EXCLUSIVE: Hearth Nation is getting not one however two main new additions for its upcoming fifth season. Following Eric Guggenheim’s arrival as govt producer and showrunner, the CBS firefighter drama has solid Olivia Thirlby (Oppenheimer, Y: The Final Man) as a brand new collection common for Season 5. She is going to play a brand new firefighter, CJ.
Each hires are vital as they mark first showrunner change on the collection, which was run by Tia Napolitano for its first 4 seasons, and first collection common solid addition, the latter of which is extremely uncommon for a broadcast collection.
Hearth Nation had saved its unique predominant solid intact for 3 seasons till the shakeup after the Season 3 finale, which noticed the exits of Billy Burke and Stephanie Arcila. No new collection regulars had been added to the present till now as Thirlby joins returning OGs Max Thieriot, Kevin Alejandro, Jordan Calloway, Jules Latimer and Diane Farr.
Thirlby will play Cecilia Jade “CJ” Ryan, a quick-witted, fiercely unbiased, blue-collar, adorned city firefighter who bolted her station home and metropolis for mysterious causes. After six months on the highway, attempting to outrun no matter occurred, and herself, destiny strands her in Edgewater the place she crosses paths with Bode. Regardless of having no expertise preventing woodland fires, Bode believes CJ has one thing to supply Station 42. And regardless of the intense tradition shock, this fish out of water involves imagine rural Edgewater has one thing to supply her.
Hearth Nation is returning this fall for Season 5 which, as Deadline revealed completely, shall be shorter, consisting of 13 episodes. The collection continues to win its Friday time slot and does effectively on streaming.
Created by Joan Rater, Tony Phelan and Thieriot, Hearth Nation is produced by CBS Studios. Guggenheim, Rater, Phelan and Thieriot govt produce alongside Invoice Purple and Jerry Bruckheimer and KristieAnne Reed for JBTV.
Thirlby not too long ago recurred on NBC/Peacock’s Legislation & Order: Organized Crime and Disney+’s Surprise Man. She has film Archangel developing. Thirlby is repped by Verve, 3 Arts Leisure, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
