According to TVLine, the CW has given the green light for the “All American” sports drama spin-off, which will focus on the character Simone Hicks (Geffri Maya).
The new production, titled “All American: Homecoming,” will see its pilot featured as one of the episodes of season 3.
The potential new series will take place at a historically black university.
The series was created by April Blair.
When a southern Los Angeles school football player is recruited to play for the Beverly Hills High team, the victories, losses and struggles of two families from different worlds – Crenshaw, a suburb of California, and Beverly Hills, the famous wealthy neighborhood of the same city – start to collide. Inspired by the life of professional footballer Spencer Paysinger.
The cast includes Daniel Ezra, Samantha Logan, Michael Evans Behling, Taye Diggs and Greta Onieogou.