Hearth Nation has already discovered a brand new showrunner — however who’s changing Tia Napolitano and what have they labored on?
Information broke on Thursday, March 5, that Eric Guggenheim might be taking on for Napolitano. In accordance with Deadline, Guggenheim is coming onboard after beforehand serving as showrunner of Magnum P.I and coshowrunner of Hawaii 5-0.
Guggenheim joined Hearth Nation two weeks after CBS introduced Napolitano wouldn’t be returning after season 4.
“Tia has been instrumental in serving to each construct and steer Hearth Nation, which not solely grew to become a prime collection, however can be the muse of a rising universe,” CBS Leisure President Amy Reisenbach and CBS Studios President David Stapf mentioned in a joint assertion to TVLine on Friday, January 16. “We’re grateful for all her contributions and tireless work, and sit up for collaborating along with her on future tasks.”
Hearth Nation has skilled solid — and showrunner — departures amid funds cuts, so which solid members are and aren’t returning for season 5? The CBS collection, which premiered in 2022, launched Us to the city of Edgewater after inmate Bode (Max Thieriot) returned dwelling and started volunteering for the California Conservation Camp Program. By (…)
Napolitano launched her personal assertionwhich learn, “I’m past happy with the previous 4 seasons of Hearth Nation. All of my gratitude to our solid, crew, writers, producers, followers, and naturally CBS and CBS Studios. It’s been a lovely journey!”
Earlier than her exit, Napolitano had been with the present because it premiered on CBS in 2022. She beforehand spoke solely to Us Weekly about what awaited the remainder of the fourth season.
“(It’s best to) be frightened. We’ve received Bode and Tyler in a fireplace shelter in the midst of a blaze. These issues are constructed for one, there’s two lives in there,” she shared in December 2025. “And we’ve received Jake and his brother over the facet of a cliff. You see what number of instances that automobile goes again and again. We see heads hit arduous surfaces.”
Hearth Nation has confronted quite a few stunning solid — and crew — modifications through the years. The CBS collection, which premiered in 2022, launched Us to the city of Edgewater after inmate Bode (Max Thieriot) returned dwelling and started volunteering for the California Conservation Camp Program. By season 2, a backdoor pilot arrange the world (…)
Napolitano teased that “these should not simple issues to come back again” from, including, “We’ll watch our folks struggle to get out of there.” She additionally revealed there was a “big twist” coming within the midseason premiere, which airs on February 27.
“It’s going to vary all the things that vastly impacts Bode. He’s going to actually struggle to proceed to be on his path to progress and development that we like to see him on. He has made these good selections — although he nonetheless struggles — and profitable these struggles and actually changing into somebody who can proceed to be somebody Tyler needs to develop as much as be,” she mentioned. “Bode is a task mannequin. Look how far now we have come.”
She continued: “Eve goes to seek out her method with these new guys at Three Roc. Sharon is studying much more so find out how to stand on her personal. Ruby — her mom — comes again. There’s a whole lot of surprises, twists and turns, and drive popping out of that twist that comes on the finish of the midseason premiere.”
Hearth Nation airs on CBS Fridays at 9 p.m. ET. New episodes might be streaming the subsequent day on Paramount+.