‘9-1-1’ cruise-ship catastrophe opens rescue drama’s first ABC season
Ryan Murphy’s rescue drama opens its seventh season on a brand new community (ABC) with a cruise-ship catastrophe that washes over Athena and Bobby’s honeymoon.
LOS ANGELES ― Anyone save them.
Issues aren’t trying too good for newlyweds Athena (Angela Bassett) and Bobby (Peter Krause) within the season premiere of Ryan Murphy’s “9-1-1,” which jumps from Fox, its former community house, to ABC for Season 7. In truth, this may simply be the collection’ largest emergency but.
In a tackle 1972 movie “The Posiedon Journey,” the “9-1-1” opener finds the primary responder couple, who usually attend to emergencies for different folks, in the course of a pirated, sinking ship on their honeymoon cruise. However they are not helpless. In truth, as this unique trailer for the brand new season exhibits, they could be the one individuals who can save the day.
Earlier this month government producer Tim Minear and the forged of the drama teased reporters on the Tv Critics Affiliation press tour about his ode to the basic journey movie.
“We’re doing ‘The Poseidon Journey,’ and we’re making no thriller of it,” he stated. “We’re doing an absolute tribute to (“grasp of catastrophe” movie producer) Irwin Allen within the opening minutes of the episode.”
When does ‘9-1-1’ come out?
Season 7 of “9-1-1” premieres March 14, on a brand new evening (Thursdays, 8 EDT/PDT) and community (ABC, which picked it up after Fox canceled the collection, citing excessive prices.
Extra catastrophe strikes on ‘9-1-1’
However in case you thought a sinking ship was sufficient catastrophe for one episode of the collection, well-known for its outlandish and ripped-from-the-headlines emergencies, you would be fallacious.
“There may be one other nice catastrophe within the first episode,” Minear stated. Lately, “there was a jet fighter that received misplaced. The fighter pilot needed to bail out of the aircraft, they usually form of did not know the place the aircraft went. We’re doing that within the premiere.”
This season will even convey “9-1-1” to its one hundredth episode, airing April 4, that is certain to be chock stuffed with thrills, sirens and absurdities of its personal. However may it go on for 100 extra episodes after that?
“So long as it doesn’t take so long as (the primary) 100 took,” Bassett stated. “This 100 took a very long time: Midseason substitute, COVID, strike.”
“We have accomplished an earthquake, a tidal wave,” stated Krause. “Now we’re doing ‘The Poseidon Journey.’ … I feel it is fairly cool that we’ll hit 100 and maintain going previous that. It’s uncommon.”
