Last Chance U
Documentary series about American football / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Last Chance U is an American documentary television series that is produced by and premiered on Netflix. The six-episode first season explores the football program at East Mississippi Community College, which features several collegiate athletes that have had trouble in their lives and struggled with finding structure. The players are then required to perform at the junior college (JUCO) level, under the stewardship of coach Buddy Stephens, in order to prove themselves and return to Division I.[1]
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Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 38 |
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Running time | 52–76 minutes |
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Network | Netflix |
Release | July 29, 2016 (2016-07-29) – July 28, 2020 (2020-07-28) |
The series' second season returned to Mississippi,[2] but transitioned to Independence Community College in Kansas for the show's third season,[3] which premiered on July 21, 2018. This was followed by a return to Independence for the fourth season; it debuted on July 19, 2019.[4] The final season took place at Laney College in Oakland, California and premiered on July 28, 2020. In 2020, it was announced that a scripted drama based on the first two seasons would be produced by and star Courteney Cox.[5]