The Supernatural prequel The Winchesters has actually reached the tip of the highway.
Sources verify for TVLine that the freshman collection — for which followers launched a “#SaveTheWinchesters” marketing campaign simply hours after its cancellation on Could 11 — has didn’t discover a new residence. And all buying efforts have thus ended.
Quickly after The Winchesters obtained cancelled (in a single fell swoop together with Kung Fu), govt producer and Supernatural alum Jensen Ackles tweeted, “Appears like we obtained work to do. #SaveTheWinchesters #spnfamily.” However to no avail.
Walker Independence, which is EP’d by fellow Supernatural alum/Walker star Jared Padalecki and likewise was axed after one season, has equally been looking for a savior, however there may be nonetheless nothing to report on that entrance.
In accordance with our sister web site Deadline, which first reported on The Winchesters‘ failed seek for a brand new residence, Superman & Lois and All American: Homecoming “are believed to have an opportunity” for renewal at The CW, which below new-ish proprietor Nexstar has been closely reconsidering its priorities and spending. The freshman DC drama Gotham Knights can also be nonetheless on the bubble.
The Winchesters‘ freshman season averaged 794,000 complete viewers and a 0.2 demo ranking (with Stay+7 playback). Out of the 14 dramas that The CW aired this previous TV season, it ranked No. 6 in viewers and landed a four-way tie for No. 2 within the demo (trailing solely All American).
Throughout a autopsy interview, showrunner Robbie Thompson instructed TVLine, “There’s a lot extra story to inform about the place these two youngsters go. And since now, as Dean says on the finish of the [Season 1 finale], they’ve an opportunity to write down their very own story that doesn’t must be essentially what occurred on our model of Supernatural, we have now a possibility to actually go into some attention-grabbing locations.”
