Jared Padalecki criticized The CW for its 'cheap content' strategy after the network canceled his crime drama ‘Walker’
The actor, 41, a longtime fixture of the network's primetime lineup, starred on the crime drama Walker for four seasons until its cancellation in May. The CW aired the show's final episode on Wednesday, June 26. The same day, Variety published an interview with Padalecki in which he unleashed his true feelings about his former employer.
'I feel like The CW that I was a part of last year is not The CW that I was a part of under Mark Pedowitz for that entire, almost 20-year stretch,' Padalecki told the outlet. 'They're just changing the network around, where it's not really going to be a TV network as much as it's going to be, 'Here's something fun for an hour that you'll never watch again, but hopefully you watch it. And it’s cheap!' And I hate to say that, but I'm just being honest.
Walker — a reboot of the 1990s drama Walker, Texas Ranger — premiered on The CW in January 2021 with Padalecki in the titular role as Cordell Walker. The Supernatural alum also served as the show's executive producer. It followed Cordell’s return home after a two-year undercover assignment investigating the death of his wife, Emily Walker, who was played by Padalecki’s real-life wife, Genevieve Padalecki.
'We’re just about a month from the announcement that we weren't picked up again, so it’s kind of funny how life imitates art, or art imitates life,' he told Variety. 'What Cordell went through in the finale and what I’m going through now are mirrors. I’ll be 42 next month. Am I waiting until I’m 60 and I have 800 episodes of television or something? I have to live my life now.
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