Walker, All American And More Get Premiere Dates At The CW
Two CW shows that survived the network's behind-the-scenes overhaul finally have return dates.
All American Season 6 will premiere Monday, April 1 at 8/7c, while Walker will kick off Season 4 on Wednesday, April 3 at 8 pm, it was announced at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Thursday. Walker will be followed that night (at 9 pm) by the freshman crime drama Sight Unseen, starring The Originals' Daniel Gillies.
A return date for the spinoff All American: Homecoming was noticeably absent from Thursday's announcement, as was a date for Superman & Lois' final season. According to CW execs, the former will return for Season 3 after All American wraps its 13-episode run (sometime in summer, presumably), and the latter is being held for fall; get details here.
Over on the unscripted side, The CW has also shared premiere dates for FBoy Island spinoff Lovers and Liars (April 1); dating show Patti Stanger: The Matchmaker (Thursday, April 11), in which The Millionaire Matchmaker's Stanger and The Bachelor's Nick Viall team up to help singles find love; Season 2 of the sports docuseries 100 Days to Indy (Friday, April 26); and the law enforcement-focused Police 24/7 and Hostage Rescue, both debuting on Tuesday, April 30.
Here's all of that again, now in list form!
MONDAY, APRIL 1
8 pm All American (Season 6 premiere)
9 pm Lovers and Liars (series premiere)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3
8 pm Walker (Season 4 premiere)
9 pm Sight Unseen (series premiere)
THURSDAY, APRIL 11
8 pm Patti Stanger: The Matchmaker (series premiere)
9 pm Lovers and Liars (series premiere encore/time slot premiere)
FRIDAY, APRIL 26
8 pm Penn & Teller: Fool Us
9 pm 100 Days to Indy (Season 2 premiere)
TUESDAY, APRIL 30
8 pm Police 24/7 (series premiere)
9 pm Hostage Rescue (series premiere)
Walker, All American, All American: Homecoming and Superman & Lois are the only original CW shows to have been renewed from last season following the network's acquisition by Nexstar Media Group. That change in brass resulted in a creative overhaul for The CW's lineup, with a new focus on sports programming, foreign imports and replays of series such as Hallmark Channel's one-and-done Ride and ABC's The Conners.
The quartet's returns were also delayed by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, with shorter runs expected during the upcoming seasons. The Jared Padalecki-starring Walker reboot was renewed for a 13-episode fourth season, whereas the first three seasons ranged between 18-20 episodes. The Season 3 finale ended with several dangling threads, including a MIA body, a resurfaced serial killer and a potentially rekindled Cordell/Geri romance. (Get a first look at Walker Season 4.)
Meanwhile, All American was picked up early in January 2023 for a 13-episode sixth season, before closing Season 5 with a cliffhanger in which Patience was stabbed by a stalker.
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