Don’t Forget ‘All American’: The CW Series Is So Much More Than a Football Show
variety.comEmily Longeretta You think you’ve seen “All American” before and the plot isn’t new. It’s “Beverly Hills, 90210” with a group of Black friends and football.
It’s a twist on “Friday Night Lights.” None of those things would be bad, but they’re not true. Greg Berlanti was told just that when he pitched the show around nearly five years ago.
Luckily, the CW’s Mark Pedowitz believed in the pitch.Now, after four seasons, it remains a big show for the network, which axed nine series — including “Legends of Tomorrow,” “Batwoman,” “Charmed” and “Legacies” — this year.
But “All American” has been shining, thanks, in part, to its partnership with Netflix. In fact, when the third season dropped on the platform, it shot to the top of Nielsen’s streaming rankings, racking up 1.43 billion minutes of watch time. “The first year it came out on the CW in 2018, it didn’t do as well as we all wanted it to do,” Berlanti says. “It took going to Netflix for it to explode and grow and now I think it’s their No.
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