Sheriff Country

Sheriff Country is an upcoming American police procedural drama television series created by Matt Lopez for CBS, starring Morena Baccarin, Christopher Gorham, Michele Weaver. Matt Lauria, W. Earl Brown. It is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Television and CBS Studios. Sheriff Country is the first spin-off of the successful series Fire Country. The series is scheduled to premiere on October 17, 2025.

Sheriff Country
Genre	Police procedural Action Drama Mystery
Created by	Matt Lopez
Based on	Fire Country by Max Thieriot Tony Phelan Joan Rater
Starring	Morena Baccarin Christopher Gorham Michele Weaver Matt Lauria W. Earl Brown
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Max Thieriot Tony Phelan Joan Rater Jerry Bruckheimer KristieAnne Reed Matt Lopez
Production companies	Jerry Bruckheimer Television CBS Studios
Original release
Network	CBS
Related
Fire Country

Plot

Sherriff's Deputy Mickey Fox investigates criminal activity in Edgewater while contending with her ex-con father and a mysterious incident involving Skye, her wayward daughter.

Cast

• Morena Baccarin as Mickey Fox
• Christopher Gorham as Travis
• Michele Weaver as Cassidy
• Matt Lauria as Boone
• W. Earl Brown as Wes Fox
• Amanda Arcuri as Skye
• Caroline Rhea as Gina, Mickey's assistant

Production

Development

On January 23, 2024, CBS was set to develop a police spin-off series of Fire Country, continuing from a back-door pilot episode in season two, with and Erika Kennair executive producing through JBTV & CBS Studios, and with Morena Baccarin attached to lead.^[1] The episode titled "Alert the Sheriff" introduced Baccarin's character, Edgewater County Sheriff's Sergeant Mickey Fox.On May 2, 2024, it received a straight-to-series order,^[2] with CBS Studios joining the production of what would later be titled Sheriff Country, with filming set to take place in Toronto,^[3][4][5] rather than in Vancouver like the original, so Baccarin could be closer to her family in New York.^[6][7] On June 19, 2024, Matt Lopez was set to be the showrunner of "Sheriff Country," and an executive producer.^[8] A fall 2025 premiere was confirmed in March 2025 with a promo airing during broadcasts of March Madness.^[9] Production on the spin-off began in May 2025^[10][11] in the Toronto area^[12][13][14] with twelve scripts already written, and in July 2025 the premiere date was set for October 17th, with the show airing regularly before the original on Fridays after the premiere.^[15] A first teaser trailer was released in August 2025.^[16]

Casting

On January 23, 2024, Morena Baccarin was set to star in the lead role of the series.^[1] On December 12, 2024, W. Earl Brown was set to star in the lead role of the series.^[17] In April 2025, Christopher Gorham, Michele Weaver, and Matt Lauria joined the cast.^[18][19][20] On May 14, 2025, Amanda Arcuri and Caroline Rhea joined the cast.^[21]

Release

The series is slated to premiere on CBS on October 17, 2025.^[22]