‘Fire Country’ Star and Co-Creator Max Thieriot on Firefighters Becoming the New ‘Heroes’ of Broadcast TV: ‘It’s an Anti-Political Thing’

New kids on the block. The Real Housewives of New York City is getting a reboot with a cast of fresh faces for season 14 (in addition to a Legacy spinoff with OG stars), and Bravo finally confirmed which newcomers are taking a bite out of the Big Apple at BravoCon 2022.

carbonite-encased Han Solo from “Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back” has been masterfully created by a San Francisco Bay Area bakery and aptly dubbed “Pan Solo.”One House Bakery owners Hanalee Pervan and her mother, Catherine Pervan, spent a month after-hours crafting the uncanny likeness out of dead dough, which is yeastless and often used for baked goods like strudels. Displayed outside of their Benicia, California, shop, Hanalee (who served as the sculpture’s model) told the New York Times, “People are just super interested by it, and you see people smelling it and poking it and they’re just like, ‘What is going on?’ They kind of don’t believe you that it’s made out of dough.”A California bakery spent a month making a 6-foot recreation of Han Solo frozen in carbonite, made entirely of bread.

Famed Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli is suing an air charter company for allegedly violating a contract by providing him with an older, noisier airplane during a portion of his U.S. tour last year. Bocelli, 64, filed the lawsuit against Private Jet Services of Seabrook in New Hampshire federal court last month.

The Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli is suing an air charter firm that specialises in luxury jet service, alleging the company provided him an older, noisier plane than agreed upon during a portion of a US tour last year. The case filed in September by Bocelli, 64, in federal court in New Hampshire also says Private Jet Services of Seabrook violated the terms of its contract when the crew on one flight announced that Bocelli and his party should expect a bumpy ride before landing on a flight from California to Cleveland.

The State of New York is calling on its Air National Guard members for help as bus loads of migrants continue to arrive in New York City daily. "Asylum seekers have arrived in New York City (NYC) over recent months from Nations in Central and South America," reads a memo seeking Air National Guard Volunteers that was obtained by Fox News Digital.

Former NBA star Ben Gordon was arrested on Monday night at LaGuardia Airport in New York City after allegedly hitting his 10-year-old son at the terminal.

William Earl One of CBS’ hot new prospects for the fall — the Bruckheimer TV drama “Fire Country” — got off to a solid start in its linear debut Friday. The show also helped boost CBS’ live streaming numbers compared to the comparable fall Friday premiere night in 2021. “Fire Country,” an action-drama revolving around California firefighters, opened to 5.74 million viewers in the 9 p.m. hour, according to Nielsen. The series built on its “S.W.A.T.” lead-in by a significant margin, as the sixth season premiere of the police drama brought in 4.6 million viewers at 8 p.m. CBS capped the night with “Blue Bloods” grabbing 6.1 million viewers with its 13th season premiere at 10 p.m. CBS easily took Friday bragging rights in linear total viewers with an average of 5.5 million.

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Fire Country star Billy Burke has teased his return to 9-1-1 Lone Star, admitting that he would "always go back if invited".Exclusive: CW star Kat McNamara on the 'dark side' of new show Walker IndependenceBilly starred as William "Billy" Tyson, the former captain of the 126 before Owen Strand arrived in Austin. He appeared in the first three seasons sporadically as antagonist to Rob Lowe's Owen, later getting the 126 closed.

moved with his “SEAL Team” co-stars to Paramount+ for the series sixth season — and he’s back on CBS starring in “Fire Country,” a new drama premiering Friday (Oct. 7) at 9 p.m.Thieriot, who’s also a series co-producer and co-writer, plays Bode Donovan, who’s doing time in a Northern California prison (Lompoc) for armed robbery.

Fire Country.Inspired by Thieriot's real-life experiences growing up in Northern California, the series — co-created by the star — follows Bode Donovan (Thieriot), a young convict seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence by joining a prison release firefighting program where he and other inmates are partnered with elite firefighters to extinguish wildfires across the region. When Bode is assigned to the program in his hometown, where he was once the golden All-American son, the skeletons in his closet come back to haunt him as he looks to redeem himself with Cal Fire.ET exclusively premieres a sneak peek from the series premiere, where Bode breaks the news to fire captain Manny Perez (Lucifer's Kevin Alejandro) that he's actually quite familiar with the small town he's been assigned to through the prison release firefighting program after detailing the circumstances that led him to be in this position in the first place.After sharing that he was forgiven for his crimes by the victim he put in danger all those years ago, Bode expresses his desire to succeed.

Fire Country stands out.Exclusive: 9-1-1's Oliver Stark opens up about vulnerability and why it's okay to cryThe passion project of Seal Team's Max Theriot, the show follows young convict Bode, played by Max, who is offered access to an unconventional prison release firefighting program in Northern California. There, he and other inmates are partnered with elite firefighters to fight the unpredictable wildfires that engulf the region.WATCH: Fire Country airs on 10/7 on CBSBut a twist in the premiere episode proves that Max is looking for redemption in more than one way - and that the town is hiding its own secrets.Twilight and 9-1-1:Lone Star actor Billy Burke stars as Fire Chief Vince Donovan and he spoke to HELLO! about being inspired by Max's ''infectious passion" and why we shouldn't compare Fire Country to other procedurals…MORE: 7 best shows to watch on Apple TV+ right now MORE: Firefly Lane's dramatic season one cliffhanger ending explainedWhen it came to me, I saw that the subject matter was so ripe to dive into and it was a show that we hadn't seen before, and it had such a pedigree attached to it, I saw no reason not to do it.

Michaela Zee editor Joan Hotchkis, veteran stage and screen actor known for ABC’s “The Odd Couple” and “Legacy,” died Sept. 27 of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles, according to her daughter Paula Chambers. She was 95. Hotchkis starred opposite William Windom in the NBC sitcom “My World and Welcome to It,” and played the on-again/off-again girlfriend of Jack Klugman’s Oscar Madison in “The Odd Couple.” As a playwright, she wrote 1974’s “Legacy,” a one-woman play about an upper-class housewife who deteriorates mentally. The following year, she wrote and starred in the film adaptation of “Legacy,” which won the best newcomer award at the Tehran International Film Festival.

Caroline Framke Chief TV Critic It was only a matter of time before broadcast TV — where police procedurals reign supreme — took a harder pivot into exploring the lives of firefighters. With audiences either craving more cop content or deeply skeptical of its lionization, it makes sense that networks might be more into the idea of spotlighting firefighters, who tend to point hoses at the danger they face rather than guns. Now joining the likes of ABC’s “Station 19” and NBC’s “Chicago Fire” is CBS’ “Fire Country.” Executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and with the explosive stunts and set pieces to match, the new drama takes place in Northern California’s increasingly endangered woodlands, where a single spark can become a catastrophic nightmare within minutes. Promotion for the show has made sure to highlight the fact that it came from a pitch by star Max Thieriot (“SEAL Team”), as based on “his experiences growing up in Northern California.” But “Fire Country” isn’t just about firefighters battling brushfires. It’s also about incarcerated people trading months of their sentence for dirt cheap, backbreaking labor — an experience that, as far as I can tell, is not one Thierot or his firefighter friends have ever had.

Joan Hotchkis, a veteran actor, writer, screenwriter and playwright, known for The Odd Couple and Legacy, died on September 27 in Los Angeles. She was 95. Her daughter Paula Chambers said Hotchkis death was due to congestive heart failure.

first approved in August, aims to reduce racial biases in the Californian criminal justice system.

Chinonye Chukwu was certain of two things setting out to tell the story of a loving and lovely 14-year-old boy lynched in 1955 Mississippi for whistling at a white woman. First, the story had to be told from the perspective of Mamie, the mother of Emmett Till. “We had to follow closely her emotional journey. For without Mamie, the world, we, would not have known who Emmett Till was.”

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