EXCLUSIVE: Eric Guggenheim (Magnum P.I., Hawaii Five-0) is returning to the CBS/CBS Studios fold, becoming a member of Fire Country as govt producer and showrunner for its upcoming fifth season. He will succeed Tia Napolitano who, as Deadline reported exclusively in January, is stepping down as showrunner on the finish the present fourth season after steering the firefighter drama since after the pilot. Fire Country is among the many CBS sequence which have (*5*) for 2026-27.
Created by Max Thieriot, who additionally stars, Joan Rater and Tony Phelan, Fire Country was probably the most watched new sequence the season it launched, 2022-23. As a Friday tentpole, the sequence, which continues to win its 9 p.m. time interval, helped efficiently launch two new additions on the evening this season, Fire Country spinoff Sheriff Country at 8 p.m. and Blue Bloods offshoot Boston Blue at 10 p.m.
Guggenheim will govt produce Fire Country alongside Thieriot, Rater, Phelan, Bill Purple and JBTV’s Jerry Bruckheimer and KristieAnne Reed. The sequence is produced by CBS Studios and distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
Guggenheim co-developed with Peter Lenkov and govt produced CBS Studios’ Magnum P.I. reboot, taking up as showrunner after Season 2 when Lenkov was let go following an investigation. Guggenheim ran the present for the reminder of its five-season span, navigating its transfer from CBS to NBC after Season 4.
Prior to that, he spent 5 seasons on the CBS/CBS Studios drama Hawaii Five-0, serving as co-showrunner for Seasons 7 and eight. Guggenheim’s credit additionally embrace the primary 4 seasons of the NBC drama Parenthood and Netflix’s upcoming Harlan Coben restricted sequence adaptation I Will Find You. He is repped by CAA, Rain and Ziffren Brittenham.
