It feels like just yesterday the 118 was battling bee-nado, Athena (Angela Bassett) was landing a plane on a Los Angeles freeway, and Bobby (Peter Krause) was very much ALIVE. But somehow, 18 episodes of 9-1-1 Season 8 have come and gone. So now fans are left to wonder what’s in store for the future of ABC’s hit first responder drama…
9-1-1 wrapped its most devastating season to date on Thursday, May 15 with Season 8, Episode 18, “Seismic Shifts.” Though showrunner Tim Minear didn’t bring Bobby back from the dead like so many fans hoped, he did tie up lots of Season 8 loose ends, reunite the core character, and show the 118 embark on a healing journey following their heartbreaking loss.
The Season 8 finale ended with a sense of closure, but did it also mark the end of 9-1-1‘s story? Or will there be a 9-1-1 Season 9?
Curious if ABC canceled or renewed the popular first responder procedural already? Wondering what 9-1-1 Season 9 could look like? How many episodes will be in 9-1-1 Season 9? Or when 9-1-1 Season 9 is set to premiere? We’ve got answers.
Here’s everything to know about the future of 9-1-1.
You bet! On April 3, 2025, Deadline reported that ABC renewed the series for Season 9, 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 even 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. 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. And overall, the series ranked fourth on ABC for the 2024/2025 broadcast season. So it’s clear why the network would want more!
While an official 9-1-1 Season 9 premiere date has yet to be announced, ABC recently announced its fall 2025 primetime TV schedule, revealing 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 this article 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.
Like 9-1-1 Season 8, the ninth season of the hit ABC drama will reportedly consist of 18 episodes. While we wait to learn more Season 9 details, let’s talk about what awaits when the series returns…
If you’re looking for a full 9-1-1 Season 8 finale recap, 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.
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 Season 8 coverage here.
9-1-1 Season 1 – 8 are now streaming on Hulu.