9-1-1 Season 8 took viewers and characters alike on an emotional roller coaster.
Season 8, Episode 18, “Seismic Shifts,” saw the 118 rescuing residents from a high-rise apartment building collapse and coming together after the tragic loss of their beloved patriarch Bobby Nash (Peter Krause).
Those who watched the eventful season know the episode made an effort to repair major cracks in the show’s foundation, and rather than ending on a cliffhanger, it ended with a time jump, a hopeful montage, and some much-needed closure. But is that the end of 9-1-1‘s story? Or are Athena (Angela Bassett), Chimney (Kenneth Choi), Hen (Aisha Hinds), Buck (Oliver Stark), Eddie (Ryan Guzman), and the rest of the core characters returning to screens again soon?
Is 9-1-1 on tonight, May 22? 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?
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.
Technically, yes! 9-1-1 is on tonight, Thursday, May 22, 2025. But there’s no new episode premiering. Instead, ABC will be re-airing the first three episodes of 9-1-1 Season 8 from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. ET. For those who need a refresher, here are the episode titles, loglines, and 5/22 premieres times:
9-1-1 Season 8 consisted of 18 episodes, which means Season 8, Episode 18, “Seismic Shifts,” which aired on Thursday, May 15, was the Season 8 finale. So the question now is…
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 upon return.
This fall, new episodes of 9-1-1 will air Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. ET, following 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 you need 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, Athena put her and Bobby’s dream home on the market as a way to help her move forward. Eddie and Chris moved back home and Buck embarked on the search 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,” and the heartwarming gesture is designed to carry on Bobby’s legacy and assure viewers he won’t be forgotten.
Season 9 will continue to follow characters as they heal from their massive loss, but it will also show them moving forward with new relationships, life 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. Maybe that. I don’t know if I wanna lose any more cast members.” When specifically asked about Season 9 relationship aspirations for Eddie, Guzman added, “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.”
While we await more 9-1-1 Season 9 updates, be sure to catch up on Decider’s 9-1-1 coverage here.
9-1-1 Seasons 1 through 8 are now streaming on Hulu.