9-1-1 (2018)
Welcome to la-va land.
Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 3 January 2018 |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Genre | Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure |
| Created by | Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear |
| Starring | Angela Bassett, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Oliver Stark |
| Seasons | 10 seasons, 146 episodes |
| Episode length | about 43 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 105 hours |
| Rated | TV-14 |
| Scores | TMDB users 8.2/10 |
Where to watch 9-1-1
9-1-1 is streaming on Hulu ($18.99 a month) in the US. It is also on Fubo. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 3 months of Hulu, or $56.97 at list price.
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What kind of watch this is
9-1-1 is a 2018 drama that treats emergency response as a full-time job. The tagline says "Welcome to la-va land," which is a fair warning for what follows. It tracks the staff of LAFD Station 118, LAPD officers, and 911 dispatchers, showing how the trauma of their shifts bleeds into their personal lives. The hook is the sheer volume of chaos they handle before they even get home.
With 10 seasons and 146 episodes, the total watch time is 105 hours. That is a long time to spend in a burning building or a crime scene. It is a commitment.
What the critics said
Rotten Tomatoes rates season one at 70% from 33 reviews, while Metacritic scores it 60 out of 100. The consensus calls it a guilty pleasure saved by a top-tier cast. Amy Amatangelo of Paste called the disasters and action sequences praiseworthy. Steve Greene of IndieWire labeled it a perfect hit, noting the realistic dialogues. Later seasons saw higher marks, with season two hitting 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
How it did with audiences
On TMDB, users rate 9-1-1 an 8.2 out of 10. Without box office data, the numbers live in the living room. The Season 7 finale pulled in 9.59 million viewers within a week, landing a 2.05 rating among adults 18-49. That made it the top broadcast TV drama for the season in that specific demographic. The Season 8 premiere followed, drawing 9.8 million viewers after seven days. The jump was steep, but the show kept climbing.
What came next for the cast
Angela Bassett moved from Olympus Has Fallen to Avengers: Endgame. Kenneth Choi shifted from Spider-Man: Homecoming to Mercy. Aisha Hinds went from Star Trek Into Darkness to Godzilla: King of the Monsters. The timeline shows a pivot in genre, not a direct causal link. Credits list what came next, not why it happened.
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Sources
- 9-1-1 on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q30611820 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “9-1-1 (TV series)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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