It feels like 9-1-1 Season 8 ended yesterday and approximately five years ago. We’re genuinely still recovering. Was Bobby Nash’s death a fever dream? We keep hoping! But with Season 8 episodes re-airing on ABC, we’re reminded that the emotional roller coaster that began with Bee-nado and ended with Baby Bobby Nash did, in fact, happen. So what comes next?
Season 8’s finale, “Seismic Shifts,” saw the 118 coming together after the tragic loss of their beloved patriarch (Peter Krause). The finale made an effort to repair major cracks in the show’s foundation, and rather than ending on a cliffhanger, it concluded with a time jump, a hopeful montage, and some much-needed closure.
So is that the end of 9-1-1‘s story? Or are Athena (Angela Bassett), Chimney (Kenneth Choi), Buck (Oliver Stark), Eddie (Ryan Guzman), Hen (Aisha Hinds), Ravi (Anirudh Pisharody), Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt), and the rest of 9-1-1‘s core characters returning to screens again soon?
Wondering if 9-1-1 is on tonight, June 12? Curious how many episodes are in 9-1-1 Season 8? When 9-1-1 returns with new episodes on ABC? And if ABC renewed 9-1-1 for a Season 9? We’ve got you covered.
Here’s everything to know about the future of 9-1-1, including 9-1-1‘s Season 9 premiere date, streaming info, and more.
If you turn on ABC tonight, Thursday, June 12, 2025, hoping to watch a new episode of 9-1-1 you’re out of luck. But ABC will be re-airing three Season 8 episodes if you’re in the mood for a rewatch. Here are the titles, synopses, and times of this week’s 9-1-1 re-reuns on ABC.
9-1-1 Season 8 consisted of 18 episodes, so as noted above, Season 8, Episode 18, “Seismic Shifts,” which aired on Thursday, May 15, was the finale.
Curious if 9-1-1 Season 9 is on the horizon? On April 3, 2025, Deadline reported that ABC renewed the series for ninth season, which came as no surprise, considering the series performs well on both linear and digital platforms like Hulu and Disney+.
On April 29, 2025, following an especially emotional Season 8 episode, ABC reported that after seven days of viewing, 9-1-1 scored 8.45 million total viewers, reaching a five-month multi-platform high in the Adults 18-49 demographic. And on Season 8 finale day, Deadline reported that Bobby’s funeral episode, “The Last Alarm,” drew “9.18 million total viewers and a 1.75 rating among Adults 18-49 in Live+7 multi-platform viewing,” which marked a six-month record high. Overall, the series ranked fourth on ABC for the 2024/2025 broadcast season. So it’s clear why the network would want more! So when is 9-1-1‘s return date?
While an official 9-1-1 Season 9 premiere date has yet to be revealed, ABC recently announced its fall 2025 primetime TV schedule, confirming that 9-1-1 will continue to air on Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. ET, followed by episodes of Ryan Murphy’s highly-anticipated new spinoff series, 9-1-1: Nashville. Decider will be sure to update fans as new 9-1-1 Season 9 (and 9-1-1: Nashville) updates and premiere date info are revealed. Until then, here’s what else you need to know.
If you’re looking for a full 9-1-1 Season 8 finale rundown, Decider’s got you covered. But for the purposes of Season 9 predictions, here’s what to keep in mind. Despite fan pleas for Minear to rewrite Bobby’s death and bring Peter Krause back to the show, the 118 captain appeared to be gone for good at the end of the eighth season. (Be sure to read Part 1 of our Season 8 post-mortem interview with Anirudh Pisharody for more on Bobby’s death.)
In the episode’s final minutes, a montage showed Athena putting her and Bobby’s dream home on the market as a way to help her move forward. Eddie and Chris moved back home. Buck searched for a new apartment. Hen and Karen finally adopted Mara. And everyone gathered at the hospital to welcome Maddie and Chimney’s baby boy: Robert Nash Han. The season officially ended with Athena cradling the baby, saying, “Hello, Bobby,” so Season 9 will likely continue to follow characters as they heal from their major loss. That said, Season 9 will also show everyone moving forward with new relationships, milestones, personal and professional challenges, and of course EMERGENCIES!
In an interview with UsWeekly, Ryan Guzman said, “You can’t just have the characters be all happy. That’s not gonna be a good show. So we gotta figure something out with Eddie. But I think the next relationship should be something life-changing that it just throws him off for a loop… He’s ready for the next thing to happen. So whenever that does happen, yeah. I think it should happen next season or so.”
9-1-1‘s Oliver Stark also looked ahead and shared Season 9 relationship hopes for his character Buck, telling Swoon, “I want Buck to make his romantic decisions from a much more well-considered place, not because he’s feeling upset about something else or whatever it is. I want him to be in control of the decisions he makes more than anything.”
In an interview with Decider, Pisharody also shared what he hopes to see for his character in Season 9, including a deeper dive into Ravi’s backstory and personal life outside the firehouse. (Read our full interview with the 9-1-1 star to learn what else is on his Season 9 wishlist.)
Want to rewatch 9-1-1 Season 8 episodes on ABC? If you have a cable subscription that includes ABC, you can watch 9-1-1 live by setting your TV to the proper channel at 8:00 p.m. ET. You can also use your cable username and password to watch live ABC episodes live on ABC.com or with the ABC app. And if your cable package includes a DVR, you can always record live episodes for later viewing.
No cable? No worries! There are several other live viewing options, such as live TV skinny bundles, which give you access to networks without cable. YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, and fuboTV, all come with ABC. And if you don’t have cable or a live TV skinny bundle, you can always stream episodes of 9-1-1 on Hulu.
Want to have your own 9-1-1 rewatch on Hulu? Here’s how to stream:
If you’re new to Hulu, you can get started with a 30-day free trial on the streamer’s basic (with ads) plan. After the trial period, you’ll pay $9.99/month. If you want to upgrade to Hulu ad-free, it costs $18.99/month.
If you want to stream even more and save a few bucks a month while you’re at it, we recommend subscribing to one of the Disney+ Bundles, all of which include Hulu. These bundles start at $10.99/month for ad-supported Disney+ and Hulu and goes up to $29.99/month for Disney+, Hulu, and Max, all ad-free.
9-1-1 Seasons 1 through 8 are now streaming on Hulu.