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Walker Independence may ride again.
Just one day after The CW cancelled the Walker prequel spinoff, Jared Padalecki — who serves as an executive producer on both shows — tells TVLine that efforts are underway to find the Western drama a new home for Season 2.
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“We are aggressively looking for a place that Walker Independence can land,” Padalecki says. He describes the show’s axing after just one season as “unfortunate,” but remains hopeful that it will live on at another outlet. “I think cancelled is maybe the most common word used, but I think a better way to look at it is that Walker Independence will not be on The CW next year.”
“I’m so proud of Walker Independence. It’s such a great show. I think it’s a show that’s needed,” Padalecki adds. “We absolutely are thrilled about the show, proud of the show, and we all feel like it belongs somewhere people can see it. We love the cast. We love the writing. We love the setting. We love the storylines that it’s telling. It’s storylines unlike any other ‘Western’ show on TV or streaming right now.”
In a finale interview with TVLine, showrunner Seamus Kevin Fahey also said there is a Plan B to find the show a new home if The CW does not pick up the series for Season 2.
“If The CW isn’t ready to move forward, what are the other options? So naturally, it would lead to that,” Fahey shared. “No one wants it to go away, long story short. We’re going to do what we can to make sure that doesn’t happen.”
“We have a lot of support at [CBS Studios]. Everyone loves the show. We’re all proud of what we did on the show,” Fahey continued.
An origin story set in the late 1800s, Independence followed Abby Walker (Arrow‘s Katherine McNamara), an affluent Bostonian whose husband was murdered before her eyes while on their journey out West. On her quest for revenge, Abby crossed paths with lovable rogue Hoyt Rawlins (Matt Barr, playing an ancestor of his Walker character, also named Hoyt Rawlins). “Abby and Hoyt’s journey takes them to Independence, Texas, where they encounter diverse, eclectic residents running from their own troubled pasts and chasing their dreams,” reads the official synopsis. The resident of Independence “struggle with the changing world around them, while becoming agents of change themselves in a town where nothing is what it seems.”
The cast also included Katie Findlay (How to Get Away With Murder), Greg Hovanessian (Another Life, When Hope Calls), Lawrence Kao (Wu Assassins), Justin Johnson Cortez and Gabriela Quezada.
The show’s Season 1 finale aired on March 2 and concluded with a cliffhanger twist that set up a bigger threat and new mystery for a potential second season. (Get more scoop on the finale and what might still be ahead in our post-mortem interview.)
Walker Independence fans, where do you hope the spinoff lands?
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I don’t sream very much, but for Walker Independence I will go wherever it goes. I love this show so much. Please Save It.
I hope they find some one to pick them up. I really like there western and the ones who play in it.
Unfortunately any show with Matt Barr does not make it past 13 episodes or the first season.
Blood and Treasure had 2 seasons but I wish there were more.
Netflix
My husband and I have really enjoyed Walker Independence! It’s fun to make the connections to the current “Walkers”. Good luck finding a new home for this show and PLEASE don’t put it on a channel that makes us pay more!!! I have missed several of my favorite shows because of this.
The only place I can see it being picked up by is Tubi or Freevee or maybe Roku
The quality of this show is amazing, but it did not reflect on its viewership or rating. Honestly other than Walker fans, who would randomly turn to “CW” on Thursday night at 9:00pm and discover this gem? A no name non-procedure western? And only 13 episodes? And you’d probably be very lost at who’s who unless you started from the pilot? It’s not like Supergirl or Gotham Knights, ppl could at least recognize a few familiar names. Walker Independence is totally unique and new.
I’m hoping it could find a better home. A home that it deserves and deserves it.
I love Walker Independence — especially extraordinary characters like Katie, Augustus, Calian and Kai!!! Please find our show a new home.
I don’t watch the CW anymore. I wait for the shows to air on HBO Max where I can watch without commercials. I liked the show but I don’t think I can get invested in it because of the cancellation issues. I get that the CW is/was for sale but why watch on their busted up network when you can watch without commercials after the season ends? I tried to watch the new seasons of Riverdale and Gotham nights but I can’t get past all of the damn commercials.
I love Walker Independence and somehow I knew the CW would cancel it! Great western show and was hopeful it would make the cut! Hope they find a new home. Well I guess my Winchesters is next!!!
So now each and every series cancelation will be debated and ‘shopped around’ ad nauseum? Showrunners and cast members should stop fostering this nonsense. Just move on to the next (new) project and be done with it!
Would love to see Walker Independence land on Netflix or maybe the network that carried Yellowstone and the branch off shows from that one. There is a western or early frontier theme, it would fit in nicely . Every time people invest their time in a new show, it’s never given time to fully develop the characters and they flippantly cancel. Keep the show alive
I would love to see it land on Paramount+. I think it would find an audience there since CBS is the studio behind the show and westerns are thriving there already. Love this show, the storyline, the characters, the scripts keep it interesting week after week. It needs to be somewhere its appreciated.
It’s a good show it’s original it’s not a doctor or lawyer or cop show. I hope you find a spot anywhere. Love watching the show.
I really liked this show.Not enough good westerns on TV anymore. Hoping it is going to find a home fore a 2nd season.
Yay Jared! Love this show!!
I hope Paramount + picks it up. I love Walker Independence and they cannot leave it with that cliffhanger. We need some closure.
Hope Walker: Independence finds another home. ❤️ the show!!
I hope it gets a new home. I love this show.
I absolutely loved walker and walker independence. Both are great shows! I would love to know more about walker independence with hopefully a season 2. The show was getting very interesting. The story between Abby and Tom needs to continue.
I love Hoyt. We was terrific in Walker and I was sad when the character dies.
I vote yes. Bring back Walker Independence. I want more Hoyt Rawlings!
OMG!!!! WHY DO THEY HAVE TO CANCEL ALL THE GOOD SHOWS AND KEEP STUPID ONES???? PLEASE BRING WALKER INDEPENDENCE BACK!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! WE LOVE THAT SHOW, IT’S THE BEST SERIES EVER. PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!! From a whole lot of people here PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!!!
Independence quickly became a favorite show on the CW. One of the best cast on TV, a good/bad guy, female Heros and Hoyt. What was there not to enjoy. i hope CBS or some streaming service will pick it up, but with this Kung Fu and the Winchesters being canceled I don’t see much reason to watch the CW in the future.
If the CW has shown us anything this past year it’s that the network clearly can no longer judge good shows! All we have seen is the word Cancelled next to great shows. This is why I no longer watch the network. Great shows have been cancelled one after another this year, and Walker independence ending is just one more reason for me to follow the networks bottom line. I’m now cancelling the CW from my T.V!