy from threats, both alien and human. When secrets about the nature of...