The latest installment in Ryan Murphy’s ever-expanding first responder franchise is ready to light up Music City. ABC has unveiled the official trailer for 9-1-1: Nashville, premiering Thursday, October 9 at 9 p.m. ET, starring Chris O’Donnell, Jessica Capshaw, Hunter McVey, LeAnn Rimes, Michael Provost, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Hailey Kilgore, and Juani Feliz.
The three-minute preview wastes no time setting the stakes. “This city needs us at our best, even when things are at their worst,” declares Captain Don Hart (O’Donnell), a veteran firefighter and former rodeo rider leading a tight-knit crew.
From there, it’s pure chaos — a stage collapse at a Kane Brown concert, a pedal tavern bachelorette disaster, rescues from Nashville landmarks, and, yes, a full-blown firenado tearing across the city.
Family Secrets and Soap-Level Drama
But this isn’t just about high-octane emergencies. The trailer leans hard into the soapy storytelling showrunner Rashad Raisani promised, blending Succession and Dynasty-style family drama into the heart of the franchise.
Enter Blue Bennings (McVey), a struggling stripper who happens to be Don Hart’s secret son. When Blue crosses paths with Don’s firefighter son, Ryan (Provost), during an emergency, Don drops the bombshell: they’re brothers.
Caught between two worlds, Blue finds himself torn — does he pursue the firefighting career offered by Don and Ryan, or follow his mother Dixie Bennings’ (Rimes) manipulative plan to “sink his hooks into” the Hart family for a better life?
Capshaw co-stars as Don’s wife Blythe, whose icy tension with Dixie only adds fuel to the family fire. “There are things about Blue you don’t know,” she warns Don, setting up more fractures within the household.
Guest Stars and Franchise Legacy
The series also features Kimberly Williams-Paisley as dispatcher Cammie Raleigh, Hailey Kilgore as Taylor Thompson, and Juani Feliz as Roxie Alba. Country music superstar Kane Brown will cameo as himself in the premiere episode.
9-1-1: Nashville follows the tradition of outrageous emergencies established by 9-1-1 (2018) and 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020), both of which became fan-favorite procedurals with their mix of daring rescues and character-driven drama.
And just like its predecessors, the spinoff looks primed to keep viewers on edge with over-the-top calls — from water slide rescues to fiery tornadoes — while the family drama keeps them coming back week after week.
9-1-1: Nashville premieres Thursday, October 9 on ABC and streams the next day on Hulu.