‘Fire Country’ Renewed For Second Season By CBS
deadline.comCBS wants another heat wave: it has renewed Fire Country for the 2023-2024 season. Since its premiere on Oct. 7, Fire Country has averaged 8 million viewers per episode, making it the top new broadcast series of the season.
With live +35-day multiplatform viewing, more than 10 million viewers an episode have watched the procedural across linear and streaming platforms. “It’s pretty remarkable to see a new series resonate like this with both broadcast and streaming audiences right out of the gate,” said Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment, in a statement. “Fire Country has so many appealing entry points for the audience.
It combines high-stakes action with small town charm, mystery and romance, and a family franchise at its core. We’re blessed to have an incredible team in front of and behind the camera led by amazing producers and writers and an exceptionally talented cast.” The drama stars Max Thieriot as Bode Donovan, a young convict seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence by joining a prison release firefighting program in Northern California, where he and other inmates are partnered with elite firefighters to extinguish massive, unpredictable wildfires across the region.
It’s a high-risk, high-reward assignment, and the heat is turned up when Bode is assigned to the program in his rural hometown, where he was once a golden all-American son – until his troubles began.
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