WALKER INDEPENDENCE”

Thursdays (9:00 – 10:00 p.m. ET) on The CW

 

Set in the late 1800s, an origin story of The CW’s current hit series “Walker,” WALKER INDEPENDENCE follows Abby Walker (Katherine McNamara, “Arrow”), an affluent and tough-minded Bostonian whose husband is murdered before her eyes while on their journey out West. After crossing paths with Calian (Justin Johnson Cortez, “911: Lone Star”), a curious Apache tracker, Abby arrives in the town of Independence, Texas, where she encounters diverse and eclectic residents running from their pasts, chasing their dreams, and keeping their own secrets, including Kate Carver (Katie Findlay, “The Carrie Diaries”), an idiosyncratic burlesque dancer with perhaps too keen an interest in Abby’s origins, and Kai (Lawrence Kao, “Wu Assassins”), a soulful Chinese immigrant who runs a local restaurant/laundry and offers Abby friendship without agenda. Abby also literally runs into Hoyt Rawlins (Matt Barr, “Walker”), a slippery rogue, thief, and con artist with a dented heart of gold who quickly eyes Abby as a mark, until she turns the tables on him. In seeking justice for her husband, Abby encounters Independence’s noble deputy sheriff, Augustus (Philemon Chambers, “Single All the Way”), and his new boss, Sheriff Tom Davidson (Greg Hovanessian, “Another Life”), who she has reason to believe is a very bad man indeed. Abby and Hoyt soon find themselves precariously aligned, both seeking to uncover the truth about the identity of Abby’s husband’s killer, and vow to save Independence – a frontier boomtown where nothing is what it seems.

 

WALKER INDEPENDENCE is from CBS Studios with a teleplay written by Seamus Kevin Fahey from a story co-written by him and Anna Fricke of Pursued by a Bear. Both serve as executive producers along with Jared Padalecki, Dan Lin and Lindsey Liberatore of Rideback and Laura Terry of Pursued by a Bear and Larry Teng, who also directs the pilot.

 

 

 

September 2022

 

 

 

CREDITS FOR “WALKER INDEPENDENCE” ON THE CW

 

Day and time:

Thursday, October 6, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET

Network debut:

October 6, 2022

 

Short Synopsis:

 

 

Set in the late 1800s, an origin story of The CW’s current hit series “Walker,” WALKER INDEPENDENCE follows Abby Walker (Katherine McNamara, “Arrow”), an affluent and tough-minded Bostonian whose husband is murdered before her eyes while on their journey out West. Abby soon finds herself precariously aligned with Hoyt Rawlins (Matt Barr, “Walker), a slippery rogue with a heart of gold, as they both seek to uncover the truth about the identity of Abby’s husband’s killer, and vow to save Independence – a frontier boomtown where nothing is what it seems.

 

Cast:

 

Katherine McNamara as Abby Walker

 

Matt Barr as Hoyt Rawlins

 

Katie Findlay as Kate Carver

 

Greg Hovanessian as Sheriff Tom Davidson

 

Philemon Chambers as Augustus

 

Justin Johnson Cortez as Calian

 

Lawrence Kao as Kai

 

Gabriela Quezada as Lucia Reyes

Executive Producers:

Seamus Kevin Fahey, Anna Fricke, Jared Padalecki, Dan Lin, Lindsey Liberatore, Laura Terry, Larry Teng

Produced by:

 

Format:

 

CBS Studios in association with Rideback Entertainment and Pursued by a Bear

 

Drama 60 min

(Filmed in HD)

 

Origination:

 

 

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Media contacts:

Erin Moody, (818) 977-3719

Erin.Moody@cwtv.com

 

Jodi Karp, (818) 977-2609

Jodi.Karp@CWTV.com

 



September 2022