9-1-1 may be billed as a procedural first-responder drama, but anyone who’s tuned into the ABC series — or its Lone Star or Nashville spinoffs — knows it’s far more interesting than that. Ryan Murphy is one of its creators, after all, so the reality is heightened, the emergencies are ridiculous (hello, bee-nado), and there’s always disaster brewing at the cities’ most well-known landmarks. The bonkers plots were addressed by 9-1-1: Nashville’s showrunner, who had to get the city on board to make them happen.
When 9-1-1: Nashville premiered on the 2025 TV schedule, it was immediately obvious that the emergency calls answered by the 113 firefighters were going to be just as outlandish as what we’ve seen in 9-1-1’s Los Angeles-based series and the Texas spinoff. Having a tornado destroy part of Ascend Amphitheater during a Kane Brown concert might not seem like it, but showrunner Rashad Raisani insists the show is a “love letter” to the Tennessee capital. He told the Washington Post:
