A fan-favorite couple from 9-1-1 nearly got their own spinoff — but which one was it?
9-1-1: Lone Star producer Rashad Raisani revealed the news during an interview with TV Insider on Wednesday, February 5, saying, “We had talked about T.K. [Ronen Rubinstein] and Carlos [Rafael Silva] maybe moving to a new city and starting a new life together somewhere else in Texas to set up a possible spinoff.”
The characters would have continued their journey after 9-1-1: Lone Star‘s series finale, which aired on Monday, February 3. The plans have since changed, but it remains to be seen which state — and characters — the potential spinoff will revolve around if it’s picked up by ABC.
“I think that it will have a different tone,” Raisani teased. “It will still hopefully feel like our DNA, but in the same way that Lone Star was different than 9-1-1 and had its own feel, I think that if we can get this right, this will have its own feel.”
Raisani didn’t rule out cameos, adding, “I don’t see why not. I would love it. What I can say is all will be told soon, and there’s a man named [cocreator] Ryan Murphy who is the first one who I think will speak on that.”
Ryan Guzman and Oliver Stark on 9-1-1 Disney/Chris Willard
The 9-1-1 universe originated with a show about the professional and personal lives of Los Angeles first responders. It premiered on Fox in 2018 and starred Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Oliver Stark, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ryan Guzman and Kenneth Choi. Fox canceled the series in 2023, which allowed ABC to swoop in and renew the show for a seventh season.
9-1-1 has continued to find success on its new network, but first spinoff 9-1-1: Lone Star hasn’t had the same luck. Lone Star followed a New York firefighter (played by Rob Lowe) who relocated to Texas while trying to balance his job alongside his personal issues. Rubinstein, Silva, Sierra McClain, Jim Parrack, Natacha Karam, Brian Michael Smith, Julian Works and Gina Torres made up the rest of the cast.
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Murphy previously teased the “fun” spinoff idea that was in the works while speaking to Variety in October 2024, sharing, “Tim Minear and I are working on a new spinoff that we’re actually writing, and that we hope to get on the air next fall. Sadly, we all love Lone Star, but the financials just didn’t work. It’s a Disney company that was on a Fox network, and it just was never going to work. And we had a long run of it.”
He continued: “So now we’re going to launch a new show in a new city that I can’t name, but it’s fun. And 9-1-1 moved to ABC and suddenly became, I think, the biggest show on Thursday night. They obviously have an appetite for that, so we’re going to give them another one that I really love.”
ABC is reportedly looking to debut the second 9-1-1 spinoff during the 2025-26 TV season, more specifically in fall 2025. No official decision has been made yet.
