'9-1-1' Canceled at Fox But Gets New Home
In a shocking move, 9-1-1 has been canceled at Fox. However, in another big twist, the series had already landed a new home at ABC. Deadline reported the big news, revealing that 9-1-1 Season 7 will be the show's first season on its new network.
Fox issued a statement on the news, thanking the creative team, as well as the show's cast, for many years of "impactful" stories. "It has been an honor to be the founding network of 9-1-1 and we are grateful to Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear, together with Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Oliver Stark, Aisha Hinds, Kenneth Choi, Ryan Guzman and the rest of the cast and crew, and 20th Television for delivering such an impactful series to Fox," Fox said. "We wish them well after 9-1-1's final Fox season concludes."
ABC also spoke out, offering comments on the series moving to its network for the '23-'24 fall/spring TV season. "Thanks to the creative drive of Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear, as well as the talented cast, 9-1-1 has been one of the most defining and original dramas on network television over the last six seasons and we are honored to bring it to the esteemed group of series on ABC," said Craig Erwich, president, Disney Television Group. "It's a privilege to keep 9-1-1 in the family with 20th Television producing, and we look forward to telling more heart-racing and uplifting stories about these beloved characters on our air."
In a previous conversation with TVLine, executive producer Kristen Reidel teased where the show would pick up with certain storylines when it returned in March for the second half of Season 6. This included Buck (Oliver Stark) learning that the friends he served as a sperm donor for are pregnant with a child. "Some of the things that we'll explore in the back half with Buck is, what was it that made him say yes? What does he want his role to be? Because obviously every circumstance is different," Reidel told TV Insider.
"Some sperm donors never know their kids, their kids never know them. Others, they do," she continued. "There's gonna be a little bit of navigating that and Buck maybe asking some questions he probably should have asked before he said yes. But now he's faced with the reality of "there's going to be a child and I gotta figure this out." 9-1-1 currently airs new episodes Mondays on Fox.