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4 days ago
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Fire Country Season 4: Max Thieriot Worries Bode Will Be ‘Very Broken' If [Spoiler] Has in Fact Died — WATCH
Fire Country star and co-creator Max Thieriot is frankly worried 'how poorly' Bode will respond if his firefighter father, Vince, winds up dying in the blaze that closed out Season 3. When last we tuned into the Friday-night CBS drama, the scene at Walter's memory care center was mayhem. Racing to the facility after realizing it was in the path of the Zabel Ridge wildfire, Bode and Walter (Jeff Fahey) spent a lot of time hunting for Walter's pal Otto, eventually finding him sheltered in a closet. More from TVLine Casting News: Boston Blue Adds Maggie Lawson, Lincoln Lawyer Enlists Cobie Smulders and More Survivor Turns 25: Was Jonny Fairplay's Dead Grandma Lie the Series' Most Villainous Play Ever? Vote! Casting News: Hamilton at the Tonys, She's All That Reunion and More But then Bode's trick knee gave out while lugging Walter through the halls. Vince and Sharon (Billy Burke and Diane Farr) arrived on the scene and, leaving Jake (Jordan Calloway) in charge, dashed inside to find Bode and Walter, though that took time. And then once they did, Walter went missing! Vince located Walter, but before they and Sharon could find their way to safety, the roof collapsed — as a horrified and helpless Bode watched from outside…. As if the cliffhanger wasn't harrowing enough, as soon as the finale ended on the East Coast, the news broke that Burke, who has played Vince since Day 1, was exiting the CBS drama after three seasons. (Stephanie Arcila is also done as a series regular, though producers hope her Gabriela might pop up now and again as a guest star.) Meaning, it sure seems like Season 4 will reveal that Vince in fact perished in the blaze. If true, Bode will certainly be left 'very broken,' Thieriot tells TVLine in the red carpet video above. 'Bode has obviously gone through a lot of hardship in his life,' his portrayer notes, 'and it seems like every time he feels like he's coming out the other side, something happens. So I worry what [Vince's death] would to do him, and how poorly he would respond. 'We know [Bode has] made leaps and bounds as far as the person he is after being incarcerated,' Thieriot continues, 'but has he come fare enough to deal with something like that or not…? It's heavy.' Want scoop on , or for any other TV show? Shoot an email to InsideLine@ and your question may be answered via Matt's Inside Line! Best of TVLine Yellowjackets' Tawny Cypress Talks Episode 4's Tai/Van Reunion: 'We're All Worried About Taissa' Vampire Diaries Turns 10: How Real-Life Plot Twists Shaped Everything From the Love Triangle to the Final Death Vampire Diaries' Biggest Twists Revisited (and Explained)
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
GLOBAL IS THE DESTINATION FOR TV'S TOP HITS THIS FALL, ANNOUNCING ITS 2025/26 LINEUP WITH SEVEN NEW ACQUISITIONS, ALONGSIDE TV'S #1 COMEDY, LATE NIGHT, REALITY SERIES*, AND RETURNING FAVOURITES
Ensemble Workplace Comedy DMV, Starring Harriet Dyer and Tim Meadows, Dick Wolf's New Procedural Drama CIA, Starring Tom Ellis, and Compelling New Drama Sheriff Country that Expands the World of Fire Country, Starring Morena Baccarin All Join Global's Fall Schedule Global Also Adds Singing Competition Series The Road, From Taylor Sheridan, Blake Shelton and Keith Urban to Its Unscripted Slate #1 Comedy Ghosts, #1 Reality Show Survivor, #1 Late Night Show Saturday Night Live Return this Fall to Global* New Drama Y: Marshals (working title), Starring Luke Grimes, Culinary Competition America's Culinary Cup, Hosted, Created and Executive Produced by Padma Lakshmi, and True Crime Series Harlan Coben's Final Twist Come to Global Mid-Season Stream Global Anytime with STACKTV and the Global TV App For additional photography and assets, click here. #CorusUpfront TORONTO, June 2, 2025 /CNW/ - Today, Global revealed its 2025/26 broadcast season offering featuring seven star-studded new series as well as many of television's most-watched returning hits. Delivering an impressive 16.5 hours of simulcast programming and more scripted content than any other network in primetime this fall, Global's 2025/26 lineup spans every genre and is streaming on STACKTV and the Global TV App. New this fall on Global is the single-camera workplace comedy DMV. Set at the U.S. Department of Motor Vehicles, DMV stars a brilliant and hilarious ensemble cast including Harriet Dyer, Tim Meadows, Tony Cavalero, Molly Kearney, Gigi Zumbado and Alex Tarranta. Then, joining the FBI-verse and from Emmy® Award-winning executive producer Dick Wolf, comes CIA starring Tom Ellis as a fast-talking, rule-breaking loose cannon CIA case officer. Next up is Sheriff Country starring Morena Baccarin as straight-shooting sheriff Mickey Fox, the stepsister of Cal Fire's division chief Sharon Leone (Diane Farr of Fire Country) in an expansion of the Fire Country universe. Lastly, The Road is a new singing competition series from executive producers Taylor Sheridan, Blake Shelton and Keith Urban and follows GRAMMY® Award winner Urban on his journey to discover the next big artist with the help of "tour manager," GRAMMY® Award-winning country artist Gretchen Wilson. Full series descriptions of Global's new series for the fall are available here. Global's fall lineup also features television's #1 hits including #1 comedy Ghosts, #1 late night show Saturday Night Live, fresh off celebrating its 50th anniversary, and #1 reality show Survivor*, back for its 49th season this fall and what promises to be a legendary 50th season in the spring. Other top 20-ranked shows returning to Global this fall include 9-1-1, FBI, Matlock, NCIS, NCIS: Origins and Elsbeth*. Also, Canadian-made Murder in a Small Town returns for a second season with Oscar® winner Marcia Gay Harden joining the cast and popular Canadian original true crime series Crime Beat is back for a seventh season. Global's 2025/26 offering wouldn't be complete without Global News, which is home to Canada's #1 national newscast, Global National**, hosted by Canadian Screen Award winner Dawna Friesen, and The West Block, Canada's #1 Political Show in total audience*** airing Sunday mornings. In addition, The Morning Show, hosted by Carolyn Mackenzie and Jeff McArthur, continues to be Canada's #1 Canadian News/Lifestyle morning show and saw a year-over-year audience growth of 17% reaching 1.2 million Canadians weekly****, delivering audiences almost two times higher than Your Morning, and over two times higher than Breakfast Television*****. The fresh content continues with more exciting new series joining the schedule mid-season starting with America's Culinary Cup, a new cooking competition series featuring the most decorated chefs in America and hosted and executive produced by Emmy® Award-nominated food expert Padma Lakshmi. Then, Y: Marshals (working title) is a new drama joining Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone family of shows and stars Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton. And finally, unscripted series, Harlan Coben's Final Twist, which features best-selling author Coben, with over 90 million books sold globally and multiple scripted series, as he steps into the true-crime television genre for the first time. Full series descriptions of Global's new mid-season series are available here. Also, bolstering Global's schedule mid-season is the return of hit series including Global Original Family Law, Watson and Hollywood Squares. "This spring, Global was the only conventional network to experience year-over-year audience growth seeing a 7% increase in core primetime viewing******, delivering 12 of the top 20 programs – more than any other network*," said Jennifer Abrams, Senior Vice President, Programming and Multiplatform, Corus Entertainment. "With Global's new acquisitions for the upcoming broadcast season featuring the most-coveted series coming out of this year's L.A. screenings, paired with some of the most-watched returning series, Global is well-positioned to be the leader in bringing Canadian viewers what they want to see on their screens, entertaining audiences all year long." GLOBAL'S FALL 2025 SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCEAll times are ET and subject to change. New programs bolded. Monday7:30 p.m. Entertainment Tonight 8 p.m. The Neighborhood 8:30 p.m. DMV 9 p.m. FBI 10 p.m. CIA 12:05 a.m. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Tuesday7:30 p.m. Entertainment Tonight 8 p.m. NCIS 9 p.m. NCIS: Origins 10 p.m. NCIS: Sydney 12:05 a.m. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Wednesday7:30 p.m. Entertainment Tonight 8 p.m. Survivor 9:30 p.m. Abbott Elementary 10 p.m. Doc 12:05 a.m. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Thursday7 p.m. Entertainment Tonight 7:30 p.m. Ghosts 8 p.m. 9-1-1 9 p.m. Matlock 10 p.m. Elsbeth 12:05 a.m. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Friday7:30 p.m. Entertainment Tonight 8 p.m. Sherrif Country 9 p.m. Fire Country 10 p.m. Crime Beat 12:05 a.m. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Saturday 10 p.m. 48 Hours 11:30 p.m. Saturday Night Live Sunday7 p.m. 60 Minutes 8 p.m. Murder in a Small Town 9 p.m. The Road A full list of premiere dates and times from Global's fall lineup will be announced in the coming months. For the latest updates, visit Global's lineup of hit series are available to stream anytime on STACKTV, the Global TV App and Global is a Corus Entertainment Network and is available through all major TV distributors, including: Bell, Cogeco, Eastlink, Rogers, SaskTel, Shaw, Shaw Direct, Telus, Videotron and STACKTV, streaming available on Amazon Prime Video Channels, Bell Fibe TV app, FuboTV, Rogers Ignite TV and Ignite SmartStream. The Global TV App is available on iOS, Android, Chromecast, Android TV, Apple TV, LG Smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TVs, Roku streaming players, Roku TV™ models, and at Sources: *Numeris PPM Data,. Total Canada, SP'25 STD (Jan 6 – Apr 20/25) – confirmed to Apr 13/25, A25-54, AMA(000), CDN CONV COM ENG, all stations based on 'Total' except for CTV Com, 3+ airings, excludes NFL Playoffs**Numeris PPM Data,. Total Canada, SP'25 STD (Jan 6 – Apr 20/25) – confirmed to Apr 13/25, A18+, AMA(000), CDN CONV COM ENG, 3+ airings, Mon-Fri airings only, National Network***Source: Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada, SP'25 STD (Aug 26/24 - Apr 20/25) - confirmed data, Ind. 2+ AMA(000), Total of all individual conventional + specialty airings , 3+ airings****Source: Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada, Broadcast Year-to-date (Aug 26/24 – Apr 13/25) – confirmed,Ind2+, AvWkRch(000)*****Numeris PPM Data, Broadcast Year-to-date (Aug 26/24 – Apr 13/25) – confirmed to Apr 6/25, Total Canada, Mo-Fri 6a-12p, Based on Canadian news/lifestyle morning show genre, CDN CONV COM ENG, CTV based on "Com", all other networks based on "Total", 3+ airings, A18+ AMA(000), growth based on same weeks YoY******Numeris PPM Data,. Total Canada, SP'25 STD (Jan 6 – Apr 20/25) vs. SP'24 STD (Jan 8 – Apr 21/24) – confirmed to Apr 13/25, A25-54, AMA(000), Full day (Mo-Su 2a-2a)/Primetime (Mo-Su 8-11p)/Off-prime (Mo-Su 2a-8p, 11p-2a), local time SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS: Facebook: Instagram:@globaltv TikTok:@globaltv LinkedIn: About Corus Entertainment Entertainment Inc. (TSX: CJR.B) is a leading media and content company that develops, delivers and distributes high quality brands and content across platforms for audiences around the world. Engaging audiences since 1999, the company's portfolio of multimedia offerings encompass 30 specialty television services, 36 radio stations, 15 conventional television stations, digital and streaming platforms, and social digital agency and media services. Corus' roster of premium brands includes Global Television, W Network, Flavour Network, Home Network, The HISTORY® Channel, Showcase, Slice, Adult Swim, National Geographic and Global News, along with streaming platforms STACKTV, TELETOON+, the Global TV App and Curiouscast. For more information visit SOURCE Corus Entertainment Inc. View original content to download multimedia: Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Cision Canada
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Cision Canada
GLOBAL IS THE DESTINATION FOR TV'S TOP HITS THIS FALL, ANNOUNCING ITS 2025/26 LINEUP WITH SEVEN NEW ACQUISITIONS, ALONGSIDE TV'S #1 COMEDY, LATE NIGHT, REALITY SERIES*, AND RETURNING FAVOURITES
Ensemble Workplace Comedy DMV, Starring Harriet Dyer and Tim Meadows, Dick Wolf's New Procedural Drama CIA, Starring Tom Ellis, and Compelling New Drama Sheriff Country that Expands the World of Fire Country, Starring Morena Baccarin All Join Global's Fall Schedule Global Also Adds Singing Competition Series The Road, From Taylor Sheridan, Blake Shelton and Keith Urban to Its Unscripted Slate #1 Comedy Ghosts, #1 Reality Show Survivor, #1 Late Night Show Saturday Night Live Return this Fall to Global* New Drama Y: Marshals (working title), Starring Luke Grimes, Culinary Competition America's Culinary Cup, Hosted, Created and Executive Produced by Padma Lakshmi, and True Crime Series Harlan Coben's Final Twist Come to Global Mid-Season Stream Global Anytime with STACKTV and the Global TV App For additional photography and assets, click here. #CorusUpfront TORONTO, June 2, 2025 /CNW/ - Today, Global revealed its 2025/26 broadcast season offering featuring seven star-studded new series as well as many of television's most-watched returning hits. Delivering an impressive 16.5 hours of simulcast programming and more scripted content than any other network in primetime this fall, Global's 2025/26 lineup spans every genre and is streaming on STACKTV and the Global TV App. New this fall on Global is the single-camera workplace comedy DMV. Set at the U.S. Department of Motor Vehicles, DMV stars a brilliant and hilarious ensemble cast including Harriet Dyer, Tim Meadows, Tony Cavalero, Molly Kearney, Gigi Zumbado and Alex Tarranta. Then, joining the FBI-verse and from Emmy ® Award-winning executive producer Dick Wolf, comes CIA starring Tom Ellis as a fast-talking, rule-breaking loose cannon CIA case officer. Next up is Sheriff Country starring Morena Baccarin as straight-shooting sheriff Mickey Fox, the stepsister of Cal Fire's division chief Sharon Leone (Diane Farr of Fire Country) in an expansion of the Fire Country universe. Lastly, The Road is a new singing competition series from executive producers Taylor Sheridan, Blake Shelton and Keith Urban and follows GRAMMY ® Award winner Urban on his journey to discover the next big artist with the help of "tour manager," GRAMMY ® Award-winning country artist Gretchen Wilson. Full series descriptions of Global's new series for the fall are available here. Global's fall lineup also features television's #1 hits including #1 comedy Ghosts, #1 late night show Saturday Night Live, fresh off celebrating its 50 th anniversary, and #1 reality show Survivor *, back for its 49 th season this fall and what promises to be a legendary 50 th season in the spring. Other top 20-ranked shows returning to Global this fall include 9-1-1, FBI, Matlock, NCIS, NCIS: Origins and Elsbeth *. Also, Canadian-made Murder in a Small Town returns for a second season with Oscar ® winner Marcia Gay Harden joining the cast and popular Canadian original true crime series Crime Beat is back for a seventh season. Global's 2025/26 offering wouldn't be complete without Global News, which is home to Canada's #1 national newscast, Global National **, hosted by Canadian Screen Award winner Dawna Friesen, and The West Block, Canada's #1 Political Show in total audience*** airing Sunday mornings. In addition, The Morning Show, hosted by Carolyn Mackenzie and Jeff McArthur, continues to be Canada's #1 Canadian News/Lifestyle morning show and saw a year-over-year audience growth of 17% reaching 1.2 million Canadians weekly****, delivering audiences almost two times higher than Your Morning, and over two times higher than Breakfast Television *****. The fresh content continues with more exciting new series joining the schedule mid-season starting with America's Culinary Cup, a new cooking competition series featuring the most decorated chefs in America and hosted and executive produced by Emmy ® Award-nominated food expert Padma Lakshmi. Then, Y: Marshals (working title) is a new drama joining Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone family of shows and stars Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton. And finally, unscripted series, Harlan Coben's Final Twist, which features best-selling author Coben, with over 90 million books sold globally and multiple scripted series, as he steps into the true-crime television genre for the first time. Full series descriptions of Global's new mid-season series are available here. Also, bolstering Global's schedule mid-season is the return of hit series including Global Original Family Law, Watson and Hollywood Squares. "This spring, Global was the only conventional network to experience year-over-year audience growth seeing a 7% increase in core primetime viewing******, delivering 12 of the top 20 programs – more than any other network*," said Jennifer Abrams, Senior Vice President, Programming and Multiplatform, Corus Entertainment. "With Global's new acquisitions for the upcoming broadcast season featuring the most-coveted series coming out of this year's L.A. screenings, paired with some of the most-watched returning series, Global is well-positioned to be the leader in bringing Canadian viewers what they want to see on their screens, entertaining audiences all year long." Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Entertainment Tonight 8 p.m. NCIS 9 p.m. NCIS: Origins 10 p.m. NCIS: Sydney 12:05 a.m. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Entertainment Tonight 8 p.m. Survivor 9:30 p.m. Abbott Elementary 10 p.m. Doc 12:05 a.m. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Thursday 7 p.m. Entertainment Tonight 7:30 p.m. Ghosts 8 p.m. 9-1-1 9 p.m. Matlock 10 p.m. Elsbeth 12:05 a.m. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Friday 7:30 p.m. Entertainment Tonight 8 p.m. Sherrif Country 9 p.m. Fire Country 10 p.m. Crime Beat 12:05 a.m. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Saturday 10 p.m. 48 Hours 11:30 p.m. Saturday Night Live Sunday 7 p.m. 60 Minutes 8 p.m. Murder in a Small Town 9 p.m. The Road A full list of premiere dates and times from Global's fall lineup will be announced in the coming months. For the latest updates, visit Global's lineup of hit series are available to stream anytime on STACKTV, the Global TV App and Global is a Corus Entertainment Network and is available through all major TV distributors, including: Bell, Cogeco, Eastlink, Rogers, SaskTel, Shaw, Shaw Direct, Telus, Videotron and STACKTV, streaming available on Amazon Prime Video Channels, Bell Fibe TV app, FuboTV, Rogers Ignite TV and Ignite SmartStream. The Global TV App is available on iOS, Android, Chromecast, Android TV, Apple TV, LG Smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TVs, Roku streaming players, Roku TV™ models, and at Sources: *Numeris PPM Data,. Total Canada, SP'25 STD (Jan 6 – Apr 20/25) – confirmed to Apr 13/25, A25-54, AMA(000), CDN CONV COM ENG, all stations based on 'Total' except for CTV Com, 3+ airings, excludes NFL Playoffs **Numeris PPM Data,. Total Canada, SP'25 STD (Jan 6 – Apr 20/25) – confirmed to Apr 13/25, A18+, AMA(000), CDN CONV COM ENG, 3+ airings, Mon-Fri airings only, National Network ***Source: Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada, SP'25 STD (Aug 26/24 - Apr 20/25) - confirmed data, Ind. 2+ AMA(000), Total of all individual conventional + specialty airings , 3+ airings ****Source: Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada, Broadcast Year-to-date (Aug 26/24 – Apr 13/25) – confirmed,Ind2+, AvWkRch(000) *****Numeris PPM Data, Broadcast Year-to-date (Aug 26/24 – Apr 13/25) – confirmed to Apr 6/25, Total Canada, Mo-Fri 6a-12p, Based on Canadian news/lifestyle morning show genre, CDN CONV COM ENG, CTV based on "Com", all other networks based on "Total", 3+ airings, A18+ AMA(000), growth based on same weeks YoY ******Numeris PPM Data,. Total Canada, SP'25 STD (Jan 6 – Apr 20/25) vs. SP'24 STD (Jan 8 – Apr 21/24) – confirmed to Apr 13/25, A25-54, AMA(000), Full day (Mo-Su 2a-2a)/Primetime (Mo-Su 8-11p)/Off-prime (Mo-Su 2a-8p, 11p-2a), local time Facebook: Instagram: @globaltv TikTok: @globaltv About Corus Entertainment Inc. Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSX: CJR.B) is a leading media and content company that develops, delivers and distributes high quality brands and content across platforms for audiences around the world. Engaging audiences since 1999, the company's portfolio of multimedia offerings encompass 30 specialty television services, 36 radio stations, 15 conventional television stations, digital and streaming platforms, and social digital agency and media services. Corus' roster of premium brands includes Global Television, W Network, Flavour Network, Home Network, The HISTORY® Channel, Showcase, Slice, Adult Swim, National Geographic and Global News, along with streaming platforms STACKTV, TELETOON+, the Global TV App and Curiouscast. For more information visit SOURCE Corus Entertainment Inc.
Forbes
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
What ‘Fire Country' Star Diane Farr Wants You To Know About Wildfires
Diane Farr is seen here playing division chief Sharon Leone in the CBS series Fire Country. (Photo: ... More Courtesy of Diane Farr/ Fire Country) Diane Farr isn't a firefighter. But she does play one on TV, specifically division chief Sharon Leone in the CBS series Fire Country. That's entailed her working closely with wildland firefighting experts on the set. Farr's living in the Los Angeles area has also brought her close-up views of the havoc that wildfires can wreak. Therefore, it isn't too far a stretch, so to speak, for Farr to want more people to know the facts behind wildfires and the many wildland firefighters who have selflessly been combating this increasing threat. After all, there's a whole lot of surprise, surprise misinformation and disinformation out there about wildfires that's been spreading like, well, wildfire. Fire Country actually isn't the first time that Farr has played a firefighter. As Farr related during a recent conversation, '[When you are starting as an actor], you don't really know where you're going to end up doing most of your work. But for whatever reason this is the third time I've played a firefighter, so I have about 25 years of working with three different kinds of firefighters." She chronicled to me this firefighter acting journey: 'The first one was a structural firefighter, which is what everybody knows, when I was on Rescue Main. I trained in three different firehouses because at the time it was really hard to find a woman in a firehouse.' As Farr indicated, structural firefighters are probably what first comes to mind when you hear the word 'firefighter.' These are the ones who respond to alarms and calls when a building, car or some kind of structure may be on fire. But structural firefighters aren't the only kind of firefighter around. Farr then jumped to her second fire fighter role—that of a smoke jumper, which she described as 'a firefighter who jumps out of airplanes for wildfires. That was unreal I had to learn how to fly a Cessna to play that part because you'd fly you'd fly like airdrops of sludge and you'd fly in firefighters." She added, "And then they camp and they'd have to sort of work their way out as they take down the fire." That role got her better acquainted with wildland firefighters, who are quite different from structural firefighters, but more on that later. Farr's third role as a firefighter in Fire Country, which premiered in 2022, took an even more wild turn. The plot of Fire Country begins with the character Bode Donovan, a young convict who tries to shorten his prison sentence by volunteering for the California Conservation Camp Program in which prisoners assist the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, otherwise known as CAL FIRE. This brings Donovan to work with various friends, inmates and elite firefighters including the character Leon, played by Farr, battling the various wildfires plaguing different parts of Northern California. The plot is timely because here's a news flash: wildfires have become bigger and bigger problems with each passing year. Just take a look at the August 2024 post on the World Resources Institute website entitled 'The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse.' Take a wild guess as to what that post said. Yes, it provided lots of data, you know the stuff that should be used to make decisions, showing how wildfires have been increasing in frequency and intensity recently. For example, from 2001 through 2023, the area burned by forest fires increased by about 5.4% each per year. The latest pieces of evidence that the wildfire situation is getting worse are the 14 wildfires that destroyed large swaths of the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States from January 7 through 31, 2025. Yes, that's that's Wintertime, which Farr pointed out is not typical wildfire season. Yeah, wildfire season is more of a Summery thing, running from the late Spring to the early Fall in California, because that's when the vegetation is driest and most able to catch fire. But things seem to be changing for the worse with climate change—you know that thing that scientists have been warning everyone about sort of like how scientists were warning people about pandemics in 2016. Hotter and drier conditions over longer parts of the years coupled with changing wind patterns could make the wildfire threat more of a year around thing, which would be bad news to everyone but the fires. Farr's home was rather close to where the wildfires were raging in January. She mentioned how the fires were moving her direction, forcing her to evacuate her house for nine days, before they shifted directions. She also talked about how she learned how to pump water from the swimming pool on to the house to make the house less hospitable for flames. However, she did emphasize that her training on the TV and movie sets doesn't make her a firefighter, 'I have I have a good deal of training to know what [wildfires and places at risk for wildfires] look like. I couldn't actually help in a fire.' It's sort of like how they don't announce on an airplane, 'Is there anyone from Grey's Anatomy here,' when a passenger needs medical assistance. Cast members of Fire Country including are dressed here in wildland firefighter gear. (Photo: ... More Courtesy of Diane Farr/Fire Country) Her experience on Fire Country has brought her even more understanding of wildland firefighters: 'I didn't know what CAL FIRE was and I had been in LA for 20 years by then.' Farr wasn't alone because you've got to wonder how many people in California overall have heard of CAL FIRE, which stands for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. It's not exactly a household name even though CAL FIRE has already battled over 1,080 wildfires that have burned over 61,200 acres, claimed 30 lives and destroyed over 16,250 structures in California. Even though both structural and wildland firefighters are fighting fire, their schedules, equipment, conditions and processes are very different in many ways. While structural firefighters can work year-round, historically, wildland firefighters have worked more seasonally, over the four-to-six month wildfire season. Of course, that may change sometime soon, given that thing called climate change. Farr related the following: 'One of the most terrifying things that I had heard was after the LA fires, it was the beginning of the year that our departments had used up all of their overtime for the year, already. And we had not started fire season, so I don't know how this is going to go this summer." While structural firefighters typically wait in the firehouse before responding to calls and alarms, wildland firefighters spend much of their time in camps, close to where the wildfires may be. Their work involves not only putting out fires but also trying to adjust the direction that fires are going and protecting the buildings and areas that need to be protected. This can include cultivated fire lines, strips of land where the trees and other vegetation are cut away so that the fire can't cross them due to lack of fuel. So, it's not unusual for a wildland firefighter to be carrying around a chainsaw, map and compass. Like structural firefighters, a wildland firefighter will rescue people. But rescuing hikers trapped on a path, for example, can be very different logistically from rescuing some folks in a 20-story building. As seen in the plot description, Fire Country is bringing more attention to the incarcerated program for wildland firefighters. Farr described how this has been a very successful program since it not only fills a major personnel need but helps those who have been incarcerated: 'We've not only taught them a skill, we've showed them what it's like if you're on the hero side of the situation.' Farr has additional perspective from her previous work. 'I used to teach acting in a maximum security men's prison. That was my pay of the rent job before I worked all the time on TV,' said Farr. 'It was so clear that they never had a place in society. They were food insecure, so young that the choices they had to make and were to feed themselves were outside of society. So if we don't give people a way in, it's going to come back and hurt the people in society.' Diane Farr takes a break on the outside set of Fire Country. (Photo: Courtesy of Diane Farr/Fire ... More Country Speaking of 'hurt' and 'society,' that's what's going to continue to happen if there isn't more attention and resources paid to addressing climate change and wildfires. I mentioned to Farr about the cycle of panic and neglect that exists when it comes to pandemic preparedness and response, as described my 2020 article in Forbes. This is where people go through oh-my-goodness-must-hoard-toilet-paper panic during a pandemic but then completely neglect preparing for and preventing a pandemic in between pandemics. Farr agreed that this is the case with wildfires too. She is already seeing much less attention to wildfires after the January wildfires passed. Farr talked about how more resources need to be dedicated to preventing and combating wildfires and how firefighters should be paid more and that they are doing it because 'It is a calling. Otherwise, it is too hard.' One thing that may be preventing more action is all the misinformation and disinformation about wildfires out there. This includes numerous conspiracy theories not supported by facts, because who cares about facts anyway. There's that whole wildfires-being-caused-by-'space lasers' one, which I covered in Forbes back in 2021. To date, no one has found said space laser. You've also got the government controlling the weather, the United Nations trying to engineer a land grab or whoever is trying destroy evidence for the sex trafficking case against Sean "Diddy" Combs, reported by Laura Doan and Erielle Delzer for CBS News. Might you say that anyone who believes these things without any supporting evidence knows Diddy squat? All of this makes Diane Farr's advocacy that much harder but also that much more needed. She may not be able to put out a wildfire in real life. But she can help light a fire under our country to do more about preventing and combatting wildfires.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
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CBS Drops First Look at 'Blue Bloods' Spinoff 'Boston Blue'
The Blue Bloods spinoff, Boston Blue, is turning out to be one of the most highly anticipated shows of the 2025-2026 television season. Now, CBS is making sure fans get a tease of what is to come this fall. The network revealed on May 7 that the show will air on Friday nights at 10 p.m., following Sheriff Country at 8 p.m. and Fire Country at 9 p.m. It will be an all-Jerry Bruckheimer-produced block of shows. CBS also gave fans a look at what they can expect this fall with a 10-second clip starring Donnie Wahlberg, who reprises his role as Danny Reagan. "Donnie Wahlberg here," he said in the video. "Can't wait for you to see my new series, Boston Blue. Coming CBS fall." The clip shows a scenic look at the Massachusetts state capital and a snippet of Danny back in action but in a new city. It's just enough to hold viewers for a few months ahead of its premiere. The storyline for the series, via CBS, proves that Danny hasn't skipped a beat. "Donnie Wahlberg reprises his role as NYPD veteran Danny Reagan as he joins the Boston PD and partners with Detective Lena Peters (Sonequa Martin-Green), a rising star from a powerful law enforcement family. New city. New partner. Same commitment to justice," the logline reads. Martin-Green's casting was announced on May 7 and she's excited to be back working for CBS after a turn on Star Trek: Discovery as Michael Burnham for Paramount+. 'We love the Reagans. We have all loved the Reagans for so long,' Martin-Green said, via Variety. 'And I feel that we'll love the Peters too. I'm super excited for this partnership, and to be back in a CBS family — and in this family, your family. It means a lot, and I'm grateful for it. I think we're going to have a good time.' More of the cast will likely be revealed in the weeks ahead, but Wahlberg has promised Reagan family cameos already. "Danny's story will continue the Reagan family. You can't have Danny without Reagans — there'll be connective tissue," he confirmed. "But we're also going to get to discover a new family and carry on the tradition of telling their stories.'
