According to Deadline, executive producer and showrunner of CBS’s Sheriff Country, Matt Lopez (Race to Witch Mountain, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice), signed an overall deal with CBS Studios.
As per Deadline, under the multi-year pact, Lopez will continue in his role as the showrunner of the series while also developing other projects for the studio. One of these series includes the untitled Edgewater medical drama offshoot in the works, which is set in the same universe as Fire Country and Sheriff Country. Lopez will write and executive-produce the project, executive-produced by Max Thieriot (SEAL Team, The Pacifier), Joan Rater (Doutbt, A Small Light) and Tony Phelan (Council of Dads, Haunting Sarah), co-creators of Fire Country and Sheriff Country, and Jerry Bruckheimer TV’s Jerry Bruckheimer (F1, Top Gun) and KristieAnne Reed (Hightown, National Treasure).
According to Deadline, the series starring Morena Baccarin as Mickey Fox (The Wrecking Crew, Batman Unburied) is wrapping its first season as the second new broadcast show of 2025-26 behind CBS’s Marshals. It averaged nearly 11 million viewers per episode during a 35-day multi-platform viewing. The first season of the series will conclude on May 22 and it has already been renewed for a second season. The series cast also includes Matt Lauria (Friday Night Lights, Out to Run: A Tale of Blood Velvet) as Nathan Boone, Michele Weaver (A Season to Remember, It Just Happen) as Cassidy Campbell, W.Earl Brown (The Ghost and Molly McGee, The Dead Don’t Hurt) as Wes Fox, Caroline Rhea (Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Perfect Man) as Gina, Amana Arcuri (o Not Reply, Party of Five) as Skye Fraley and Ian Quianlan (You Can Stay Here If You Want, Orange Is the New Black) as Hank Iglesias,
As per Deadline, Lopez was the creator and showrunner of the ABC/Hulu drama series Promised Land before taking over Sheriff Country. His feature writing credits include HBO Max’s original Father of the Bride, from Warner Bros., and several Disney movies, including The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Race to Witch Mountain.
Sheriff Country is available to stream on Hulu.