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9 Shows Like All American You Should Watch While You Wait for the Next Episode
Sports, high school, and more Maggie Fremont
Daniel Ezra,
The CW s
All American has seen a well-deserved boost in popularity since it started streaming on Netflix. The show, now in its third season on The CW, works on multiple levels: It s a teen drama, a sports show, a fish-out-of-water story, a coming-of-age tale, and even a commentary on socio-economics in Los Angeles. The series, which was inspired by former NFL player Spencer Paysinger s life, follows Spencer James (Daniel Ezra), an aspiring football star balancing his ambition with regular teenage drama as he s moved from his own neighborhood of Crenshaw to become the MVP at Beverly Hills High. In its three seasons,
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents is versatile in tone and subject matter, but its most common theme is how rotten seemingly respectable people can be. As Hitchcock explained when welcoming viewers back to the show one autumn, “When crime is occasionally dealt with [on this show], it will be crime as practiced by ordinary people, like the fellow next door. I think that, by spring, a large number of you will be thinking of moving.”
Many episodes are like
Breaking Bad in 30 minutes or less, in which sudden greed or wounded pride can lead someone to bump off a spouse, best friend, or random stranger. Sometimes, characters try to rationalize their actions: “Man has the right to help nature along. I mean, if it gets stubborn,” says a wastrel who tries to kill his spinster aunt, by putting ground glass in her food, in “A Perfect Murder.” Other times, they just revel in their villainy: “I consider you and your
9 Shows Like All American to Watch While You Wait for the Next Episode
Moving towns, playing football, and much more Maggie Fremont
Daniel Ezra,
The CW s
All American has seen a deserved boost in popularity since it started streaming on Netflix. The show, now in its third season on The CW, works on multiple levels: It s a teen drama, a sports show, a fish-out-of-water story, a coming-of-age tale, and even a commentary on socio-economics in Los Angeles. The show, which was inspired by former NFL player Spencer Paysinger s life, follows Spencer James (Daniel Ezra), an aspiring football star trying to balance ambition with regular teenage drama as he s moved from his own neighborhood of Crenshaw to become the MVP at Beverly Hills High. The series has also branched out to cover others in his life in both worlds.