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“9-1-1: Nashville” premieres Thursday, Oct. 9, on ABC. Chris O’Donnell (“NCIS: Los Angeles”) stars as fire captain Don Hart. Chris O’Donnell stars in “9-1-1: Nashville”
Cover Story Ring of fire: Music City heats up in ‘9-1-1: Nashville’ premiere By Sarah Passingham Three chords and the truth can’t heal every wound. A new spinoff series follows Music City’s emergencies from dispatch to the scene, as “9-1-1: Nashville” premieres Thursday, Oct. 9, on ABC. The procedural sees Tennessee first responders attend to urgent crises that could only happen in a place like Nashville. Per ABC, “9-1-1: Nashville” is “a high-octane procedural about heroic first responders, as well as their family saga of power and glamour set in one of America’s most diverse and dynamic cities.” It seems that the fire house is the center of the glamour and family drama in the upcoming series. Full of multi-talented firefighters and a common last name, there is sure to be lively action between some big personalities in their down time. The upcoming series cast some real Nashville stars,
with Grammy-winning country artist LeAnn Rimes (“It’s Christmas, Eve,” 2018) in a main role. Rimes is Dixie Bennings, a mother of one of the series’ firefighters. Kimberly Williams-Paisley (“Nashville”) stars as Cammie Raleigh, the dispatch call center operator. Williams-Paisley calls Nashville home, where she lives with her husband, “Whiskey Lullaby” singer Brad Paisley and their sons. Filling out the main cast are Chris O’Donnell (“NCIS: Los Angeles”) as fire captain and rodeo rider Don Hart; Jessica Capshaw (“Grey’s Anatomy”) as Blythe Hart, Don’s wife; Hailey Kilgore (“Power Book III: Raising Kanan”) as firefighter and singer Taylor Thompson; Michael Provost (“The Holdovers,” 2023) as firefighter and cowboy Ryan Hart; Juani Feliz (“Harlem”) as firefighter and former surgeon Roxie Alba; and newcomer Hunter
McVey as bad-boy firefighter Blue Bennings, Dixie’s son. Recurring cast members include Gregory Alan Williams (“The Righteous Gemstones”) as Harold Foster, MacKenzie Porter (“The Runarounds”) as Samantha Hart and Tim Matheson (“Virgin River”) as Edward. The frequent collaborators behind long-running hits such as anthology series “American Horror Story,” Ryan Murphy and Tim Minear teamed up with “9-1-1: Lone Star” writer and producer Raisani to co-create the new spinoff series. Brad Falchuk (“American Crime Story”) executive produces the series alongside the creators, “9-1-1” star Angela Bassett, O’Donnell and Bradley Buecker (“Scream Queens”). The third installment in the “9-1-1” franchise, “91-1: Nashville” has arrived just as “9-1-1: Lone Star” completed its five-season
run on Fox. Set in the same universe, “Doctor Odyssey” was cancelled this summer at ABC after just one season, despite a passionate fan base. It has been an eventful year for the franchise with some unexpected shakeups that really got viewers talking. “9-1-1” fans will know that a major character death last season shocked viewers who thought if anyone was safe, it was fire captain Bobby Nash (Peter Krause, “Parenthood”) who was exposed and succumbed to a lethal virus. With “9-1-1: Nashville” premiering immediately after the originating series’ ninth season return, it begs the question of crossover possibilities. Entertainment Weekly posed that question to Minear during an interview about the landscape of the franchise, with the creator giving a cheeky non-answer of, “I think the network would love that.”