Last Chance U

Last Chance U
The title styled in block lettering like a college sweater logo written above a player's back
Genre
Directed by
Music by
  • Yuri Tománek
  • Joseph Minadeo
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes38
Production
Producers
  • Joe Labracio
  • Adam Leibowitz
  • Dawn Ostroff
  • Adam Ridley
  • Lucas Smith
  • James D. Stern
  • Greg Whiteley
Production locations
Running time52–76 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseJuly 29, 2016 (2016-07-29) –
July 28, 2020 (2020-07-28)
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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]

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]

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