‘All American’ Boss Talks Daniel Ezra’s Exit, Future Of Flagship Series & Finding “Peace” In ‘Homecoming’ Cancellation
deadline.comSPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the Season 6 finale of The CW‘s All American and the Season 3 premiere of All American: Homecoming. There are some shakeups happening in the All American universe.
Season 6 of the flagship series ended Monday night with the departure of its star Daniel Ezra, who has led the show as Spencer James for six seasons.
With Ezra gone, the show will be taking a new direction that returns to its high school roots, focusing on telling the stories of some newly introduced younger characters.
That doesn’t necessarily mean that the entire original cast is taking a backseat. As the show is making this transition, showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll recognizes “you don’t want to do a clean sweep.” With Jordan (Michael Evans Behling) taking a coaching position at South Crenshaw and Laura gifting her house to he and Layla (Greta Onieogou), it’s starting to look like these two may become the glue, so to speak, in forthcoming seasons.
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