From Variety · Selome Hailu · · 1m 20s
'Sheriff Country' backdoor pilot sets up a hospital spinoff
Noah Reid guest stars in two episodes that double as the launchpad for a third show in the 'Fire Country' universe.
In brief
Noah Reid guest stars in two episodes that double as the launchpad for a third show in the 'Fire Country' universe. CBS is testing a medical drama inside 'Sheriff Country' rather than ordering a pilot outright, with Noah Reid as the hook. Originally reported by Variety.
Two episodes, one audition
Noah Reid guest stars in a pair of upcoming 'Sheriff Country' episodes built to work as a backdoor pilot for a spinoff in the same universe.
CBS holds the decision
Nothing is greenlit yet. If CBS bites, Reid becomes a series regular on a medical drama sitting alongside 'Sheriff Country' and 'Fire Country'.
Welcome to Edge Med
The show would follow healthcare workers in Edgewater, Calif., centered on Edgewater Memorial Hospital, nicknamed "Edge Med."
Meet Dr. Hud Henshaw
Reid would play the chief of emergency medicine, written as charming and quick-witted but rough around the edges.
“Charming and quick-witted, but rough-around-the-edges”
Raised in Deadwater
Hud grew up in an outlaw stretch called Deadwater as the son of convicted felons, and refused the family's drug money to pay for medical school.
“He is the proud son of convicted felons, yet refused to take the family's drug money to pay for medical school.”
Why Reid reads as a draw
He is best known as Patrick on 'Schitt's Creek', with later credits on Amazon's 'Outer Range' and AMC's 'Interview With the Vampire'.
“a passionate doctor who embodies his oath to 'first do no harm,' yet is not one to shy away from a good bar fight”
The big picture
CBS is testing a medical drama inside 'Sheriff Country' rather than ordering a pilot outright, with Noah Reid as the hook.
