This is a review of The CW's Walker, which premiered on January 21, 2021. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Walker, Texas Ranger was a very specific show with a very specific audience from a very specific time. Its lead, Chuck Norris, is a very specific man. Imbued in all of this was an often cheesy, overriding sense of machismo — ass-kicking and bad guy-busting in the name of protecting the good ol’ US of A.