Fireplace Nation isn’t the one CBS present at the moment going via a shocking showrunner change.
Information broke in January 2026 that showrunner Tia Napolitano was leaving after a number of onscreen departures.
“Tia has been instrumental in serving to each construct and steer Fireplace Nation, which not solely grew to become a prime sequence, however can also be the muse of a rising universe,” CBS Leisure President Amy Reisenbach and CBS Studios President David Stapf stated in a joint assertion. “We’re grateful for all her contributions and tireless work, and stay up for collaborating along with her on future tasks.”
Napolitano was with the present since its 2022 premiere on CBS. Earlier than her exit, Napolitano spoke solely to Us Weekly about what followers may anticipate from the rest of the fourth season.
“(You must) be frightened. We’ve bought Bode and Tyler in a hearth shelter in the course of a blaze. These issues are constructed for one, there’s two lives in there,” Napolitano shared in December 2025. “And we’ve bought Jake and his brother over the facet of a cliff. You see what number of occasions that car goes time and again. We see heads hit onerous surfaces.”
Napolitano teased that “these usually are not simple issues to come back again” from, including, “We’ll watch our individuals combat to get out of there.” She additionally revealed there was a “big twist” coming within the midseason premiere.
The showrunner change got here after price range cuts led to Billy Burke and Stephanie Arcila‘s exits. Elsewhere on the community, NCIS‘ prequel sequence NCIS: Origins and FBI spinoff CIA additionally confronted some shakeups behind the scenes.
Preserve scrolling for a breakdown of the modifications:
‘Fireplace Nation’
Napolitano launched a press release in January 2026, which learn, “I’m past pleased with the previous 4 seasons of Fireplace Nation. All of my gratitude to our solid, crew, writers, producers, followers, and naturally CBS and CBS Studios. It’s been a stupendous trip!”
A number of shops together with Deadline reported {that a} substitute for Napolitano hasn’t been discovered but.
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‘NCIS: Origins’
Mariel Molino, Austin Stowell.
Erik Voake/CBSIt was confirmed in January 2026 that co-showrunner Miss Lucita Monreal is departing from the present on the finish of season 2. David J. North will stay and can function sole showrunner in her absence.
“Gina has been an vital beloved member of the ‘NCIS’ household for a few years,” CBS Leisure President Amy Reisenbach and CBS Studios President David Stapf stated in a joint assertion. “We’re extremely grateful to her for serving to launch and steer NCIS: Origins, and bringing these unimaginable characters and tales to life. We stay up for working along with her once more sooner or later on new tasks, and know the artistic basis she helped construct will proceed to thrive.”
Monreal launched her personal assertion concerning the shock exit. “It’s been the largest honor of my profession to put in writing NCIS: Origin’ alongside my unimaginable co-showrunner and good friend David North,” she wrote. “I need to thank Amy Reisenbach, David Stapf, and everybody at CBS Community and Studio for his or her help.”
She continued: “To have had this chance to work once more with the incomparable Mark Harmon, Sean Harmon, our writers, and the perfect solid and crew within the enterprise — how fortunate am I? I can’t wait to see what this extraordinary group cooks up for season 3.”
‘CIA’
In April 2025, CBS gave CIA a straight-to-series order starring Tom Ellis and Nick Gehlfuss. Initially deliberate for a fall 2025 premiere, CIA was pushed to midseason after Warren Leight changed FBI: Most Needed‘s David Hudgins as showrunner.
The modifications saved coming when Michael Michele, one of many sequence’ leads, left in November 2025. Days later, Eriq La Salle left the sequence as govt producer. He was hooked up to CIA since its conception and directed the pilot earlier than his exit.