Canceled ‘Walker Independence’ Won’t Be Saved for Season 2
Neither of the new prequels to fan-favorite shows that The CW had in its 2022-2023 lineup will continue elsewhere.
Walker Independence, which was axed on May 9, will not be picked up for a second season on a different network or streaming service despite attempts, according to TVLine. The series was a prequel to the Jared Padalecki-led Walker, which is one of only two CW shows to be renewed for the 2023-2024 season thus far. (All American is the other, with the fates of All American: Homecoming, Gotham Knights, and Superman & Lois still up in the air.)
Following news breaking of Walker Independence‘s cancellation, Padalecki (an executive producer on both his show and the prequel) hadn’t ruled out that it was the end.
“The book’s not closed Independence just yet,” he said to TV Insider. “It wasn’t canceled 100 percent of the platforms that wanna air it. It’s just not gonna air on CW next year. And so we now are able to go and see if there’s another network or streaming service that would like to keep it going. Because I’m thinking, it’s a great show, great cast, great writers…I am keeping my fingers crossed.”
This news for Walker Independence comes after The Winchesters, a prequel to the long-running Supernatural (featuring Jensen Ackles as executive producer, narrator, and guest star), also failed to find a new home after being canceled on May 11. But on June 2, it was announced that it would not continue elsewhere either.
“To all of you who watched, followed, and supported this story, THANK YOU,” Ackles wrote on Twitter. “And to all those who brought this show to life…I couldn’t be more proud of what we all did together. But as they say…timing is everything. With a massive Network shift coupled with an industry strike…welp…that’s some unfortunate timing. Sleep well dear @WinchestersOnCW
…until we meet again. Somewhere down the road.”
Walker Independence followed Katherine McNamara‘s Abby Walker in the late 1800s. It also starred Matt Barr, Katie Findlay, Philemon Chambers, Greg Hovanessian, Lawrence Kao, and Justin Johnson Cortez (who showed up in the Walker Season 3 finale, and Padalecki told us he “would love to see him come back.”)
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Everytime I like a series a lot and it's really good and keeps me glued to the tv some idiot always cancels it! Walker Independence in my opinion is a great series and like always it was cancelled too early without have a chance! We have more then enough sitcoms on tv and we have way too many of so called reality shows which are not reality at all because they are all scripted! It's really hard to believe that no one is going to pick the series up. Same thing happened to Joe Pickett also. It was a good show that no one wanted to keep going.
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I just saw this as I watched it on Walker independence is a great program. You don’t see a whole lot of westerns being made anymore. It was really good the way it was written. I thought maybe because it was between 22/23 TV season season and the writers We’re on strike I think in 22 that maybe they were gonna have it picked up again. I sure would like to see it picked up. The cast was excellent by the way. Excellent it’s a darn shame. Here’s hoping !
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I agree that Walker Independence is one of the best series to come out in a very long time. It reminds me of the old time Westerns. If at all possible please bring it back!
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I couldn't get enough of Walker: Independence. It was one of the best series I have ever watched. The actors were all excellent choices to play those characters , although I don't recall seeing any of their work before, I would love to see them in other movies. Please reconsider a season 2 on any channel as I would certainly be looking forward to seeing it.
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