{"id":22638,"date":"2021-06-18T20:05:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T00:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=22638"},"modified":"2021-06-18T20:05:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T00:05:57","slug":"the-cw-slates-all-american-homecoming-backdoor-pilot-for-monday-july-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/18\/the-cw-slates-all-american-homecoming-backdoor-pilot-for-monday-july-5\/","title":{"rendered":"The CW Slates &#8220;All American: Homecoming&#8221; Backdoor Pilot for Monday, July 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22639\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/All-American2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/All-American2.jpg 550w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/All-American2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ALL AMERICAN<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All American: Homecoming&#8221; &#8211; July 5, 2021 @ 8PM ET (TV-PG, DL) (HDTV)<\/p><div id=\"morty-2386582916\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>MORE TO THE STORY &#8211; Ready to get out of town for a few days, Spencer (Daniel Ezra), Olivia (Samantha Logan), Jordan (Michael Evans Behling), and Simone (guest star Geffri Maya) decide to visit Simone&#8217;s aunt&#8217;s Amara&#8217;s (guest star Kelly Jenrette) at her HBCU in Atlanta where she is a journalism professor.<\/p>\n<p>The group is relishing campus life, but it also is giving Simone and Olivia a different perspective they weren&#8217;t expecting. 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