‘The Writing Was on the Wall’: 9-1-1: Lone Star EP Was Honest About Fox Cancellation

Fifth and final season 9-1-1: Lone Star started on Fox 2024 television schedule After a one year time skip, departure of a starand with the train derailing, a major crisis is on the way. Unlike when 9-1-1 was canceled and then It was immediately picked up by ABC No such rescue seems likely in the spin-off, which takes place in Texas to change the nets. CinemaBlend has spoken Lone Star co-showrunner and executive producer Rashad Raisani spoke about the impending ending and was candid about receiving the news of the cancellation.

Although Season 5 will have time to wrap things up Trouble for TarlosOnly twelve total episodes were produced for 9-1-1: Lone Star‘s swan song season. After admitting this The story of Grace’s breakup with Judd was “hard to buy” Raisani said:

To be honest, we didn’t. I have to say it wasn’t official until I saw a trailer on Fox a few weeks ago. It said ‘Last season’. That’s when it became official for me. It was after we hugged. This is the official side of things. In terms of the writing being on the wall, the writing was on the wall even before the strike because we knew as we were wrapping up Season 4 that we were going to be entering the final season of this contract between Disney and Fox.

Obviously, the Season 5 finale was not planned as a series finale, as the series wrapped before the official cancellation news. This said, Lone Star‘s impending end did not come out of nowhere for the team. WGA writers on strike and SAG-AFTRA actors strike in late 2023. The executive producer continued:

We knew that a show like ours with a pretty big budget had a chance – especially in this current climate, because we’ve got big action, we’ve got a big cast – we knew it was going to be a challenge and maybe an insurmountable challenge. Challenge to bring the show back. When we were owned by Disney and broadcast on Fox, it didn’t make a lot of sense, just from a financial, numbers and purely business standpoint, for those two companies to find a way to work together to keep this going. to be.

9-1-1: Lone Star There’s certainly a large ensemble of characters, and Sierra McClain’s departure hasn’t really diminished the cast. Wyatt was set up to have more of a presence in the Season 5 premiere (you can stream this via a channel). Hulu subscription), And Suburgatory‘s Parker Young joins the cast He will play an important character for Carlos’ story.

Also sections It turned out to be “like mini movies” quote Rob LoweThey didn’t have a big budget behind them, and between Disney and Fox the numbers didn’t work out for season six. Lone Star. Rashad Raisani stated that the situation was different when the fair was in the planning phase in 2019 and said:

Whereas if we were on the same studio network as when the show first started (it was the 20th series for Fox when it was conceived, before the Disney merger), maybe there would be more ways to understand this. was in this situation.

9-1-1: Lone Star it ultimately premiered in early 2020, just a few months before the entertainment industry more or less shut down due to COVID-19. Less than a year has passed since the incident Merger of Disney and 21st Century Fox It became official. To the show’s credit, it delivered a strong performance, overcoming some major obstacles, including COVID-19 and strikes.

Rashad Raisani confirmed that he is “extremely proud” of the finished product of Season 5, and all signs point to an exciting final series of episodes. Let’s see what awaits the characters in the final season. 9-1-1: Lone Star Ahead of the freshman series, Mondays at 8pm ET on Fox Rescue: HI-Surf at 9 p.m. ET. You can also revisit previous seasons. Lone Star is now streaming on Hulu.