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'Walker' Scores Most-Watched Series Premiere on the CW in 5 Years!

Walker is big!

The Jared Padalecki-led series is officially The CW‘s most-watched series premiere in five years, via EW.

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The record was previously held by DC Legends of Tomorrow, which debuted in 2016.

“With its 2.43 million viewers, Walker also pulled in the largest audience of any premiere on the network since The Flash‘s season 4 debut in 2017,” the outlet added.

“Standing in Supernatural‘s old time slot, Walker scored the CW’s best total viewership in the Thursday 8 p.m. time period since 2016. And with the Legacies season 3 premiere following in the 9 p.m. slot, the CW landed its most-watched Thursday in almost three years. (It also marked Legacies‘ best total audience in nearly a year.) Walker goes down as the single most-watched episode of any show on the CW network since Jan. 1, 2018.”

If you didn’t know, the show is actually a reboot of the Chuck Norris-led Walker, Texas Ranger. In the new show, Jared plays Cordell Walker, who grieves the recent loss of his wife while balancing his duties as a father and a Ranger.

Jared Padalecki‘s real-life wife Genevieve Padalecki is playing his character’s late wife on the show. See photos of them through the years!

Jared Padalecki-Led 'Walker, Texas Ranger' Remake Coming to CW!

Walker, Texas Ranger is getting a reboot!

The ’90s series will be getting a remake with Supernatural star Jared Padalecki leading the cast, THR confirmed on Friday (October 11).

The new show will be called Walker.

Jared will play Cordell Walker, “a widowed father of two with his own moral code who returns to his home in Austin after two years of undercover work on a high-profile case, only to discover there’s more work to be done at home. He’ll try to reconnect with his children, navigate clashes with his conservative family, and find unexpected common ground with his new partner, one of the few women ever to serve in the Texas Rangers — while growing increasingly suspicious about the circumstances of his wife’s death.”

The original show starred Chuck Norris and ran from 1993 to 2001, with a TV movie in 2005.

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