CBS is looking to turn another successful drama into a franchise. The network will introduce a new character in an episode from Fire Country‘s upcoming second season that could anchor her own series, sources tell Deadline.
Casting is currently underway for the role, a female sheriff, which is an episodic guest star with an option to become a series regular.
Sources caution that this is not a formal backdoor pilot order, and CBS could go different routes with the new character if the episode is well received, spinning off the character into her own series or adding the actress to the cast of the Fire Country mothership.
