The CW has set its midseason lineup and announced premiere dates for returning shows including both Walker series, The Winchesters, and Kung Fu. The network’s also confirmed return dates for Criss Angel’s Magic With The Stars, World’s Funniest Animals, All American, All American: Homecoming, Penn & Teller: Fool Us, and Whose Line Is It Anyway?.
In addition, The CW will air the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards live on Sunday, January 15, 2023. Chelsea Handler will handle hosting duties as the Critics Choice Association honors the best in films and television of 2022.
The CW’s Midseason Return Dates:
- THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2023
8:00-9:00pm WALKER (Midseason Return)
9:00-10:00pm WALKER INDEPENDENCE (Midseason Return) - SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2023
8:00-9:00pm CRISS ANGEL’S MAGIC WITH THE STARS (Midseason Return)
9:00-9:30pm WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS (Midseason Return)
9:30-10:00pm WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS (Encore Episode) - SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2023
7:00-10:00pm THE 28TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS - FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2023
8:00-9:00pm PENN & TELLER: FOOL US (Midseason Return)
9:00-9:30pm WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? (Midseason Return)
9:30-10:00pm WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? (Encore Episode) - MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2023
8:00-9:00pm ALL AMERICAN (Midseason Return)
9:00-10:00pm ALL AMERICAN: HOMECOMING (Midseason Return) - TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2023
8:00-9:00pm THE WINCHESTERS (Encore Episode)
9:00-10:00pm THE WINCHESTERS (Midseason Return) - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2023
9:00-10:00pm KUNG FU (Midseason Return) - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2023
8:00-8:30pm MASTERS OF ILLUSION (Season 9 Premiere)
8:30-9:00pm MASTERS OF ILLUSION (Encore Episode)
9:00-9:30pm WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS (Original Episode)
9:30-10:00pm WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS (Encore Episode)
Details on The CW’s Freshman Series:
The Winchesters: Before Sam and Dean, there were their parents, John and Mary. Told from the perspective of narrator Dean Winchester, The Winchesters is the epic, untold love story of how John Winchester met Mary Campbell and put it all on the line to not only save their love, but the entire world. When John returns home from fighting in Vietnam, a mysterious encounter sparks a new mission to trace his father’s past.
In his journey, he crosses paths with 19-year-old demon hunter Mary, who is also searching for answers after the disappearance of her own father. Together, the two join forces with young hunter-in-training Latika and easygoing hunter Carlos to uncover the hidden truths about both their families. Their investigation leads them to a rare book emporium, whose owner Ada takes an interest to the occult and could provide the missing pieces to their puzzle.
But secrets run deep for both the Winchesters and Campbells, and despite the best efforts of John’s mother Millie to protect her son from pursuing a dangerous life of demon hunting, John and Mary are both determined to work together to uphold their families’ legacies while beginning to form a family of their own.
Walker Independence: In the late 1800s, Abby Walker, an affluent and tough-minded Bostonian, embarks on a journey out west with her husband Liam, when her husband is murdered before her eyes. After crossing paths with Calian, 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, an idiosyncratic burlesque dancer with perhaps too keen an interest in Abby’s origins, and Kai, a soulful Chinese immigrant who runs a local restaurant/laundry and offers Abby friendship without agenda.
Abby also literally runs into Hoyt Rawlins, 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, and his new boss, Sheriff Tom Davidson, 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.
