‘9-1-1’ Spinoff In the Works at ABC as Ryan Murphy Explains Why ‘Lone Star’ Was Cut (EXCLUSIVE) With one “9-1-1” show coming to an end, another is on the horizon for Ryan Murphy.
“Tim Minear and I are working on a new spinoff show that we’re actually writing right now and we’re hoping to air next fall,” Murphy told Variety. “Sadly, we all love ‘Lone Star,’ but the financials just don’t work. It’s a Disney property that used to be on Fox and it was never going to work. And we’ve had a long run with that show. So now we’re launching a new show in a new city that I can’t name, but it’s exciting. And ‘9-1-1’ moved to ABC and suddenly became, I think, the biggest show on Thursday night. They obviously had interest in that show, so we’re going to give them another show that I really like.”
The concept and location of the new “9-1-1” spinoff have yet to be determined.
“9-1-1,” created by Murphy, Minear and Brad Falchuk, premiered on Fox in 2018. After Season 6, the series moved to ABC because it was produced by 20th Television, a division of Disney. “9-1-1 Lone Star,” for its part, premiered in 2020 on Fox, where it continues. The fifth season began on September 23, shortly after Fox announced it would be its final season, with 3 million viewers.
Adding streaming, it became Fox’s biggest scripted show in Live+3 since the final “Lone Star” season ended in 2023, not including post-NFL broadcasts. Meanwhile, “9-1-1,” along with Murphy’s “Doctor Odyssey,” have been in the top two spots on Hulu’s Top 15 for the past three days.
Rob Lowe, the showrunner of “9-1-1: Lone Star,” told Variety in August that he expected “Lone Star” to end, and that just made everyone work harder.
“We all went into it thinking this was going to be the last season, so that influenced everything we did,” he shared. “We really wanted to show people what was still possible in network television if people were interested. It felt like maybe this was the end of an era — but it wasn’t. This was the end of an era of a certain type of show that we had a chance to do, and I think they were great. We wanted to make our argument for the value of these shows, and I think we did a great job. The stories that we were able to tell every week in terms of scope and scale — that’s probably what I’m most proud of.” “9-1-1” airs Thursdays on ABC, while “9-1-1: Lone Star” airs Mondays on Fox.
