Max Thieriot Inks CBS Studios Deal, Teases Legacy-Themed Season 3 Of ‘Fire Country’ & Bids Farewell To ‘SEAL Team’

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EXCLUSIVE: Max Thieriot, star, co-creator and executive producer of Fire Country and co-creator/executive producer of spinoff Sheriff Country, has signed a first-look deal with the studio behind the CBS drama franchise, CBS Studios.

Thieriot has been in the CBS/CBS Studios fold since he was cast as a series regular on the 2017 military drama SEAL Team, transitioning to Fire Country after the pilot was picked up to series that went on to become the most watched freshman of the 2022-23 season. “I’ve been working now with CBS and CBS Studios for almost 10 years, and have come to love everybody over there,” Thieriot said. “At this point they really are like family, and that for me is one of the most important things in this business.

From the beginning, they believed in me and supported me, helping me along the way of finding the best people to be involved with.” That support included Thieriot’s expansion into directing on SEAL Team and subsequently into writing and producing with Fire Country, inspired by his personal experience growing up in Sonoma County, CA. “I’ve always been a sort of a storyteller,” Thieriot said, recalling how he was running around the house as a little kid making videos of his friends with bulky VHS tape camcorders.

His first TV series was Bates Motel where he was a series regular and made his directorial debut, filming a co-starring role in the miniseries Texas Rising during a hiatus.