Fire Country gets an exciting season 2 update which could affect its return

Gather round Fire Country fans because now that the writers strike is over, you’re going to want to buckle in for a deluge of news coming your way.

As you know, the firefighter drama isn’t a part of CBS’ Fall 2023 schedule, at least in terms of new episodes. Unfortunately, we’re going to have to ride out this hiatus without reruns now that the network is shifting its Friday night programming to The Price is Right at Night and the new game show Raid the Cage before Blue Bloods‘ classic episodes air at 10 p.m. ET.

But there is some good news. Besides the fact that the WGA are working to ratify the tentative agreement they made with the AMPTP, the actors union–SAG-AFTRA–is set to meet with the group that represents the studios on Monday, Oct. 2.

Yes, that does mean negotiations are back on! Of course, if you’ve been following the strike news, this doesn’t automatically mean they’re going to reach an agreement the first time at bat, but it is a good sign because communication lines are opening again. Also, with the writers strike concluded, writers rooms are opening back up. And, yes, this includes Fire Country‘s.

The Fire Country writers room returns to work the week of Oct. 2

Deadline reports, according to their sources, Fire Country is among the CBS shows with writers rooms set to get started early the week of Oct. 2. The outlet also singled out Ghosts, NCIS, and The Neighborhood as beginning to break their upcoming seasons next week as well.

Periodically, during the WGA strike, insiders and longtime showrunners gave updates on when the strikes would need to end in order for a 13 episode television season to be salvaged. The latest insights from TVLine suggest it’s going to be a tight window for there to be at least five episodes produced in time for midseason premieres.

It hinges on the writers deciding whether they’re going to take their usual two weeks for Christmas break or if they’ll cut it down to a week. Also, the actors strike will need to have finished by the end of October. But if this happens, the industry will be well on its way to being able to provide 13 episode seasons of hit shows for the 2023-2024 television year.

Of course, the networks could decide to hold some of their shows for the 2024-2025 season so that they can produce the usual 18-22 episodes for them but, with writers rooms getting up so quickly after the end of the writers strike, I do believe there will be series given the greenlight to go ahead with shorter seasons rather than being further delayed.

My hope, since Fire Country is going into production, is that it’ll be among the ones we could see return sometime between January and March of next year. In the meantime, I’ll be making my way through a rewatch of the series on DVD.

Stay tuned to Hidden Remote for more Fire Country news and coverage. We’ll keep you up to date on what’s happening in the show including what to expect from season 2.