EXCLUSIVE: When the CBS sequence Sheriff Country premieres its second season, recurring stars Amanda Arcuri and Ian Quinlan might be newly minted sequence regulars.
The Fire Country spinoff sequence follows straight-shooting sheriff Mickey Fox (Morena Baccarin), the stepsister of Cal Fire’s division chief Sharon Leone (Diane Farr of Fire Country). She investigates prison exercise whereas she patrols the streets of small-town Edgewater, contending together with her ex-con father, Wes (W. Earl Brown), who’s an off-the-grid marijuana grower, and a mysterious incident involving her wayward daughter.
Since Season 1, Arcuri has performed Skye, the daughter of Sheriff Mickey Fox and her ex-husband, Travis Fraley (Christopher Gorham). A delicate younger girl with a quiet interior power, Skye is on a path to reclaim her life, rising from below a cloud of suspicion for the homicide of her boyfriend to affix her Aunt Miranda (Kelli O’Hara) in working for the Fraley household enterprise.
Quinlan’s character is Hank, a brash, impulsive deputy with a pointy humorousness and a pleasant, if intense, rivalry with Deputy Cassidy Campbell (Michele Weaver). Hank proves to be a loyal and succesful ally as Cassidy investigates the disappearance of a number of younger girls whose fates could have been met by the hands of a serial killer who’s utilizing Edgewater as his looking floor.
The sequence additionally stars Matt Lauria in a sequence common function.
Both Sheriff Country and Fire Country have helped anchor CBS’ Friday evening lineup, profitable their time intervals in complete viewers after seven days, per Nielsen Big Data + Panel. Sheriff Country, which took over its slot from SWAT, is up 52% in that window versus its predecessor to turn out to be the second most-watched new sequence on broadcast TV this season, following Marshals (additionally on CBS). The sequence tracked viewers development for six consecutive weeks post-premiere, boosting it among the many most-watched broadcast sequence of the TV season.
Sheriff Country is govt produced by Max Thieriot, Joan Rater, Tony Phelan, Matt Lopez, and Jerry Bruckheimer and KristieAnne Reed for Jerry Bruckheimer Television.
Katie Campione contributed to this report.
