ABC is expanding the 9-1-1 universe again with its 9-1-1: Nashville spinoff — but who makes up the cast?
The 9-1-1 world originated with the OG series, which premiered on Fox in 2018. It followed the professional and personal lives of Los Angeles first responders with Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Aisha Hinds, Oliver Stark, Connie Britton and Kenneth Choi leading the show. Fox canceled the series in 2023, allowing ABC to renew the show that is currently still airing on the network.
9-1-1 then expanded with 9-1-1: Lone Star, which followed a New York City firefighter (played by Rob Lowe) who relocated to Texas while trying to balance his job alongside his personal issues. Liv Tyler, Ronen Rubinstein, Rafael L. Silva, Sierra McClain, Jim Parrack, Natacha Karam, Brian Michael Smith, Julian Works and Gina Torres made up the rest of the cast.
By 2023, 9-1-1: Lone Star was renewed for its fifth and final season after remaining on Fox. Cocreators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Minear, meanwhile, decided to grow the universe with the Nashville spinoff.
“Tim Minear and I are working on a new spinoff that we’re actually writing, and that we hope to get on the air next fall. Sadly, we all love Lone Star, but the financials just didn’t work,” Murphy told Variety in October 2024. “It’s a Disney company that was on a Fox network, and it just was never going to work. And we had a long run of it.”
He continued: “So now we’re going to launch a new show in a new city that I can’t name, but it’s fun. And 9-1-1 moved to ABC and suddenly became, I think, the biggest show on Thursday night. They obviously have an appetite for that, so we’re going to give them another one that I really love.”
Before 9-1-1: Nashville premiered on ABC, Stark fueled rumors that 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Nashville will be filming together sooner rather than later when he shared an Instagram post in August writing, “6 Nashville Miles for breakfast.” The social media upload included a video of Stark running in the city and he added a smirking devil emoji as well.
The Nashville version is set to star Chris O’Donnell, Jessica Capshaw, LeAnn Rimes and Kimberly Williams-Paisley. Keep scrolling to meet the 9-1-1: Nashville cast — and get a breakdown of who they play:
Chris O’Donnell
O’Donnell plays Captain Don Sharpe, who is a veteran firefighter and former rodeo rider leading a Nashville firehouse with his son.
Jessica Capshaw
Capshaw is set to play Blythe, Don’s wife and Ryan’s mother.
Michael Provost
Provost’s Ryan is Don and Blythe’s son who is a firefighter and a modern-day cowboy.
Hailey Kilgore
Kilgore’s character Taylor is a firefighter who moonlights as a singer.
Juani Feliz
9-1-1: Nashville is Roxie a.k.a a firefighter “who is an adrenaline junkie and a former trauma surgeon.”
Hunter McVey
Before becoming a firefighter, McVey’s character Blue was a former stripper. He is described as “a haunted bad-boy” type.
LeAnn Rimes
The country singer is set to portray Dixie Bennings, who is Blue’s mother.
Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Williams-Paisley will return to our screens as 911 dispatcher Cammie Raleigh.
Kane Brown
After making a cameo on Fire Country in a fictional role, Brown is returning to acting but this time he will be playing himself on 9-1-1: Nashville. Sergei Bachlakov/CBS
Tim Matheson
Matheson’s character Edward is described as “Southern old money and utterly ruthless.”
