Jared Padalecki guest stars as Camden in Fire Country season 3 on CBS, and his appearance in the show is supposed to set up his very own spinoff.
Padalecki’s appearance in Fire Country season 3 set up Camden Casey as a fascinating character in his own right, one dedicated to the job and those around him, as his choice to confront Diego’s friends who wanted to pick a fight with Bode showed. Casey’s history underlined the similarities between him and Bode, especially in the tragedy of having a younger sibling die on their watch, but it also showed the potential Camden could have if an entirely new series explored his story. A possible Fire Country Casey-focused spinoff could nonetheless greatly be impacted by CBS’s latest Jared Padalecki update.
Jared Padalecki Nabs A New Medical Procedural For CBS
Padalecki & Anna Fricke Will Collaborate On The Medical Drama
Why Padalecki’s New CBS Show Makes It Almost Impossible To Do Camden’s Fire Country Spinoff
The Timing Will Make It Hard For Surfside To Air Following The Same TV Scheduling
Padalecki and Fricke’s new venture can make it incredibly difficult for Camden’s Fire Country spinoff to see the light of day anytime soon. Given CBS’s involvement in the Padalecki-led medical drama, a full season of more than 20 episodes could be ordered if the series is popular, greatly reducing the time Padalecki could devote to Fire Country’s SoCal spinoff. While not much is known about Padalecki and Fricke’s medical drama, it can interest varied audiences because of its unlikely premise, following patients in a vast rural area instead of urban areas, where medical dramas are more often than not set.
[Padalecki and Fricke’s] new upcoming collaboration in the form of the CBS medical drama can thus easily repeat Walker’s success, taking Padalecki’s focus even more and possibly moving it away from the Fire Country spinoff.
How Camden’s Fire Country Spinoff Can Still Happen Despite Padalecki’s New Show
Surfside Could Happen Later Or Go Straight To Streamer
The announcement of Padalecki’s new medical procedural hints at the series coming to our screens relatively soon, something that was always unlikely to happen for the Fire Country spinoff dubbed Surfside. Indeed, even if they were as quick to develop Fire Country: Surfside as they had been for Mickey’s Sheriff Country, the new Fire Country spinoff had to give precedence to Sheriff Country, debuting in the TV season of 2025-2026. This makes it at least two years away, even more if Padalecki and Fricke’s medical drama ends up being successful, but it doesn’t cancel the possibility of Fire Country: Surfside.
Padalecki’s CBS Studios deal involves the potential for him to develop and produce series projects for networks or streaming, making it possible for Surfside to go straight to streamer.
