The CW Renewal Status Report: ‘All American,’ ‘Homecoming’ & ‘Walker’

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Fifth in a series on broadcast network series renewals. As the CW transformation’s under new owners Nexstar continues with the addition of sports as well as acquired scripted series and international co-productions, questions are persisting about the fate of the last remaining dramas from the “old” CW.

With Superman & Lois set to end with its upcoming fourth season in the fall, that leaves flagship All American, spinoff All American: Homecoming and Walker.

They all film in the U.S., making them more expensive to produce than Canadian-made dramas and come from former CW co-owners (now minority owners) Warner Bros. (All American franchise) and CBS (Walker). RELATED: Fox Renewal Status Report: ‘The Cleaning Lady’ & ‘Alert’ From what I hear, it would be a very challenging business proposition to have all three series continue on the CW.

The sobering realization defers from the brighter outlook shared by the CW President of Entertainment Brad Schwartz at TCA in February. “CBS and Warner Bros have been so wonderful working with us on those shows and we’ve gotten both of those shows to an economic area, where as long as they keep rating, there’s no reason why we can’t keep them,” he said at the time. “It’s no longer a financial question, it’s a creative and performance question.” RELATED: CBS Renewal Status Report: ‘The Equalizer’, ‘NCIS: Hawai’i’, ‘Elsbeth’, ‘CSI: Vegas’ & ‘So Help Me Todd’ Amid headwinds from a soft ad market, the CW has been looking for more savings beyond the ones initially identified in the network’s pursuit of profitability by 2025 as its owners continue to spend on non-entertainment programming with LIV Golf, ACC football/basketball, Arizona Bowl, WWE NXT, Inside the NFL and the NASCAR Xfinity