Jared Padalecki Slams The CW’s New Path as ‘Low-cost’ – Hollywood Life

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Jared Padalecki is talking his thoughts about The CW’s modifications. Throughout a latest interview, the 41-year-old actor obtained “brutally sincere” in regards to the new course of the community, which distributed each of Jared’s hottest exhibits Walker and Supernatural.

“I really feel like The CW that I used to be part of final 12 months just isn’t The CW that I used to be part of below [former CEO] Mark Pedowitz for that whole, virtually 20-year stretch,” Jared defined to Variety within the interview that was revealed on Wednesday June 26.

He went on to say that The CW is “simply altering the community round, the place it’s not likely going to be a TV community as a lot because it’s going to be, ‘Right here’s one thing enjoyable for an hour that you just’ll by no means watch once more, however hopefully you watch it. And it’s low cost!’”

“And I hate to say that, however I’m simply being sincere,” Jared continued, earlier than including, “I imply, f**okay it. They’ll’t hearth me once more. I’m simply being brutally sincere. I feel it felt to me like they have been searching for very easy, low cost content material that they might refill time with.”

Walker was recently canceled after 4 seasons on the air. The present joined a string of different sequence distributed by The CW that have been additionally not renewed, together with The Winchesters and Gotham Knights. Jared’s former Supernatural co-star Jensen Ackles produced The Winchesters, and Misha starred in Gotham Knights. Each exhibits have been axed after one season on the air.

Nexstar Media Group acquired a big share of The CW in 2022 and has launched unscripted exhibits to the platform. Throughout his new interview, Jared identified that he spoke with each the top of CBS Studios and the top of Nexstar/The CW, calling the community’s new course a “multivariate sort of challenge” from his perspective.

“My understanding is — and once more, that is simply what I’m instructed — that Nexstar goes in a distinct course with The CW,” the Gilmore Ladies alum stated. “I imply, they’ve an hour of Trivial Pursuit and an hour of Scrabble developing.”