All American (2018)
Their future is on the line.
When a rising high school football player from South Central L.A. is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High, the wins, losses and struggles of two families from vastly different worlds - Compton and Beverly Hills - begin to collide. Inspired by the life of pro football player Spencer Paysinger.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 10 October 2018 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 28 September 2026 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | April Blair |
| Starring | Michael Evans Behling, Greta Onieogou and Bre-Z |
| Seasons | 8 seasons, 132 episodes |
| Episode length | about 43 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 95 hours |
| Rated | TV-14 |
| Scores | TMDB users 8.1/10 |
Where to watch All American
All American is streaming on Netflix ($19.99 a month) in the US. It is also on Fubo. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 3 months of Netflix, or $59.97 at list price.
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Where to watch All American in 28 other countries
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| Australia | ARD/ZDF |
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| Bulgaria | Max |
| Canada | Fubo |
| Croatia | Max |
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| Denmark | Max 129 kr DKK |
| Finland | Max €11.99 |
| Gibraltar | Prime Video |
| Guernsey | Prime Video |
| Hungary | Max |
| Ireland | Prime Video €6.99 |
| Moldova | Max |
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| Netherlands | Max €11.99 |
| North Macedonia | Max |
| Norway | Max 149 kr NOK |
| Poland | Max 39.99 zł |
| Portugal | Max €9.99 |
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| Slovenia | Max |
| Spain | Max €10.99 |
| Sweden | Max 149 kr SEK |
| United Kingdom | Prime Video £8.99 GBP |
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What kind of watch this is
April Blair built All American on a simple geographic collision: a star from Crenshaw gets recruited to Beverly Hills. The 43-minute episodes strip away the polish of elite prep school life, exposing the raw friction between two worlds that share a zip code but not a reality. It is a drama about what happens when a scholarship becomes a border. With 8 seasons and 132 episodes, the series commits to the slow grind of building a life, not just winning a game. That is 95 hours of watching two families realize that talent does not erase history.
What the critics said
Critics gave the first season a 92% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 25 reviews. The consensus calls the ambitious class drama "largely [playing] thanks to its winning cast," which is a fair trade for a promising start. Metacritic lands on 63 out of 100, indicating generally favorable reviews. The second season, based on just 6 reviews, holds a 100% approval rating with an average of 8.80 out of 10. A perfect score from a sample that small is statistically delicious, even if it’s a bit small.
How it did with audiences
On TMDB, users rate All American 8.1 out of 10. Critics liked it, and audiences eventually did too, but The CW’s live ratings were underwhelming at first. The show found its true footing after landing on Netflix via a deal with Warner Bros. That streaming boost generated real revenue, which became the main argument for keeping the series alive. It went from a quiet experiment to a reliable earner, proving that sometimes a show needs a new home to find its audience.
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Sources
- All American on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q54202857 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “All American (TV series)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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