9-1-1 And 9-1-1: Lone Star Renewed

Fox's 9-1-1 switchboard is lighting up due to some alarmingly good news: The entire franchise is returning for next season.

The network announced Monday that both 9-1-1 and rookie spinoff series 9-1-1: Lone Star have been renewed for Seasons 4 and 2, respectively.

Averaging just over a 1.4 demo rating and 6.8 million total viewers (through its April 6 episode, in Live+Same Day numbers), 9-1-1 is up a tick from its sophomore season and ranks as Fox's top rated and most watched scripted series; among all Fox programs only trails The Masked Singer in both measures.

Offshoot 9-1-1: Lone Star — which stars Rob Lowe as a Manhattan firefighter who relocates to Austin, Texas to help restore a fractured firehouse — follows not far behind, having averaged a 1.2 rating and 6.3 million total viewers with its 10-episode midseason debut.

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Though no major crossovers between Lone Star and its parent series have taken place (showrunner Tim Minear says he'd rather keep the two shows "in their own lanes: for a bit), the spinoff's seventh episode did feature Erin Karpluk (Being Erica) as Pepper, someone we first met on 9-1-1 in Dec. 2019.

TVLine's 2020 Broadcast Renewal Scorecard has been updated to reflect 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star's renewal. Are you excited to spend more time with the the 9-1-1 teams (plural)?