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It’s final. There will be no second season for Walker Independence. Efforts to find a new home for the CBS Studios-produced Walker spinoff were unsuccessful following cancellation by the CW, sources have confirmed to Deadline. Executive producer Jared Padalecki earlier told Deadline’s sister site…

The CW has canceled Walker prequel Walker Independence after one season. The move, which was expected, follows the CW’s renewal of mothership series Walker earlier today. Related Stories Cancellations and Rene…

It’s official. Action-adventure series Blood & Treasure will not return for a third season. The move is not unexpected. Series lead Matt Barr stars in CW’s Walker: Independence which launched its first season in October. The drama series aired its first season on CBS and moved to sibling streamer…

Matt Barr and Justin Johnson Cortez have a lot to tease following the premiere of the CW’s Walker Independence at the ATX Festival in Austin. The pair star as Hoyt Rawlings and Calian, respectively, in the CW Walker prequel spinoff which was recently picked up to series. Barr brings a certain swagger to Hoyt, a…

ATX festival-goers were treated to the first episode of the upcoming CW series, Walker spinoff prequel Walker Independence on Saturday morning ahead of a panel with executive producer Jared Padalecki and stars Katherine McNamara, Matt Barr, and Justin Johnson-Cortez. The Walker prequel, written by Seamus Fahey based…

Ahead of the Season 2 premiere of CBS‘ Blood & Treasure on July 17, it was announced that the series will move exclusively to Paramount+. The first two episodes will drop on premiere night with new episodes streaming weekly on Sundays. It’s unlikely the action-adventure drama will be renewed for a third season. Series…

EXCLUSIVE: Katie Findlay is set as a series regular opposite Matt Barr and Katherine McNamara in the CW's Walker: Independence pilot, executive produced by Walker's Jared Padalecki. The Walker prequel pilot, written by Seamus Fahey based on a story by him and Anna Fricke, and directed by Larry Teng, is set in the late…

EXCLUSIVE: Wu Assassins star Lawrence Kao is set as a lead opposite Matt Barr in CBS Studios' CW pilot Walker: Independence, executive produced by Jared Padalecki. Walker: Independence, a prequel to the CW/CBS Studios series Walker, is set in the late 1800s and follows Abby Walker, an affluent Bostonian whose husband…

EXCLUSIVE: How’s this for a strong lineage? Matt Barr, who played 2020s Hoyt Rawlins on the CW’s Walker, also will play 1800s Hoyt Rawlins in the network’s pilot Walker: Independence. Barr has been been tapped as the male lead in the project, executive produced by Walker‘s Jared Padalecki. Walker: Independence, a Walke…

Amid strong ratings, CBS has ordered a second season of its hit summer action-adventure series Blood & Treasure, from CBS TV Studios and Propagate. The series, which premiered May 21, is currently the No. 1 new summer scripted series with 5.71 million viewers. It has improved its time period by +17% over the same time…

EXCLUSIVE: After a lengthy search, Matt Barr (Valor) has been tapped as the male lead opposite Sofia Pernas in Blood & Treasure, CBS' hourlong serialized action-adventure series set to premiere in summer 2019. Written by Matthew Federman & Stephen Scaia, Blood & Treasure, which hails from CBS Television Studios…

EXCLUSIVE: Matt Barr, the male lead of the CW/CBS TV Studios military drama Valor, has been tapped as a star of another the CW/CBS TV Studios project, drama pilot Skinny Dip, from writers Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner and Keshet Studios. Written by Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner based on the novel by Carl Hiaasen…