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Fire Country is an American television drama series produced by Jerry Bruckheimer for CBS, starring Max Thieriot. It premiered on October 7, 2022.

Fire Country
Genre	Drama
Created by	Max Thieriot Tony Phelan Joan Rater
Starring	Max Thieriot Kevin Alejandro Jordan Calloway Stephanie Arcila Jules Latimer Diane Farr Billy Burke
Theme music composer	Fil Eisler
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producers	Max Thieriot Tony Phelan Joan Rater Jerry Bruckheimer Jonathan Littman KristieAnne Reed
Production locations	Fort Langley, Vancouver
Production companies	Jerry Bruckheimer Television CBS Studios
Distributor	Paramount Global Content Distribution
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07) – present (present)

Premise

Bode Donovan is a young convict with a troubled past. Hoping to redeem himself and shorten his prison sentence, he joins a prison release firefighting program in Northern California. He ends up getting assigned to his hometown where he must work alongside former friends, other inmates and elite firefighters putting out the huge fires that plague the region.

Cast

Main

• Max Thieriot as Bode Donovan
• Kevin Alejandro as Manny Perez, Gabriella’s father and captain of Cal Fire where Bode is sent
• Jordan Calloway as Jake Crawford, Riley’s ex-boyfriend, currently dating Gabriela
• Stephanie Arcila as Gabriella Perez, Manny’s daughter.
• Jules Latimer as Eve Edwards, fire-fighter with Jake under Vince's command
• Diane Farr as Sharon Leone, Vince’s wife and Riley’s mother; Bode Donovan’s mother, and Cal Fire Deputy Fire Chief
• Billy Burke as Vince Leone, Riley’s father and Cal Fire Battalion Chief

Recurring

• Michael Trucco as Luke

Episodes

No.	Title [1]	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [1]	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"Pilot"	James Strong	Teleplay by : Joan Rater & Tony Phelan Story by : Joan Rater & Tony Phelan & Max Thieriot	October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07)	5.91[2]
2	"The Fresh Prince of Edgewater"	Dermott Downes	Natalia Fernandez	October 14, 2022 (2022-10-14)	5.56
3	"Where There's Smoke..."[3]	Eagle Egilsson	David Gould	October 21, 2022 (2022-10-21)	TBD
4	"Work, Don't Worry"[4]	Jacquie Gould	Tonya Kong	October 28, 2022 (2022-10-28)	TBD

Production

Development

In November 2021, CBS announced it was developing a series with Thieriot, Tony Phelan and Joan Rater, based on Thierot's experiences growing up in Northern California fire country. The potential series was then known as Cal Fire.[5] In February 2022, a series pilot was green-lit.[6] The pilot was written by Phelan and Rater, with Thieriot as co-writer, and directed by James Strong. In May 2022, CBS picked up the series, now titled Fire Country.[7] Tia Napolitano would serve as the series showrunner.[8]

Filming

Filming of the series began in July 2022 in Vancouver, Canada, and is scheduled to continue until December 2022. The series uses the nearby village of Fort Langley to portray the fictional Northern California town of Edgewater.[9]

Casting

In February 2022, it was announced that Thieriot would star in the series.[10] In March 2022, Burke and Alejandro were given lead roles in the pilot.[11] A few days later, it was announced that Farr, Calloway, Arcila, and Latimer would be appearing as series regulars.[12] In September 2022, it was announced that Trucco would be joining the show in a recurring role.[13]

Broadcast

Fire Country premiered on October 7, 2022, on CBS.[14]

Reception

Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 33% approval rating with an average rating of 4.3/10, based on 6 critic reviews.[15] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 55 out of 100 based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[16]

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of Fire Country

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Pilot"	October 7, 2022	0.4	5.91[2]	0.2	1.86	0.6	7.77[17][lower-alpha 1]

Notes

References

External links

• Official website
• Fire Country at IMDb 

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