TV shows are winding down in the 2019-2020 season, but Fox has some good news for two of its most intense primetime series. 9-1-1 has been renewed for a fourth season, and spinoff 9-1-1: Lone Star will be back for a second season as well. Fans aren't the only ones who will rejoice at the news of the renewals, as 9-1-1 star Jennifer Love Hewitt has already shared her excited reaction.
First, take a look at what Jennifer Love Hewitt shared in response to the renewal news via Instagram:
Well, Jennifer Love Hewitt's reaction to the renewal news presumably means her character will be back despite the high-stakes episode set for April 13! Fortunately, 9-1-1 already finished production on its current third season before shows had to begin stopping production, and 9-1-1: Lone Star's first season finished airing back in March. Fans of the shows will get full seasons heading into hiatus, and the new seasons in the 2020-2021 TV season will presumably be able to pick up as intended.
The renewals are great news for viewers, but not altogether shocking. 9-1-1 currently ranks as Fox's most-watched series of the 2019-2020 TV season, with an average audience of a whopping 16 million, which is a massive 139% bump from its live+same day average.
It also ranks among the 2019-2020 season's top three entertainment series in the key 18-49 age demographic, and is the season's #2 drama in the same demo. 9-1-1 started Season 3 strong with a tsunami of quite literally Titanic proportions and kept viewers hooked as the weeks passed. With an exciting Buck/Eddie scene on the way and the return of Connie Britton, the action of Season 3 isn't over yet.
As for 9-1-1: Lone Star, its launch in January as a midseason series didn't mean it couldn't score some impressive numbers as well. It's the top new series in the 18-49 demographic, although tied with another Fox series. With an average audience of 12.3 million, it wasn't quite as much of a hit in the 2019-2020 TV season as its parent series, but it does also enjoy a nice bump in post-live viewing. 9-1-1: Lone Star rises a significant 97% from live+same day to hit that 12.3 million.
While 9-1-1: Lone Star wrapped its first season earlier in midseason, 9-1-1 is still going strong, which is good news for me at least now that I've finally started to love Maddie. There's still a month of new 9-1-1 episodes on the way, and you can find them on Fox Mondays at 8 p.m. ET. Find out when 9-1-1 and other series that haven't yet run out of new episodes end their current seasons on our rundown of all the big TV finales coming in spring and summer 2020.
If you're still in the market for some current and upcoming TV options, be sure to swing by our midseason TV premiere guide and our picks for TV shows that won't be delayed this year.
