# Sheriff Country
**Sheriff Country** is an American police procedural drama television series on CBS and a spinoff of the drama *Fire Country*, set in the same fictional small town of Edgewater, California. It stars [Morena Baccarin](https://www.edgepedia.org/morena-baccarin) as Sheriff Mickey Fox, who investigates crime while patrolling Edgewater and contends with her ex-con father, Wes ([W. Earl Brown](https://www.edgepedia.org/w-earl-brown)), an off-the-grid marijuana grower, along with personal battles and a growing criminal threat to the community.[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-studios/shows/sheriff-country) The first season ran for 20 episodes, and a second season premiered on October 9, 2026.[2](https://paramountglobalcontent.com/title/sheriff-country)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Network and format | CBS, drama/procedural, 60 minutes; also streams on Paramount+[2](https://paramountglobalcontent.com/title/sheriff-country) |
| Lead | Morena Baccarin as Sheriff Mickey Fox, stepsister of Cal Fire division chief Sharon Leone (Diane Farr of *Fire Country*)[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-studios/shows/sheriff-country) |
| Season 1 | 20 episodes; premiered October 17, 2025; finale "Mexico" aired May 22, 2026[2](https://paramountglobalcontent.com/title/sheriff-country) • [3](https://www.cbs.com/shows/sheriff-country/episodes/1/) • [4](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/sheriff-country/episodes/) |
| Renewal | Second season ordered December 3, 2025; averaged 7.6 million viewers (Nielsen live plus 7-day multiplatform), up 33% in the time period versus the *S.W.A.T.* season average[5](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/sheriff-country/releases/?view=112154-cbs-announces-second-season-orders-for-the-top-two-new-broadcast-series-1-boston-blue-and-2-sheriff-country) |
| Executive producers | Max Thieriot, Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, Matt Lopez, Jerry Bruckheimer, KristieAnne Reed[2](https://paramountglobalcontent.com/title/sheriff-country) |
| Season 2 | Premiered October 9, 2026, Fridays 8:00–9:00 PM ET/PT on CBS[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-studios/shows/sheriff-country) |
## Premise and characters
Mickey Fox is described as a "straight-shooting" sheriff who investigates criminal activity while patrolling the streets of small-town Edgewater. Her family ties complicate the job: her father Wes is an ex-convict who grows marijuana off the grid, and her daughter Skye carries a turbulent past.[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-studios/shows/sheriff-country) • [6](https://elpais.com/television/series/sheriff-country/) Through her stepsister Sharon Leone, Mickey is also the aunt of *Fire Country* protagonist Bode Leone.[7](https://www.tvinsider.com/1210815/sheriff-country-fall-preview-morena-baccarin-interview-exclusive/)
Playing supporting roles are [Matt Lauria](https://www.edgepedia.org/matt-lauria) (Nathan Boone), W. Earl Brown (Wes Fox), Christopher Gorham (Travis Fraley), Michele Weaver (Cassidy Campbell), Amanda Arcuri (Skye Fraley), and Ian Quinlan (Hank Iglesias).[2](https://paramountglobalcontent.com/title/sheriff-country) Actress Michele Weaver described the show's distinction from its parent series at CBS Fest in May 2025: *Sheriff Country* follows a female lead in a male-dominated workplace, and the problems at a sheriff's office differ from those at a firehouse, focusing more on "people issues" than catastrophes.[8](https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/how-is-sheriff-country-spinoff-different-from-fire-country/)
## Origin within Fire Country
The character of Mickey Fox was introduced on *Fire Country* before the spinoff existed. Baccarin first appeared as the deputy sheriff of Edgewater in the 2024 Season 2 episode "Alert the Sheriff," and returned in Season 3's "Dirty Money," which introduced the marijuana-farming father Wes and referenced Mickey's daughter Skye.[7](https://www.tvinsider.com/1210815/sheriff-country-fall-preview-morena-baccarin-interview-exclusive/) Co-creators Joan Rater, Tony Phelan, and [Max Thieriot](https://www.edgepedia.org/max-thieriot) developed the spinoff because, in Thieriot's words, the audience response to the small town and its sense of family suggested a way "to do something new and different in that same world."[9](https://www.thewrap.com/fire-country-sheriff-country-spinoff-max-thieriot-joan-rater-tony-phelan-interview/) Thieriot, who stars in and co-created *Fire Country*, is a co-creator and executive producer of *Sheriff Country*; the two series air back-to-back on Friday nights as the top-rated shows in that slot.[10](https://apnews.com/article/ed43b4022ff09ef90f77ddb153a7485a)
Baccarin prepared for the role with a ride-along with officers in her upstate New York community and drew on the police experience of her husband, [Ben McKenzie](https://www.edgepedia.org/ben-mckenzie), who played an LAPD officer on *Southland* and Detective Jim Gordon on *Gotham*.[7](https://www.tvinsider.com/1210815/sheriff-country-fall-preview-morena-baccarin-interview-exclusive/)
## Season 1 (2025–2026)
The season premiered on October 17, 2025 with the episode "Pilot," in which a case of child abuse leads to a cliffside standoff.[3](https://www.cbs.com/shows/sheriff-country/episodes/1/) Early episodes included a missing persons case, a daylight robbery, and a murder investigation in which Mickey's daughter Skye became the prime suspect, forcing Mickey to step down and run an off-the-books search for the truth.[3](https://www.cbs.com/shows/sheriff-country/episodes/1/) Later episodes dealt with the vulnerability of Edgewater's legal cannabis trade, when growers paying taxes in cash were targeted in a violent robbery, and with a courthouse murder that exposed a conspiracy in the town's justice system.[3](https://www.cbs.com/shows/sheriff-country/episodes/1/)
The finale, "Mexico," aired May 22, 2026, with Mickey facing fallout from a major investigation that threatened what she had built.[4](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/sheriff-country/episodes/) Its final moments revealed that Deputy DEA Director Eva is Mickey's mother; showrunner Matt Lopez said the consequences of that reveal "will be massive."[11](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/sheriff-country-season-2-finale-left-me-2-burning-questions-showrunner-answered)
## Ratings and renewal
CBS ordered the second season on December 3, 2025, a couple of months into the first season's run, alongside a renewal for *Boston Blue*; the announcement described *Sheriff Country* as the #2 new broadcast series.[5](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/sheriff-country/releases/?view=112154-cbs-announces-second-season-orders-for-the-top-two-new-broadcast-series-1-boston-blue-and-2-sheriff-country) • [12](https://www.cinemablend.com/interviews/whats-like-not-worry-about-canceled-sheriff-country-matt-lauria-told-me) The show averaged 7.6 million viewers in Nielsen live plus 7-day multiplatform ratings and was a consistent time-period winner at 8:00 PM Fridays.[5](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/sheriff-country/releases/?view=112154-cbs-announces-second-season-orders-for-the-top-two-new-broadcast-series-1-boston-blue-and-2-sheriff-country)
## Season 2 (2026–2027)
Season 2 premiered October 9, 2026 with the episode "Cyclone," in which Mickey struggles to process a shocking revelation about her family while racing to save a young woman drawn into a criminal operation threatening Edgewater.[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-studios/shows/sheriff-country) • [13](https://cbscom-prod-sparrow-gcp.cbs.com/shows/sheriff-country/episodes/) The season includes a two-hour crossover event with *Fire Country* on November 6, 2026, in which a dangerous prison break ignites a hostage crisis and escalating manhunt, uniting the sheriff's department with Station 42.[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-studios/shows/sheriff-country) • [14](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-studios/shows/sheriff-country/releases) Max Thieriot, Kevin Alejandro, and Jules Latimer guest star on the *Sheriff Country* hour of the crossover, while Baccarin and other *Sheriff Country* cast members guest star on *Fire Country*.[14](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-studios/shows/sheriff-country/releases)
## Relationship to Fire Country
*Sheriff Country* is designed to work as a standalone series with its own identity, though watching *Fire Country* provides deeper context for some relationships in town.[15](https://precincttv.com/need-watch-fire-country-understand-sheriff-country-cbs) The two shows share the fictional town of Edgewater, a rural [Northern California](https://www.edgepedia.org/northern-california) community where, as co-creator Joan Rater noted, law enforcement and firefighters likely know the victims they race to help, which shapes how the writers develop characters over time.[10](https://apnews.com/article/ed43b4022ff09ef90f77ddb153a7485a) Crossovers run in both directions: an April 2026 story began in the *Sheriff Country* episode "The Finest" and concluded in *Fire Country*'s "The Bravest."[16](https://froo.watch/f-firecountry)
## References
1. [Sheriff Country – About, Paramount Press Express (CBS Studios)](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-studios/shows/sheriff-country)
2. [Sheriff Country, Paramount Global Content](https://paramountglobalcontent.com/title/sheriff-country)
3. [Sheriff Country Season 1 Episode Guide, CBS](https://www.cbs.com/shows/sheriff-country/episodes/1/)
4. [Sheriff Country – Episodes, Paramount Press Express (CBS Entertainment)](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/sheriff-country/episodes/)
5. [CBS Announces Second Season Orders for the Top Two New Broadcast Series, Paramount Press Express](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/sheriff-country/releases/?view=112154-cbs-announces-second-season-orders-for-the-top-two-new-broadcast-series-1-boston-blue-and-2-sheriff-country)
6. [Sheriff Country, El País Televisión](https://elpais.com/television/series/sheriff-country/)
7. [Morena Baccarin Teases CBS Spinoff and 'Fire Country' Crossovers, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/1210815/sheriff-country-fall-preview-morena-baccarin-interview-exclusive/)
8. [How Is CBS' Upcoming 'Sheriff Country' Spinoff Different From 'Fire Country'?, Us Weekly](https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/how-is-sheriff-country-spinoff-different-from-fire-country/)
9. ['Fire Country' Bosses Share How They Landed on 'Sheriff Country' as Their First Spinoff, TheWrap](https://www.thewrap.com/fire-country-sheriff-country-spinoff-max-thieriot-joan-rater-tony-phelan-interview/)
10. [Max Thieriot is on fire. Meet the man behind TV hits 'Fire Country' and 'Sheriff Country', AP News](https://apnews.com/article/ed43b4022ff09ef90f77ddb153a7485a)
11. [Sheriff Country's Season 1 Finale Left Me With 2 Burning Questions, CinemaBlend](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/sheriff-country-season-2-finale-left-me-2-burning-questions-showrunner-answered)
12. [What's It Like To Not Have To Worry About Your Show Getting Canceled?, CinemaBlend](https://www.cinemablend.com/interviews/whats-like-not-worry-about-canceled-sheriff-country-matt-lauria-told-me)
13. [Sheriff Country Season 2 Episodes, CBS](https://cbscom-prod-sparrow-gcp.cbs.com/shows/sheriff-country/episodes/)
14. [Sheriff Country – Releases, Paramount Press Express (CBS Studios)](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-studios/shows/sheriff-country/releases)
15. [Do you need to watch Fire Country to understand Sheriff Country?, Precinct TV](https://precincttv.com/need-watch-fire-country-understand-sheriff-country-cbs)
16. [Fire Country and Sheriff Country in order: every episode in release order, FROO](https://froo.watch/f-firecountry)
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