ABC has introduced the brand new fall premiere dates for 3 of its widespread dramas. Together with the long-running medical drama Gray’s Anatomy, the flagship 9-1-1 and its newest spinoff, 9-1-1: Nashville, have moved forward on the autumn schedule. The three ABC dramas have been bumped up by a couple of week, which is sooner than initially scheduled.
In keeping with the press launch from the community, the brand new season premieres have marked their new spots on the calendar and can now happen on Thursday, October 9. At first, the three exhibits have been scheduled to premiere on Thursday, October 16. The ABC sitcoms, Shifting Gears and Abbott Elementary, have been unaffected by the adjustments and can maintain onto their premieres initially of October.
The principal sequence, 9-1-1, returns for its ninth season and can kick off Thursday nights at 8pm, adopted by its latest iteration, 9-1-1: Nashville, at 9pm. Gray’s Anatomy returns for Season 22 and closes out the evening at 10pm. 9-1-1: Nashville may have 10 episodes for its debut season, whereas the others are anticipated to air 18 episodes.
What ABC’s Fall Lineup Shift Means For The 9-1-1 Franchise & Gray’s Anatomy
9-1-1 Continues To Be ABC’s Powerhouse
In October, 9-1-1 will likely be heading into its third season on ABC and its ninth season total. The sequence beforehand aired on Fox for about six seasons earlier than leaping networks, however since then, ABC has confirmed its determination to select up Fox’s castoff a wise one, as it has been a juggernaut for the community and the transfer up exhibits simply how a lot confidence it has within the present.
In the meantime, the transfer additionally exhibits how a lot religion ABC is placing into the brand new Nashville-based 9-1-1 spinoff. Led by veterans like Chris O’Donnell, LeAnn Rimes, Jessica Capshaw, and Kimberly Williams-Paisley, 9-1-1: Nashville is anticipated to focus as a lot on the music scene as the primary responders, making it an thrilling standout within the 9-1-1 franchise.
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Gray’s Anatomy continues to carry onto its viewership, regardless of dropping Ellen Pompeo (Good American Household) as a sequence common. In a visitor star capability, Pompeo reprised her function as Meredith Gray for seven episodes in season 21. She is anticipated to look in the identical variety of installments within the new season.
Our Take On ABC’s New Fall Lineup Schedule
With its new fall lineup, ABC hopes that its three-hour block of must-see TV will preserve audiences glued to its channel throughout primetime hours on Tuesdays. Whereas Gray’s Anatomy appears to be the odd present out of the Tuesday evening lineup, the deal with the medical drama and first responder drama genres will likely be a thematic throughline of the evening for the upcoming season.
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The community additionally clearly hopes the recognition of Gray’s Anatomy and 9-1-1 will enhance viewership for the brand new Chris O’Donnell-led 9-1-1: Nashville because it retains followers of the opposite two established exhibits. The final time O’Donnell was on TV and spearheaded a franchise, his navy procedural, NCIS: Los Angeles, lasted 14 seasons.
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9-1-1
8/10
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January 3, 2018
- Showrunner
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Tim Minear
- Administrators
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Bradley Buecker, David Grossman, Brenna Malloy, Gwyneth Horder-Payton, Jann Turner, Jennifer Lynch, Marita Grabiak, Sarah Boyd, John J. Grey, Barbara Brown, Robert M. Williams Jr., Kristen Reidel, Marcus Stokes, Tasha Smith, Millicent Shelton, Juan Carlos Coto, John Grey, Greg Sirota, Alonso Alvarez, James Wong, Kevin Hooks, Varda Bar-Kar, Shauna Duggins, Sharat Raju
- Writers
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Tim Minear, Andrew Meyers, Brad Falchuk, David Fury, Ryan Murphy, Christopher Monfette, Nadia Abass-Madden, Nicole Barraza Keim, Erica L. Anderson, Matthew Hodgson, Stacey R. Rose, Taylor Wong, Tonya Kong, Adam Penn
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Angela Bassett
Athena Grant
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Peter Krause
Robert ‘Bobby’ Nash
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Gray’s Anatomy
9/10
- Launch Date
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March 27, 2005
- Administrators
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Rob Corn, Kevin McKidd, Debbie Allen, Chandra Wilson, Allison Liddi-Brown, Jeannot Szwarc, Tony Phelan
- Writers
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Shonda Rhimes, Julie Wong, Jen Klein, Tameson Duffy, Meg Marinis
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Ellen Pompeo
Dr. Meredith Gray
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Chandra Wilson
Dr. Miranda Bailey
