by Kimberly Roots for TV Line
The CW has given a series order to All American, a football drama executive-produced by Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter. The series is inspired by the life of pro player Spencer Paysinger and formerly titled Spencer.
Logline: When a rising high school football player from South L.A. is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High, the wins, losses and struggles of two families from vastly different worlds – Crenshaw and Beverly Hills – begins to collide.
The cast includes Daniel Ezra (The Missing), Taye Diggs (Private Practice), Cody Christian (Teen Wolf), Samantha Logan (13 Reasons Why), Monet Mazur (Castle), Michael Evans Behling and Karimah Westbrook (Shameless, Aquarius). April Blair (Reign) will write and executive-produce alongside Berlanti, Schechter and Rob Hardy.
