“Walker” canceled by the CW after 4 seasons

Jared Padalecki in “Walker”

The CW

Walker will hand over his badge to the CW.

Network canceled Jared Padalecki-led show Walker after four seasons. The series will finish its run on The CW, ending with what will now be a series finale on June 26.

“We would like to thank the entire cast, crew, writers, directors and producers of Walker for their hard work and dedication over four incredible seasons,” the network said in a statement. “We also want to extend a special thanks to star and executive producer Jared Padalecki, who has been a member of the CW family for more than 20 years and has been an integral part of some of the network’s biggest hits.”

Walker is one of the few scripted series from The CW’s pre-Nexstar era that was on the schedule for the network’s current incarnation. Cancellation leaves All American and its repercussions, All American: Homecomingwhose future remains undecided, and Superman and Lois — whose final season will air in the fall — as the last vestiges of the days when WarnerMedia (now Warner Bros. Discovery) and CBS (now part of Paramount) jointly owned the network. The CW has yet to make a decision on freshman drama series. Invisible viewwhich it co-produces with the Canadian channel CTV.

In his own statement on Instagram, Padalecki wrote in part: “It has been a unique honor to be part of the cast and crew (and fandom!) that helped Walker tell the stories we have told. I will forever smile at the years I spent with the cast, crew, studio, network, and fandom that made it all possible.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter During preliminary discussions last week, CW Entertainment President Brad Schwartz said the network was still in negotiations with Walker’Producers have spoken about a potential fifth season, noting that budgets would be a factor: “[L]ast year we renegotiated this show and they were able to do it a little more efficiently,” he said. declared. “I think if everyone got back together, there were a lot of people who had a lot of decisions to make and we had to stick to budgets. We’ll see if this show succeeds, but it’s certainly an active conversation.

Walker is a revamp of the 1990s series Walker, Texas Ranger, which starred Chuck Norris as the title character. Padalecki plays Cordell Walker, who, at the start of the series, must readjust to life at home after a long stint undercover. Ashley Reyes, Keegan Allen, Mitch Pileggi, Molly Hagan, Violet Brinson, Kale Culley, Coby Bell, Jeff Pierre and Odette Annable also star.

Anna Fricke, Padalecki, Dan Lin, Lindsey Liberatore, Steve Robin, Russell Friend and John Patterson produce the series, which comes from CBS Studios in association with Rideback, Pursued By A Bear and Stick To Your Guns. Max has the streaming rights to the show.