Deadline reports that ABC has decided to renew 9-1-1 for an eighth season. For the 2024–25 season, the network has renewed 9-1-1, making it the show’s eighth overall and its second on ABC. Across all platforms, the seventh season drama is ABC’s most-watched current series.
The seventh season premiere of 9-1-1 debuted in March and became the show’s highest-rated multiplatform telecast among adults aged 18-49 for nearly two years, with a cumulative audience of 11.76 million viewers in the first seven days. It honored The Poseidon Adventure, a disaster thriller.
Produced by 20th Television, a division of Disney Television Studios, in collaboration with Ryan Murphy Television and Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, 9-1-1 was created by Tim Minear (American Horror Story, Firefly), Ryan Murphy (Mr.Harrigan’s Phone, American Crime Story), and Brad Falchuk (Glee, Pose). Lyndsey Beaulieu (The Catch, Treme), Brad Buecker (Scream Queens, The Last Full Measure), Kristen Reidel (12 Monkeys, Nikita), Juan Carlos Coto (Invasion, Drive), Angela Bassett (Strange Days, Black Panther), Peter Krause (Six Feet Under, Sports Night), and John J. Gray (Dollhouse, Feud) are executive producers.
Following six seasons on Fox, where it consistently ranked among the highest-rated programs, 9-1-1 moved to ABC, according to Deadline. With Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19, two shows that perform well for the Disney-owned network, it now fits in well with ABC’s Thursday lineup. The series will release its 100th episode this coming week.
Deadline reports that Murphy sold Dr. Odyssey with Joshua Jackson (Little Fires Everywhere, Dr.Death) and that he currently has two series on ABC. The title suggests that Dr. Odyssey is a medical procedure that happens on a cruise ship.
With its fifth season scheduled to premiere in 2024–2025, Fox’s spinoff 9-1-1: Lone Star will continue to carry elements of the 9-1-1 franchise. In addition to the Emmy-winning comedy Abbott Elementary, 9-1-1 is the second ABC scripted series to be renewed for 2024–2025, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Hollywood Reporter reports that after three episodes of a seventh season that was shortened due to a strike, 9-1-1 is averaging 5.29 million same-day viewers compared to 4.7 million in the previous season. Additionally, the season premiere on March 14th saw a more than twofold increase in viewers after a week of streaming and other delayed viewing, from 4.93 million to 11.76 million.