All American Renewed for Eighth and Final Season on The CW

All American will return for one more season on The CW.

The network has renewed the long-running teen drama series nearly a month after its seventh season concluded with All American Season 7 Episode 10, “Award Tour.” Presumably, this news means that fans will get to learn who won the game between the Beverly High Eagles and the South Crenshaw Chargers.

Its eighth and final season, from executive producer and showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll, will consist of 13 episodes that will air in 2026. By the time of its series finale, All American will have an incredible 132 episodes of TV to its name.

Okoro Carroll’s statement about the show’s final season reads as follows:

“How do I condense into just a few words what would be the longest love letter to this show, the fans, the cast, crew, staff, and producers. My heart is so filled with love and gratitude for everyone who helped bring All American to life and kept it going for its historic run. It is so hard to say goodbye to the thing that you love, but we are so excited we get to do it in the way we envisioned with this final season. Thank you to Brad Schwartz, Channing Dungey, Brett Paul, and Greg Berlanti for supporting our vision. Thank you to the many executives at Warner Bros Discovery, CW, and Berlanti Productions who have been a supportive part of the All American huddle since day one. Thank you to our OG and new generation cast members, our writers, crew, and full staff for raising the bar every episode. Thank you to Spencer Paysinger, whose life inspired this epic journey. And thank you to everyone who not only watched the show, but took Spencer James’s mantra of ‘Dream Big. Stay Real’ to heart and were inspired to chase their seemingly impossible dreams. We see you. We salute you. Here’s to leaving it all on the field one last time.”

All American Season 7, which premiered in January 2025, worked as a bit of a reboot for the coming-of-age sports drama. Though many returned in guest starring roles, Daniel Ezra, Samantha Logan, Cody Christian, Karimah Westbrook, Monét Mazur, and Chelsea Tavares exited the show as series regulars.

Michael Evans Behling, Greta Onieogou, and Bre-Z are the only series regulars to return in the same capacity. 

All American‘s seventh season starred Osy Ikhile, Nathaniel McIntyre, Lauryn Hardy, Terayle Hill, Elijah M. Cooper, Sasha Lance, Antonio J. Bell, and Alexis Chikaeze.

“All American is one of the greatest CW shows of all time, and we are honored to bring it back for one final season to give fans a chance to say a meaningful goodbye to these inspiring characters and this incredible world,” said Brad Schwartz, President of The CW Network, said.

“The series took bold new steps in Season 7, adding exciting new characters to the ones we already love, and viewers truly embraced it all. From the first episode of Season 7 to the last, viewership grew 71% among adults 18-49 and 55% among those age 25-54,” Schwartz continued.

“We cannot wait to see the emotion, heart, and magic that Nkechi Okoro Carroll and the entire cast and creative team deliver in giving this story the proper ending it deserves,” Schwartz concluded.

The series comes from Warner Bros. Television and CBS Studios in association with Berlanti Productions. Alongside Okoro Carroll, All American‘s executive producers include Greg Berlanti, Jameal Turner, Sarah Schechter, and David Strauss.

All American’s final season also comes after the spinoff series, All American: Homecoming, concluded with its third season in September 2024.

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All American Season 8 premieres in 2026.

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