The 'Supernatural' actor has criticized The CW's current management, calling out their focus on 'cheap' programming after the network decided to end his show 'Walker' in May.
- Jun 28, 2024
AceShowbiz - In an interview with Variety, Jared Padalecki, who starred in the CW shows "Walker" and "Supernatural", expressed his disappointment with the network's recent shift in strategy. He criticized The CW's current management, calling out their focus on "cheap" programming.
"The CW that I was a part of last year is not The CW that I was a part of under [former chairman and CEO] Mark Pedowitz for that entire, almost 20-year stretch," Padalecki said. "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!' "
Padalecki, who was fired from "Supernatural" in 2017, said he felt The CW was "looking for really easy, cheap content that they could fill up time with." He cited the network's upcoming fall game shows "Trivial Pursuit" and "Scrabble" as examples of this strategy.
"I hate to say that, but I'm just being honest," Padalecki said. "I mean, f**k it. They can't fire me again. I'm just being brutally honest."
Padalecki's comments come after the cancellation of "Walker" in May. He said the cancellation had made him realize his own story has value.
"What Cordell went through in the finale and what I'm going through now are mirrors," Padalecki said. "I'm 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."
Padalecki added that he is open to reteaming with "Supernatural" creator Eric Kripke on his Prime Video series "The Boys", which could potentially reunite him with his former co-stars Jensen Ackles and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
