New Heartbreaking Details Emerge About Cancelled ‘Supernatural’ Spinoff

Back in 2017, Supernatural fans got some exciting news — a new spinoff called Wayward Sisters was in the works. The show was meant to star Kim Rhodes as Sheriff Jody Mills, a fan-favorite character from the original series.

It would have followed Jody, along with Sheriff Donna Hanscum (played by Briana Buckmaster), and a group of young women who all had their lives turned upside down by supernatural events. Under Jody’s guidance, they were set to become a fierce team of monster hunters. It was going to be a show about chosen family and survival, with a strong focus on sisterhood rather than brotherhood like the original show.

The backdoor pilot aired during Supernatural’s thirteenth season, and fans were hopeful it would be picked up. But sadly, that didn’t happen. In May 2018, the CW decided not to move forward with the spinoff. That news hit fans and the creators hard.

Writer Robert Berens confirmed the cancellation on May 11. Andrew Dabb, who was also involved in the project, shared a heartfelt message on social media. “It breaks my heart to say this, but CW has chosen to pass on Wayward Sisters,” he wrote. “We love these characters, and have spent almost two years trying to make this show a reality… but there are some fights, sometimes, you can’t win.” He went on to thank the cast, crew, and fans for their support, adding, “We owe them, and you, and us that. Thank you.”

Fans were not ready to give up. Just a few days later, on May 14, a fan-run X account called Wayward Daughters launched a campaign to save the show. They planned a social media push on May 17, hoping to get CW to reconsider, or even catch the attention of Netflix.

Despite the strong fan support, CW president Mark Pedowitz stood by the decision. He said the network had strong material that year and had already picked up five other shows. “We are big fans of the characters and the women who played the characters in the series, but we did not feel creatively the show is where we wanted it to be,” he explained. He also mentioned that they felt Legacies had a better shot at success.

In a new interview with TV Insider, Andrew Dabb recently looked back on the whole situation. He said the chances of Wayward Sisters happening now are pretty much gone, even though the script was great and the cast did an amazing job:

“Bob Berens, who really did the lion’s share of the work on it, did an amazing job. Those actors were amazing. It just didn’t work out for us. But I certainly think there were more stories to tell there.”

He also revealed more about the show’s concept. It would’ve gone “back to basics,” focusing on monsters instead of angels and demons. He explained that the show would show Jody building a team and hinted that alternate realities were part of the plan, too, before they became overused in pop culture.

“The other thing that you’d have there, which you didn’t have on Supernatural as much — you did in bits and pieces — was the formation of this team, which I thought was really cool and a process we had started. And then we were going to get into alternate realities, which, at this point now, they’ve been done so many times. I’m like, “I don’t want to see another story with alternate realities ever again.” But at that point in time, they were still new enough. We were like, “Oh, that’s interesting. We could do something with that.” I mean, there’s a reason we had Chuck [Rob Benedict’s God] destroy all our alternate realities in the Supernatural season finale, because I’m like, “I think we’ve seen enough of that. I think we’ve definitely seen enough of that.”

So while Wayward Sisters never made it to series, fans and creators alike still remember it as something special that just didn’t get its chance.

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