9-1-1 (TV series)

9-1-1
9-1-1 Intertitle
Genre
Created by
Starring
Narrated by Connie Britton (season 1)
Jennifer Love Hewitt (season 2)
Composer(s)
  • Mac Quayle
  • Todd Haberman
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 14 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Lou Eyrich
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash
  • Adam Penn
  • Erica L. Anderson
  • Matthew Hodgson
  • Robert M. Williams Jr.
  • Jeff Dickerson
Production location(s) Los Angeles, California
Editor(s) Tom Costantino
Running time 45 minutes
Production company(s)
Distributor 20th Television
Release
Original network Fox
Original release January 3, 2018 (2018-01-03) – present (present)
External links
Website

9-1-1 is an American procedural drama television series created by Ryan Murphy[2], Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear which follows the lives of Los Angeles first responders: cops, paramedics, firefighters and dispatchers. The series premiered on January 3, 2018, on Fox, during the 2017–18 television season.[3][1] The series is produced by 20th Century Fox Television, with Murphy, Falchuk, Minear and Bradley Buecker as executive producers. Minear also serves as showrunner and Buecker directed the premiere episode.[4] On January 16, 2018, Fox renewed the series for a sixteen-episode second season.[5] The second season premiered with a special episode on Sunday, September 23, 2018 at 8 p.m. EDT. The second episode aired in the show's regular 9 p.m. EDT timeslot on Monday, September 24, 2018.[6]

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Guest stars

Season 1

  • John Marshall Jones as Dave Morrisey
  • Doug Savant as Matthew Clark, Abby's brother
  • Genneya Walton as Laila Creedy
  • Abby Brammell as Eva, Hen's ex-wife
  • Todd Williams as Aaron Brooks, Athena's former boyfriend
  • Heather Mazur as Beth Clark, Abby's sister-in-law
  • Laura Allen as Marcy Nash, Bobby's late wife
  • Noelle E Parker as Brook Nash, Bobby's late daughter
  • London Cheshire as Robert Nash Jr., Bobby's late son
  • Alex Loynaz as Terry
  • Brielle Barbusca as Cooper
  • Josephine Lawrence as Georgina

Season 2

  • Bryan Safi as Josh Russo
  • Eric Nenninger as Brian
  • Ali Hillis as Jen
  • Tiffany Dupont as Ali
  • TJ Linnard as Russ
  • Romi Dias as Chief Miranda Williams
  • Chiquita Fuller as Linda
  • Gavin McHugh as Christopher Diaz, Eddie's son

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedNielsen ratings
First airedLast airedRankViewers
(millions)
110January 3, 2018 (2018-01-03)March 21, 2018 (2018-03-21)2110.74[14]
216[5]September 23, 2018 (2018-09-23)TBATBATBA

Season 1 (2018)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
11"Pilot"Bradley BueckerRyan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Tim MinearJanuary 3, 2018 (2018-01-03)1LAY016.83[15]
Los Angeles emergency dispatchers and first responders must balance the pressures of their respective jobs with their personal lives: from 9-1-1 operator Abby Clark's mother having dementia to police sergeant Athena Grant's husband deciding to reveal to his children that he's actually gay.
22"Let Go"Gwyneth Horder-PaytonRyan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Tim MinearJanuary 10, 2018 (2018-01-10)1LAY025.55[16]
A roller coaster accident leaves Buck in a traumatic situation. Athena and Hen respond to a devil dog attack, which Athena later discovers is a home invasion. Abby makes an on-the-phone connection with Buck. Athena arrives home and finds that her daughter has overdosed.
33"Next of Kin"Barbara BrownJohn J. GrayJanuary 17, 2018 (2018-01-17)1LAY036.21[17]
The team is tested when Chimney is critically injured in a car accident after a discussion with Nash. Athena deals with the consequences of her daughter's suicide attempt.
44"Worst Day Ever"Bradley BueckerZachary ReiterJanuary 24, 2018 (2018-01-24)1LAY046.57[18]
A plane crash in Los Angeles calls out the entire team. Athena takes drastic actions for the protection of her daughter and in doing so is confined to desk duty. Bobby relapses into his alcoholism. Abby deals with a serious crisis with her mother.
55"Point of Origin"Gwyneth Horder-PaytonErica L. AndersonJanuary 31, 2018 (2018-01-31)1LAY056.21[19]
A building collapses during a big Hindu wedding. Henrietta's convict ex-girlfriend, Eve, asks for her help getting parole, which upsets her wife. Abby tries to find her wayward mother with Buck's help, finally finding her thanks to some unlikely help. Bobby tells his confessor how he accidentally killed his family five years before, when, under the effects of oxycodone and alcohol, he forgot to turn off a space heater, which burned his building down.
66"Heartbreaker"Bradley BueckerMatthew HodgsonFebruary 7, 2018 (2018-02-07)1LAY066.64[20]
A surprise marriage proposal on a Cessna goes awry. Buck invites Abby to Chimney's welcome back firehouse party. On Valentine's Day, Bobby and Chimney pull holiday duty so Buck can go on his first date with Abby. But the date goes awry when he chokes on some bread and she has to ask for help doing an emergency tracheotomy. After she races to deliver an organ for a transplant, Athena has to deal with an unhinged woman who has killed her double cheating boyfriend after a disastrous date.
77"Full Moon (Creepy AF)"Maggie KileyAdam PennFebruary 28, 2018 (2018-02-28)1LAY075.95[21]
A full moon looms over Los Angeles which has everyone on high alert. Hen gets closer with her ex-wife, while Abby helps solve a mystery after a 911 call turns deadly.
88"Karma's a Bitch"Barbara BrownKristen ReidelMarch 7, 2018 (2018-03-07)1LAY086.05[22]
The firefighting team is dealt with several calls that leads to backfiring results. Meanwhile, Bobby donates blood to a blood drive, only to find out that he has superior blood that could save lives. Grant moves forward with her divorce following a heart-to-heart with her children. Abby and Buck take their relationship to the next level.
99"Trapped"Gwyneth Horder-PaytonStory by: Adam Glass
Teleplay by: Aristotle Kousakis
March 14, 2018 (2018-03-14)1LAY096.55[23]
The team gets calls from a homeless man stuck in a garbage truck after falling asleep in a dumpster and a mother and a son trapped inside a flooding elevator. Meanwhile, Buck begins to have doubts with his relationship with Abby, and Henrietta continues to deal with a custody battle with her ex-wife. Also, Grant gets into a situation while on a date.
1010"A Whole New You"Bradley BueckerRyan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Tim MinearMarch 21, 2018 (2018-03-21)1LAY106.63[24]
The team is dealt with a call of a "death" at a psychic parlor. The victim later awakens at the morgue and reveals that he is suffering from a disease in which he is paralyzed awake. At another call, a scene at a motorcycle accident in which the victim's body is severed in two. Meanwhile, following her mother's death, Abby makes a decision to leave Los Angeles and travel to Ireland to fulfill her mother’s goals. Hen reaches out to her wife to try to make amends, Bobby and Athena go on a first date. Also, Buck’s identity gets stolen through a series of social media accounts.

Season 2 (2018)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
111"Under Pressure"Gwyneth Horder-PaytonTim Minear & Brad FalchukSeptember 23, 2018 (2018-09-23)2LAY019.83[25]
On one of the hottest days of the year, the first responders feel the pressure as harrowing incidents keep happening around the city, including a road rage accident involving a van full of tourists, an emergency at an auto-repair shop, a veteran with a live grenade embedded in his leg and a YouTube prank gone wrong. Meanwhile, Buck gets a surprise visit from his sister, Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) who is hiding from her abusive husband. Also, Athena questions her relationship with Bobby. Then, at the fire station, a handsome new firefighter, Eddie (Ryan Guzman), jeopardizes Buck's chances of being chosen for a fireman calendar. At the end of the episode, Los Angeles is hit by a large earthquake.
122"7.1"Bradley BueckerZachary ReiterSeptember 24, 2018 (2018-09-24)2LAY026.60[26]
After a 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocks Los Angeles, the first responders put their lives on the line and must make some of the hardest decisions of their professional careers when they rush to rescue victims from a crumbling high-rise hotel both under the rubble and high above the ground. Meanwhile, Athena must deal with wreckage from a collapsed freeway overpass and Maddie is thrown into the fire as she faces her first crisis as a 911 dispatcher.
133"Help Is Not Coming"Bradley BueckerZachary Reiter & Tim MinearOctober 1, 2018 (2018-10-01)2LAY056.09[27]
The first responders continue to deal with the fallout of a massive earthquake and its deadly aftershocks. Meanwhile, Athena tries to keep the peace and Bobby and his team must help rescue one of their own while also continuing to rescue victims from a collapsing high-rise hotel, both under the rubble and high above the ground. Also, Maddie's first day on the job involves helping a pregnant couple deliver their baby safely.
144"Stuck"Sarah BoydJohn J. GrayOctober 8, 2018 (2018-10-08)2LAY045.92[28]
The first responders are dealt with a security guard stuck in between two buildings for several hours. A man gets trapped in a mall escalator. Meanwhile, Athena contemplates a lieutenant promotion, Eddie turns to Buck for help when it comes to his son with cerebral palsy. Also, Chimney goes for a check up following his accident and Maddie reveals to Buck that she decided to move out.
155"Awful People"[29]TBATBAOctober 15, 2018 (2018-10-15)2LAY03TBD
166"Dosed"[30]TBATBAOctober 22, 2018 (2018-10-22)2LAY06TBD
177"Haunted"[31]TBATBAOctober 29, 2018 (2018-10-29)2LAY07TBD

Production

Casting

In October 2017, Angela Bassett, Connie Britton, and Peter Krause joined the main cast.[4] Later that month, it was announced that Oliver Stark, Aisha Hinds, Kenneth Choi, and Rockmond Dunbar had been cast in regular roles.[32]

On May 14, 2018, it was announced that Jennifer Love Hewitt would join the main cast in season 2 as Maddie Buckley, Buck's sister and a 911 operator.[8] On May 23, 2018, Fox announced that Ryan Guzman would be joining the second season of the series as a new firefighter.[9] On June 4, 2018, it was announced that Corinne Massiah and Marcanthonnee Jon Reis, who play May and Harry Grant, had been promoted, from their recurring roles in season 1, to series regulars for season 2.[11]

Reception

Ratings

SeasonTimeslot (ET) Episodes First aired Last airedTV seasonRankAvg. viewers
(millions)
Date Viewers
(millions)
Date Viewers
(millions)
1Wednesday 9:00 pm 10 January 3, 2018 (2018-01-03) 6.83[15] March 21, 2018 (2018-03-21) 6.63[24]2017–182110.74[14]
2Monday 9:00 pm[lower-alpha 1] 16 September 23, 2018 (2018-09-23) 9.83[25] TBA TBD2018–19TBDTBD

Season 1 (2018)

No. Title Air dateRating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Pilot" January 3, 20181.8/66.83[15]1.23.873.010.69[33]
2 "Let Go" January 10, 20181.5/65.55[16]1.54.443.09.99[34]
3 "Next of Kin" January 17, 20181.8/66.21[17]1.24.003.010.21[35]
4 "Worst Day Ever" January 24, 20181.6/66.57[18]1.54.703.111.27[36]
5 "Point of Origin" January 31, 20181.6/66.21[19]1.54.373.110.58[37]
6 "Heartbreaker" February 7, 20181.7/66.64[20]1.54.763.211.40[38]
7 "Full Moon (Creepy AF)" February 28, 20181.5/65.95[21]1.54.673.010.62[39]
8 "Karma's A Bitch" March 7, 20181.6/66.05[22]1.44.603.010.65[40]
9 "Trapped" March 14, 20181.6/76.55[23]1.44.423.010.86[41]
10 "A Whole New You" March 21, 20181.7/76.63[24]1.44.543.111.17[42]

Season 2 (2018)

No. Title Air dateRating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Under Pressure" September 23, 20182.6/109.83[25]1.03.513.613.34[43]
2 "7.1" September 24, 20181.6/66.60[26]1.24.202.810.81[44]
3 "Help Is Not Coming" October 1, 20181.5/66.09[27]TBDTBDTBDTBD
4 "Stuck" October 8, 20181.4/65.92[28]TBDTBDTBDTBD
5 "Awful People" October 15, 2018TBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD

Critical response

The review aggregator web site Rotten Tomatoes reported a 70% approval rating for the first season, based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 5.72/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "9-1-1 occasionally veers into melodrama, but is redeemed with a top-tier cast, adrenaline-pumping action, and a dash of trashy camp that pushes the show into addictive guilty pleasure territory."[45] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 60 out of 100 based on 21 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[46]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season has an approval rating of 100%, based on 5 reviews, with an average rating of 6.25/10.[47]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref.
2018 BET Awards Best Actress Angela Bassett Nominated
Teen Choice Awards Choice Breakout TV Show 9-1-1 Nominated [48]
Choice Breakout TV Star Oliver Stark
People's Choice Awards Show of the Year 9-1-1 Pending
Best Drama Show of 2018

Notes

  1. The premiere episode aired outside of its regular day and time at Sunday 8:00 pm.

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