How many episodes are in All American?

All American has 13 episodes in this listed season.

When does All American premiere?

All American premieres on 2026-07-13.

Is All American a new series?

All American is a returning series (Season 8).

All American(2018)

Archived · The CW

7.6PG13 eps

S08

DramaSportsSport

ON AIR: JUL 13Season 8Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

All American follows a high school football player who splits his life between South Central and Beverly Hills after transferring schools, and the show uses that split to keep two distinct family worlds in constant, productive friction. Football matters here, but the games are rarely the point; what drives each episode is the pressure Spencer carries between two households, two sets of loyalties, and two versions of who he is supposed to become.

By season eight, the ensemble has expanded well beyond Spencer himself, with romantic relationships, sibling dynamics, and LGBTQ+ storylines each carrying real narrative weight across long arcs. The serialized structure means storylines about mental health or racial identity are not single-episode detours but threads that build slowly and pay off across multiple seasons, giving the drama a density that keeps individual characters feeling genuinely complicated rather than functional.

Best for

high school football, family conflict and Drama

Story lane

Drama and Sports

Commitment

Season 8 · 13 episodes

Where

The CW

Official Premise

Inspired by the true life story of NFL Superbowl Champion, Spencer Paysinger, All American is an inspiring, ensemble family drama about a young, high school football phenom, Spencer James and the two families whose homes he shares after transferring from Crenshaw to Beverly High - his mother and brother in South Central LA and the Bakers of Beverly Hills. But as these two families and their vastly different worlds are drawn together, Spencer, the Bakers, and the James family will discover that the differences that divide us on the surface hide a deeper connection - the complicated, imperfect humanity that unites us all.

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Why this pick

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Why this pick

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