‘Sheriff Country’ Sets Matt Lopez As Showrunner
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Promised Land creator Matt Lopez has joined CBS‘ recently picked up drama series Sheriff Country as executive producer and showrunner.
The Fire Country spinoff, headlined by Morena Baccarin, is slated to debut during the 2025-26 season, with a writers room expected to open in late summer.
Sheriff Country was introduced when Baccarin guest starred in an April episode of the mothership series. Like the Fire Country pilot, the planted spinoff was written by Joan Rater and Tony Phelan from a story the duo co-wrote with series’ star Max Thieriot, whose real-life experiences inspired Fire Country. (Thieriot also directed the backdoor pilot episode.) The offshoot also is following Fire Country‘s leadership pattern.
While Grey’s Anatomy alums Rater and Phelan are executive producers and a writers room fixtures on the mothership series, Tia Napolitano was brought in as day-to-day showrunner.
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