‘All American’ Season 8 Episode 13 Release Date, Time, Where to Watch and Preview
The ‘All American’ series finale is set for Monday, September 28, when The CW closes the drama with an episode titled ‘To Live and Die in L.A.’ The football drama premiered on the network in October 2018, so the finale caps a long run on The CW.
The final season picks up six months after last season’s football cliffhanger and unfolds across a single week in the lives of the Beverly and Crenshaw crew. This guide covers the confirmed date and time, the ways to watch, and what the official preview says about how the story wraps up.
‘All American’ Series Finale Release Date
TVmaze lists the finale for Monday, September 28, 2026, and DIRECTV’s cast guide gives the same date for the episode titled ‘To Live and Die in L.A.’ Listings gathered by The Futon Critic also mark that Monday as the date of the series finale.
The CW opened the final season with a special premiere event in July, after an hour long tribute special on June 22 that revisited the show’s memorable moments and relationships. The network announced in June 2025 that the show would end after this run.
At the time of that announcement, The CW described the series as its top entertainment program in prime time with adults 18 to 49 and its top performer on The CW app. That context helps explain why the network gave the show a full farewell season rather than a quiet exit.
The episode before it, ‘Finish Line,’ centers on the Beverly and Crenshaw showcase and is followed by the series finale the following week. ‘Finish Line’ airs on Monday, September 21.
‘All American’ Series Finale Release Time and Runtime
TVmaze places the finale at eight o’clock in the evening on Monday, September 28, with a runtime of 60 minutes. Viewers should expect a full hour of story rather than a shortened send off.
That matches the Monday slot used for nearly every episode this season, with the second episode of the premiere night running one hour later. The show has kept a steady weekly rhythm through the end of its run.
The network’s own announcements list its Monday primetime times in Eastern and Pacific, so viewers in other regions should confirm their local CW listings. Series scheduling data lists ‘Finish Line’ at the same 60 minute length, which points to a consistent hour long format through the last two weeks.
Where to Watch the ‘All American’ Series Finale
The simplest route is watching live on The CW. The network is also carried by YouTube TV, Hulu Plus Live TV and Fubo in select markets.
The CW app is free, supported by ads, and available on all major platforms, with the latest episodes of the network’s primetime shows. New episodes of the show usually reach the app and website the day after they air.
Netflix is the other destination. The show is the last title under the legacy output deal between The CW and Netflix, and earlier seasons landed on the service just over a week after their finales. What’s on Netflix estimates that the final season will reach Netflix in the United States in early to middle October, though that remains an estimate rather than a confirmed date.
Earlier seasons remain on Netflix for anyone catching up, while international viewers have had a harder time because the final season has not been on a global streaming service at the same time.
‘All American’ Series Finale Preview
The official synopsis says Spencer moves through one of the toughest and most important days of his life, while Olivia leans on her mother as she works toward the right decision. Friends and family, old and new, gather as one chapter closes and new ones begin for the Crenshaw and Beverly natives.
Daniel Ezra is directing the finale. Ezra played Spencer James for the first six seasons, stepped down as a series regular afterward, and made a brief guest appearance the following season. He has also directed one episode a year across the last four seasons.
Ezra told People that colleagues who had read the script described it as beautiful and were struggling not to cry, and he said he was convinced it would give fans the closure they want. At the time of that interview he had not read the script himself.
The lead in episode has KJ laying everything on the line at the showcase, Cassius and Ava worried about what comes next for him, Amina clearing a path to the future she wants, and Coop trying to right a wrong from her past. Showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll has described the ending as less a goodbye than a promise of seeing everyone again soon. With Ezra back behind the camera and Spencer facing such a pivotal day, which storyline from the Beverly and Crenshaw crew do you most need ‘All American’ to resolve before the credits roll one last time?
