Walker, an action series and a reboot of Walker, Texas Ranger, stars Jared Padalecki, Ashley Reyes, Keegan Allen, Mitch Pileggi, Molly Hagan, Violet Brinson, Kale Culley, Coby Bell, Jeff Pierre, and Odette Annable.
Texas Ranger Cordell Walker (Padalecki) is a widower and father who has his own moral code. He returns home to Austin, Texas after being undercover for nearly a year. He tries to reconnect with his son August (Culley) and daughter Stella (Brinson), as well as his brother Liam (Allen) and parents Abeline (Hagan) and Bonham (Pileggi).
At work, Walker's former colleague Larry James (Bell) is now his Ranger Captain. In season three, Walker is held captive by an anarchist group determined to break him. He must confront a painful memory from his past that he never shared with anyone and team up with an unexpected ally, Julia (Anna Enger), if he is to make it out alive.
“Over the past three seasons, Walker has become the top performing series on The CW with a passionate fanbase and a fantastic cast and creative team led by Jared Padalecki, who has now been a leading man on the network for over twenty years,” said Brad Schwartz, President of Entertainment, The CW Network. “As we build a great big new future for The CW, we are thrilled to be staying in business with our partners at CBS Studios and we cannot wait to have Walker back on the schedule.”
“I’m so excited and grateful to continue the Walker legacy for another season alongside our partners at CBS Studios and The CW,” said Padalecki. “We can’t wait to make Season 4 bigger and better than ever and to lasso even more fans into the Walker family. Let’s ride!”
While previous seasons each had between eighteen and twenty episodes, Walker's fourth season will only have thirteen episodes.
Of CW's current original scripted series, only All American (2018) and Walker have been renewed for next season. Nexstar, which now owns a majority stake in the network, is focusing on using unscripted and inherited scripted series to fill the schedule. So we may or may not see higher-rated series like All American: Homecoming or Superman & Lois renewed for 2023-24.