Natalie Oganesyan editor“All American” showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll wants the show’s collegiate spinoff, “All American: Homecoming,” to “bring a world to the screen” that many people may not be familiar with — the world of a historically Black college.
Inspired by the NBC sitcom “A Different World,” which ran from 1987 to 1993 as a spinoff of “The Cosby Show” and most famously portrayed life at an HBCU, Carroll is hoping her show will showcase why HBCUs feel like “a form of coming home” for their students.The series — set against the backdrop of the fictional Bringston University — will follow Simone (Geffri Maya), a young tennis hopeful from Beverly Hills, as she looks to reenter the sport, and Damon (Peyton Alex Smith), an elite.
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