‘9-1-1: Nashville’ Boss on LeAnn Rimes’ ‘Unrecognizable’ Dixie, Premiere Twist and What’s Coming in First ‘9-1-1’ Crossover

Spoiler Alert: This review contains spoilers for the series premiere of “9-1-1: Nashville.”

Ryan Murphy’s “9-1-1” franchise set out to fill the “Lone Star”-shaped hole in fans’ hearts with the Oct. 9 debut of new spinoff “9-1-1: Nashville.”

While similar to Fox’s “9-1-1: Lone Star” with its cowboy aesthetic, ABC’s “Nashville” has an all new cast — Chris O’Donnell, Jessica Capshaw, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, LeAnn Rimes, Hailey Kilgore, Michael Provost, Juani Feliz and Hunter McVey — a new city and new drama in its first responder’s personal lives, in the form of long-lost sons, scheming exes and jealous brothers.