{
  "id": 15806823,
  "title": "Casting News: Station 19 Star Joins Fire Country, The Night Agent Spies His Next TV Role, And More",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/casting-news-station-19-star-joins-fire-country-the-night-agent-spies",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-20T22:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TVLine",
    "slug": "tvline",
    "url": "https://www.tvline.com/2292406/fire-country-cast-jay-hayden-the-night-agent-new-show/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former \"Station 19\" star Jay Hayden is set to reprise his role as a firefighter in the CBS series \"Fire Country\" later this month. According to TV Insider, Hayden will play Mason, a former professional baseball player from Edgewater, a town with powerful families. Mason returns to his hometown with the goal of converting his family's old paper mill into a new business, but his true intentions remain unclear - they could either benefit or harm the town. Mason's old high school buddies, Bode (Max Thieriot) and Jake (Jordan Calloway), played baseball with him in the past. Hayden's first episode of \"Fire Country\" will air on Friday, October 30, at 9/8c on CBS. Before \"Station 19\", Hayden had recurring roles in CBS's \"FBI: International\" and appeared in shows like \"Crazy Ex-Girlfriend\", \"SEAL Team\", \"One Day at a Time\", \"Criminal Minds\", and more.",
  "summary": "Station 19 alum Jay Hayden is reentering familiar territory with a recurring role on CBS' Fire Country, plus more big casting news.",
  "key_points": [
    "Jay Hayden reprises firefighter role in Fire Country",
    "Mason is former baseball player from Edgewater town",
    "Hayden's first episode airs October 30 on CBS"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "‘The Night Agent’ Star Gabriel Basso Joins Apple TV’s ‘Guilty Creatures’ Series",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/the-night-agent-star-gabriel-basso-joins-apple-tvs-guilty-creatures",
        "published": "2026-10-20T20:30:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}