It soon will be time to “Alert the Sheriff,” as in the title of the upcoming Fire Country episode that will introduce Morena Baccarin as deputy sheriff Mickey Fox — and TVLine has your exclusive first look.
Back in mid-December, TVLine reported that Fire Country, the breakout freshman hit of the 2022-23 TV season, was mulling a possible offshoot centered around a female sheriff character. CBS/CBS Studios in turn began the process of casting the sheriff character, and in late January it was announced that Baccarin, whose previous TV credits include Homeland and Gotham, had landed the role.
Baccarin will first appear on Fire Country as a guest star, with an option for a series regular role in the spinoff if Sheriff Country (the title we’ve heard bandied about) winds up being ordered to series.
Baccarin’s Mickey Fox is described as a sheriff’s deputy with 15 years of experience, who is fiercely protective of her Edgewater, California turf.
Under what specific circumstances will viewers first meet Mickey?
In the episode “Alert The Sheriff,” airing Friday, April 12 at 9/8c on CBS, after a fire camp inmate escapes from Three Rock, the deputy sheriff — who we hear has a “surprising connection” to the Leone family — is called to investigate.
Though sheriff’s deputy Mickey Fox could wind up the central character of a spinoff series, TVLine understands that Baccarin very much has a “guest-starring” role in what will otherwise be a typical Fire Country episode — meaning, it is not the sort of backdoor/”planted” pilot that oftentimes sets the stage for an offshoot.
CBS CEO George Cheeks first teased Fire Country offshoots back in June 2023, saying the network would be “doubling down” on a show that “completely lends itself to building out a whole new universe.”
Coming off of best-of-freshman class ratings and a highly engaged audience, “It became very clear that not only was [Fire Country] special, it really felt like this could be a great example of us building together a franchise from scratch,” Cheeks said. “And so I’m like, ‘You guys, congratulations, you got your [full-season order]. Now let’s start talking about ideas for new extensions.’ They’ve already come up with some great ones.”
Fire Country resumes its sophomore season on Friday, April 5, after CBS’ March Madness tournament coverage wraps.
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Eagerly await each and every episode of Fire Country. Diego needs to go away…Bode needs Gabriella and Genevieve 100%. Manny needs 3 Rock and Vince and Sharon need to stop playing games and work things out. There is so much that could happen. And Keep me watching for years!!!!!
Love fire Country and hope that the new show is a go. I love the actress playing Mickey Fox!
next year we getting medical county?
Curious to see how they will fit Bode in as the consummate hero in all these spin-offs, lmao!!!
Seems like whenever something is remotely popular they make a spinoff. As much as I complain I would probably watch the spinoff.
Wait until the team learn Morena’s character is actually Anna, a “cold, diabolically-manipulative Visitor Queen and High Commander”. :p
Fire Country is the best show my favorite wish Bodie was 20 years older
Dear Santa,
I kinda wanna see Billy Burke and Morena Baccarin in a show now… Now that would be fire…
(Also, Wendell Pierce and Gina Torres in a True Detective series: one is a good guy and one is a bad guy.)
Something tells me if more LEO’s looked like Morena Baccarin there would be far fewer cases of resisting arrest.
“I’m going to put you in handcuffs.”
“Oooh yeeaahh. Go right ahead.”
Can’t wait for the hospital spin-off, Blood Country and the legal spin-off, Country of Law.
I found this show on the TV by going through the cable and I fell in love with this show
That will be great show because fire county is great love it can’t wait till back