CBS:
Sherriff Country: Mickey Fox (played by Morena Baccarin of Deadpool & Stargate: SG1) is a straight-shooting sheriff in the small rural town of Edgewater, California and is the stepsister of Cal Fire’s division Chief Sharon Leone. She must balance the demands of law enforcement with the complexities of motherhood, community politics and a past that won’t stay buried. It is the first spin-off of the successful series Fire Country.
Verdict: Renewed. CBS and Max Thieriot decided they wanted to expand the “Fire Country” universe and this was a good idea to expand it with a different kind of first responders like sheriffs. They introduced Fox in “Fire Country” so people are familiar with her character and it gives people who are fans of that show an opportunity to do crossovers/mini crossovers which helps both shows. It is also an interesting aspect that the sheriff knows everyone in the county so she can gauge how they think based on her experiences with them and even talk them down/corporate. Another interesting aspect is she isn’t the official sheriff yet she has to prove to people she can go from interim to full time. Just like the other show there is a little too much soap-opera drama with her daughter’s problems and her dealing with her ex-husband but also reigning in her former-criminal dad. That latter is a good aspect because she can see through his eyes or use his connections to help solve crimes but the bad aspect is her deputies seem like she cannot fully trust them for different reasons. It is also nice to see Caroline Rhea (of Sabrina the Teenage Witch & Phineas & Ferb) who is Fox’s assistant. With CBS canceling two FBI programs and ending SWAT there is definitely room in the schedule for another police-crime fighting procedural. They also have been heavily advertising this show since she appeared in “Fire Country” as a backdoor pilot and want to take advantage of a good show by making spin offs which is something CBS is famously known for. The hope is once this show progresses over the course of the season it will fully hit its stride like “Fire Country” and they will have a popular three-hour block on Friday nights like when Blue Bloods and SWAT were one with “Fire Country”.
