According to Deadline, the CBS series Sheriff Country has a new doctor on the case. Noah Reid (Kevin From Work, Score A Hockey Musical) will play Dr. Hudson “Hud” Henshaw alongside Max Thieriot (Jumper, The Pacifier) and Morena Baccarin (Deadpool, Deadpool 2).
Reid is most prominently known for his role on the hit Canadian sitcom Schitt’s Creek. His role has an oppurtunity to go from a one-time guest star to a possible recurring character. Currently, a medical spinoff set within the Sheriff Country universe is in development. If it gets the greenlight, Reid is set to headline. The project is titled Edge Med, pertaining to it’s location in Edgewater, California.
Sheriff Country got its start in a similar manner as Baccarin guest-starred on the original series Fire Country. Baccarin plays Sheriff Mickey Fox.
Dr. Henshaw or “Hud” is the head of the ER at Edgewater Memorial Hospital which informally is known as “Edge Med”. His roots go back to the backwoods town of Deadwater, where both his parents suffer from addiction issues. He paved his own way through medical schoool while refusing to take any dirty cash that those from his past may have offered him. His version of the hippocratic oath pertains to those who step into his ER, not those who drunkenly mouth of at the bar.
Hud’s backstory is similar to that of Sheriff Mickey Fox. Both come from very little but attempt to help those in need despite their criminal parentage. Fox’s father was an ex-con and marijuana supplier.
Season two of Sheriff Country is set to premiere on October 9. The development project is executive produced by Matt Lopez (Bedtime Stories, Race To Witch Mountain), Thieriot, Joan Rater (Grey’s Anatomy), Tony Phelan (Grey’s Anatomy, A Small Light), KristieAnne Reed (National Treasure, Hightown), and Jerry Brukheimer (Transformers, Top Gun).