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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nOn the set of ABC’s fiery drama ‘9-1-1: Nashville’<\/p>\n
The newest part of the “9-1-1” franchise comes to Music City. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the set.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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When “9-1-1: Nashville”<\/a> returns, the city is in crisis.<\/p>\n A cyberattack has shut down emergency systems, a runaway showboat is barreling toward the pedestrian bridge and Blythe Hart is unconscious after a horse-bucking fall into a barbed-wire fence.<\/p>\n The escalation comes as ABC’s hit show posted strong viewership numbers. The series premiere amassed 19.29 million cross-platform viewers in its first 35 days, according to the Tennessee Entertainment Commission<\/a>. The spinoff is performing on par with the Los Angeles-based original “9-1-1,” now deep into its ninth season, as one of the franchise’s actors, Oliver Stark, teased a crossover<\/a>.<\/p>\n ‘Y’all need help’: <\/strong>Stars weigh in on most ‘Nashville disasters’ for a \u20189-1-1\u2019 episode<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n At the CMAs in November, lead actor Chris O\u2019Donnell<\/a> told The Tennessean that an upcoming episode digs into characters’ history. The actor who plays Don Hart said the flashback shows how he, Blythe Hart (played by Jessica Capshaw) and Dixie Bennings (played by LeAnn Rimes<\/a>) first crossed paths.<\/p>\n The disasters, he added, “never cease to amaze,” with several rescues so intense he admitted he had to look away.<\/p>\n For Rimes, the return also brings a creative milestone. The singer-actress revealed at a red carpet event in October that she wrote an original song for the show, a process that unexpectedly launched her next album.<\/p>\n Unlike “9-1-1: Lonestar” shot mostly in Los Angeles, but fictionally based in Austin, Texas, “9-1-1: Nashville”<\/a> is filmed in Tennessee, using real landmarks and neighborhoods to ground its disasters in recognizable terrain. From downtown riverfront chaos to a “sorority house” on fire in Midtown, Music City is an active participant in the story.<\/p>\n Watch ‘9-1-1: Nashville’ cast react to making Tennessean’s front page<\/p>\n The Tennessean’s Sunday paper showcased the cast of “9-1-1: Nashville,” the third installment of the emergency drama that’s heading to the Music City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/media-video><\/div>\nTwo teases to what’s to come in 2026<\/h2>\n
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