Back in April, Fire Country front man Max Thieriot confirmed for TVLine that the CBS hit’s first spinoff, Sheriff Country, would be filming in Toronto — more than 2,000 miles east of Vancouver, where Fire Country‘s own production is based.
As such, any crossovers between the two shows, which will air back-to-back on Friday night this fall, “will be challenging,” Thieriot admitted, but “they are still something we plan to do.”
In the red carpet video above, Diane Farr, who plays Fire Country‘s Sharon, affirms it “definitely” will be difficult to pull off crossovers, seeing as “we shoot on opposite ends” of Canada — but it won’t be “impossible,” Thieriot insists. “Nothing’s impossible.” (In fact, TVLine recently shared a sneak peek at Farr’s first Sheriff Country visit.)
We now have a reason for the odd geographical discrepancy between the sister series, which are both set in the fictional Edgewater, Calif.
As a guest on the July 22 episode of Michael Rosenbaum’s Inside of You podcast, Sheriff Country headliner Morena Baccarin recalled being pitched the role of Sheriff Mickey Fox, who was introduced in an April 2024 episode of Fire Country and eyeballed for a spinoff.
“I said to them, ‘This is a no-brainer for me, but I cannot shoot in Vancouver,’” Baccarin explained. “There’s, like, no way that my family survives, with three kids in New York City. [There’s no way] that this could work.”
Baccarin lives in New York City — a five-hour flight from Vancouver — with husband/onetime Gotham scene partner Ben McKenzie and three young children, including an 11-year-old son from her first marriage.
After The Powers That Be split off and “discussed it amongst themselves,” it was eventually agreed upon to film Sheriff Country in Toronto, which is just an hour-and-change from NYC via airplane, and thus allows Baccarin to return home every weekend.
“I was shocked,” Baccarin admits, “because you know how these negotiations go.”
Baccarin also revealed on the pod that Sheriff Country — which was ordered to series more than a year ago but got held for the 2025-26 TV season — has a 20-episode order for its freshman run.
“I haven’t done network TV in a while [since Gotham, where she and McKenzie first met] because… the 20-episode thing is really tough on everybody,” she notes. “But I’m cautiously optimistic. I’m really excited about the series.
“It’s a great premise. It’s a great character. I really, truly love the people that I’m working with who are creating the show,” she says. “Brockheimer TV has been incredible in the process, and it’s been smooth sailing.”
