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9 1 1 Spinoff In the Works at ABC Everything We Know So Far — Oliver Stark and Ryan Guzman. Disney/Chris Willard

ABC’s highly anticipated spinoff of 9-1-1 is in the works — but what is there to know about the show so far?

9-1-1 initially premiered on Fox in 2018 and introduced viewers to the professional and personal lives of Los Angeles first responders. The show, which starred Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Oliver Stark, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ryan Guzman and Kenneth Choi, remained on the network until 2023.

After Fox canceled 9-1-1, ABC swooped in and renewed the show for a seventh season. 9-1-1 has continued to find success on ABC, but its first spinoff, 9-1-1: Lone Star, hasn’t had the same luck.

9-1-1: Lone Star followed a New York firefighter (played by Rob Lowe) who relocated to Texas while trying to balance his job with issues in his own life. Ronen Rubinstein, Sierra McClain, Jim Parrack, Natacha Karam, Brian Michael Smith, Rafael L. Silva, Julian Works and Gina Torres made up the rest of the cast.

By 2023, 9-1-1: Lone Star was renewed for its fifth and final season after remaining on Fox. The franchise, however, has continued to grow with cocreators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear hinting at another location setting the scene for a new spinoff.

Keep scrolling for everything to know about the upcoming 9-1-1 spinoff:

Where Is the ‘9-1-1’ Spinoff Set?

The series is currently in development, which means most details haven’t been released. Some of the potential locations being floated around for the third iteration include Las Vegas or Hawaii, as reported by Deadline.

What Is the Vision for the New Series?

In October 2024, Murphy teased the “fun” spinoff while speaking to Variety, saying, “Tim Minear and I are working on a new spinoff that we’re actually writing, and that we hope to get on the air next fall. Sadly, we all love Lone Star, but the financials just didn’t work. It’s a Disney company that was on a Fox network, and it just was never going to work. And we had a long run of it.”

He continued: “So now we’re going to launch a new show in a new city that I can’t name, but it’s fun. And 9-1-1 moved to ABC and suddenly became, I think, the biggest show on Thursday night. They obviously have an appetite for that, so we’re going to give them another one that I really love.”