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“The Winchesters” has been canceled aft 1 play astatine The CW, pinch nan web besides canceling nan reboot of “Kung Fu” aft 3 seasons.
“As we reimagine nan caller CW, we had to make immoderate reliable programming decisions,” The CW said successful a statement. “We convey our partners astatine Warner Bros. and nan casts and imaginative teams of ‘Kung Fu’ and ‘The Winchesters’ for each their difficult work, productivity and dedication.”
The “Supernatural” prequel bid “The Winchesters” followed demon hunters Sam and Dean’s parents, John (Drake Rodger) and Mary (Meg Donnelly), telling nan communicative of really nan mates met arsenic teens and really they yet came together to prevention nan full world. The communicative is told from Dean’s (Jensen Ackles) perspective, marking nan first return of Ackles’ characteristic since nan bid finale successful November of 2020.
In summation to Rodger and Donnelly, Bianca Kajlich, Demetria McKinney, and Nida Khurshid besides starred.
Robbie Thompson wrote and executive produced nan series. Jensen Ackles and Daneel Ackles besides executive produced done their Chaos Machine banner. Glen Winter directed and executive produced nan pilot. Warner Bros. Television and CBS Studios produce. Chaos Machine was antecedently nether a first-look woody pinch WBTV, but has since moved to Amazon.
Inspired by nan original “Kung Fu” created by Ed Spielman, nan reboot of nan 1970s bid follows Nicky Shen (Olivia Liang), whose quarter-life situation causes this young Chinese American female to driblet retired of assemblage and spell connected a life-changing travel to an isolated monastery successful China. But erstwhile she returns to San Francisco, she finds her hometown is overrun pinch crime and corruption and her ain parents Jin (Tzi Ma) and Mei-Li (Kheng Hua Tan) are astatine nan mercy of a powerful Triad.
Tony Chung, Shannon Dang, Jon Prasida, Gavin Stenhouse, Eddie Liu, and Vanessa Kai besides starred successful nan series.
“Kung Fu” was executive produced by Christina M. Kim, who besides penned nan aviator and served arsenic co-showrunner alongside Robert Berens. Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Martin Gero and David Madden besides served arsenic executive producers. Hanelle Culpepper directed and co-executive produced nan aviator episode. Berlanti Productions and Quinn’s House produced nan show successful relation pinch Warner Bros. Television.
This marks nan latest cancellations astatine The CW, pinch nan web antecedently canceling “Walker: Independence.” “Walker,” meanwhile, has been renewed for adjacent season, arsenic has nan high schoolhouse shot play “All American.” The shows “All American: Homecoming,” “Superman & Lois,” and “Gotham Knights” are still awaiting connection connected their fates, though nary are expected to proceed astatine this time.
Since acquiring a mostly liking successful The CW past year, genitor institution Nexstar has mostly moved distant from nan network’s erstwhile scripted bid strategy and has alternatively focused connected low-cost unscripted fare, overseas acquisitions, and unrecorded sports for illustration LIV Golf.
