• Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 17, 2025
Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5

Critic Reviews

  1. Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Oct 17, 2025
    80
    Each series, not necessarily because they’re female forward, which they are, has a sentimental streak — an impulse toward kindness any cop show, or actual police department, can use. Each is built closely and efficaciously along the lines of their respective motherships, which is to say, crowds will be pleased. I have no complaints myself. .... The series begins in a light mood, almost like a small-town comedy with cops.
  2. Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Oct 17, 2025
    70
    Sheriff Country has already set up some good stories and rivalries in its first episode, and Baccarin strikes the right tone as a person who wants to keep her hometown safe.
  3. Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Sep 22, 2025
    70
    It’s more character-driven than many CBS procedurals, at least in its first episode.
  4. Reviewed by: Megan Vick
    Oct 13, 2025
    60
    Sheriff Country needs to figure itself out, and quickly. It absolutely has the potential to do so, but it needs to happen sooner rather than later because viewers aren’t going to extend patience when there’s so much other content to watch.
  5. Reviewed by: Alison Herman
    Oct 17, 2025
    40
    Neither Mickey nor her deputies Cassidy (Michele Weaver) and Boone (Matt Lauria) distinguish themselves from so many TV cops past. If “Fire Country” really does have the makings of a full-blown franchise, they’re not on display here.