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EXCLUSIVE: When nan CBS bid Sheriff Country premieres its 2nd season, recurring stars Amanda Arcuri and Ian Quinlan will beryllium recently minted bid regulars.
The Fire Country spinoff bid follows straight-shooting sheriff Mickey Fox (Morena Baccarin), nan stepsister of Cal Fire’s section main Sharon Leone (Diane Farr of Fire Country). She investigates criminal activity while she patrols nan streets of small-town Edgewater, contending pinch her ex-con father, Wes (W. Earl Brown), who is an off-the-grid marijuana grower, and a mysterious incident involving her bad boy daughter.
Since Season 1, Arcuri has played Skye, nan girl of Sheriff Mickey Fox and her ex-husband, Travis Fraley (Christopher Gorham). A delicate young female pinch a quiet soul strength, Skye is connected a way to reclaim her life, emerging from nether a unreality of suspicion for nan execution of her fellow to subordinate her Aunt Miranda (Kelli O’Hara) successful moving for nan Fraley family business.
Quinlan’s characteristic is Han, a brash, impulsive lawman pinch a crisp consciousness of joke and a friendly, if intense, rivalry pinch Deputy Cassidy Campbell (Michele Weaver). Hank proves to beryllium a loyal and tin state arsenic Cassidy investigates nan disappearance of respective young women whose fates whitethorn person been met astatine nan hands of a serial slayer who is utilizing Edgewater arsenic his hunting ground.
The bid besides stars Matt Lauria successful a bid regular role.
Both Sheriff Country and Fire Country have helped anchor CBS’ Friday nighttime lineup, winning their clip periods successful full viewers aft 7 days, per Nielsen Big Data + Panel. Sheriff Country, which took complete its slot from SWAT, is up 52% successful that model versus its predecessor to go nan 2nd most-watched caller bid connected broadcast TV this season, pursuing Marshals (also connected CBS). The bid tracked assemblage maturation for six consecutive weeks post-premiere, boosting it among nan most-watched broadcast bid of nan TV season.
Sheriff Country is executive produced by Max Thieriot, Joan Rater, Tony Phelan, Matt Lopez, and Jerry Bruckheimer and KristieAnne Reed for Jerry Bruckheimer Television.
Katie Campione contributed to this report.
