The CW Orders ALL AMERICAN: HOMECOMING and NAOMI to Series

The CW has ordered its pilots ALL AMERICAN: HOMECOMING and NAOMI to series.

In ALL AMERICAN: HOMECOMING, the ALL AMERICAN spinoff “is a young adult sports drama set against the backdrop of the HBCU experience. From the executive producers of ALL AMERICAN, the show follows a young tennis hopeful from Beverly Hills and an elite baseball player from Chicago as they contend with the high stakes of college sports, while also navigating the highs, lows and sexiness of unsupervised early adulthood at a prestigious Historically Black College.”

The series stars Geffri Maya, Peyton Alex Smith, Kelly Jenrette, Cory Hardrict, Sylvester Powell, Netta Walker, and Camille Hyde.

ALL AMERICAN: HOMECOMING is written and executive produced by Nkechi Okoro Carroll, with Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, David Madden, and Robbie Rogers serving as executive producers. Michael Schultz  directed the pilot spinoff episode. The series is from Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.

The backdoor pilot for the series will air Monday, July 5 at 8/7c.

NAOMI “follows a teen girl’s journey from her small northwestern town to the heights of the Multiverse. When a supernatural event shakes her hometown to the core, Naomi sets out to uncover its origins, and what she discovers will challenge everything we believe about our heroes.”

The series stars Kaci Walfall,  Cranston Johnson, Alexander Wraith, Mary-Charles Jones, Barry Watson, Mouzam Makkar, Daniel Puig, Camila Moreno, Will Meyers, and Aidan Gemme.

Based on the characters from DC, NAOMI is written and executive produced by Ava DuVernay and Jill Blankenship, and executive produced by Sarah Bremner and Paul Garnes of ARRAY Filmworks. Amanda Marsalis directed and co-executive produced the pilot episode. NAOMI is from ARRAY Filmworks in association with Warner Bros. Television. 

As for the other pilots in development: POWERPUFF is being reworked off-season, with the cast and writers remaining involved with the potential series. And it’s TBD about TOM SWIFT, the possible NANCY DREW spinoff.

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