Overview

• Season 9 debuted Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, with new episodes released Thursdays and streaming the next day on Hulu and Disney+.
• The premiere sets a bigger canvas for the series, teasing out-of-this-world emergencies and a citywide crisis, with Mark Consuelos appearing as a tech mogul.
• The 118 honors the late Captain Bobby Nash as the show picks up character fallout and confirms Chimney serving in an interim leadership role.
• ABC ordered 18 episodes for the season, continuing the franchise’s weekly cadence with a customary midseason pause before spring return.
• Spinoff 9-1-1: Nashville premiered at 9 p.m., opening with a tornado disaster and adopting the same Thursday schedule with next‑day Hulu streaming.