Does ‘9-1-1: Nashville’ Connect to ‘9-1-1’? Meet the ’90s Throwback Cast and How They’re Honoring Isabelle Tate
In a world teeming with police procedurals, it’s easy to know which ones are successes when their worlds start expanding—and ABC’s 9-1-1 has most definitely earned its loyal following with its gripping storylines and complex characters. The original series spawned 9-1-1: Lone Star, and more recently, 9-1-1: Nashville. The series, which premiered earlier this month, follows the first responders that serve the Tennessee city—but this new spinoff has fans wondering if it connects to the two series that came before it, as well as whether or not it includes any cast members from the original series. Here, read about the 9-1-1: Nashville cast, as well as how the 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star characters intertwine.
Does ‘9-1-1: Nashville’ connect to ‘9-1-1’ and ‘Lone Star’?
Though 9-1-1: Nashville has only been on the air for a few short weeks, we’ve already witnessed a bit of crossover between this new series and the original show from which it stemmed. On a recent episode of 9-1-1, characters like Athena (Angela Bassett) and Hen (Aisha Hinds) are on an out-of-range space vessel, which leads Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) to phone Nashville‘s Cammie for help. With someone on the roof with a satellite phone, Cammie calls Hen and manages to connect her to Los Angeles.
The 9-1-1 cast is led by Angela Bassett, Oliver Stark, Aisha Hinds, Kenneth Choi, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ryan Guzman and has been on the air since 2018. With 9-1-1: Nashville only just getting started, we hope to see more crossovers in the future!
Meet the ‘9-1-1: Nashville’ ’90s throwback cast—from Chris O’Donnell to LeAnn Rimes
Get to know the faces bringing this spinoff to life!
Chris O’Donnell as Don Hart
Chris O’Donnell takes the lead as Don Hart, a Nashville fire captain. You may have caught O’Donnell in The Three Musketeers (1993), Scent of a Woman (1992) or Batman & Robin (1997).
Hailey Kilgore as Taylor Thompson
Kilgore plays Taylor Thompson, another member of the firehouse, and you may have seen her shine in Power Book III: Raising Kanan.
Jessica Capshaw as Blythe Hart
Jessica Capshaw plays Blythe, Don’s wife, who comes from a wealthy background. Capshaw is known by many for her Grey’s Anatomy role as Dr. Arizona Robbins.
LeAnn Rimes as Dixie Bennings
Country singer and actress LeAnn Rimes brings to life Dixie Bennings, a woman who Don had a child with before marrying Blythe.
Hunter McVey as Blue Bennings
Hunter plays Blue, the son of Dixie and Don.
Juani Feliz as Roxie Alba
Felix plays Roxie, a New Yorker who now makes a home in Nashville while working at the 113 firehouse.
Kimberly Williams-Paisley as Cammie Raleigh
Kimberly Williams-Paisley is known as the wife of country singer Brad Paisley and an actress who has appeared in films including Father of the Bride (1991). Now, she plays Cammie, a 911 operator and Blythe’s sister.
Michael Provost as Ryan Hart
Provost brings to life Ryan, Don and Blythe’s son.
Remembering Isabelle Tate and her role in the pilot episode
News recently broke of the tragic passing of Isabelle Tate, the 23-year-old actress who appeared in the show’s first episode as a character named Julie. It was revealed that she suffered from a rare neurological disorder, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, that causes nerve damage in the arms and legs—the same disease that country singer Alan Jackson has been diagnosed with. Isabelle passed away peacefully in her sleep and is remembered by her family, friends and castmates. “You could tell she brought joy to a lot of people. I’m thankful I got a chance to work with Isabelle and that a part of her will live on forever in the pilot episode of 9-1-1 Nashville,” said actor Hunter McVey to People.
DWTS to bring in big changes next season including all-new ‘modern’ fan voting process
DANCING With the Stars plans on bringing some big shakeups to the ballroom next season – including a change that will give the show a more ‘modern’ spin, The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal.
The big shift comes off of season 34’s historic year, which included a record-high number of over 50 million fans voting from home.
With the increase in voting, which was up 11% from the previous week, ABC executives have been weighing the options of how they can lean even more into the process.
Currently, the main way to vote for DWTS contestants and the pros is by texting the celebrity’s name to the code 21523.
However, production is looking into how they can implement more modern technology, such as social media, into the process.
“While this season has seen an increase in ratings and votes, execs are looking into how they can modernize their voting process.
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“As of right now, they do it old school with texting a number to vote for a celeb.
“The execs have been adamant about integrating things like social media into the voting process, specifically TikTok.
“It hasn’t been ironed out yet, but they’re trying to make voting more accessible and want it to reach a wider audience for season 35,” the source claimed.
In addition to texting, viewers can also go to dwtsvote.abc.com; however, the majority of the votes still come from texting.
Currently, voting is limited to 10 votes per person and per method of voting.
Voting is also only allowed during the window the show airs live on the East Coast and varies by time zone, which is regularly encouraged by show hosts Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro.
While voting has always been done primarily by text messaging, the time window is a more recent change to the show.
In 2019, DWTS implemented the current protocol of voting only being allowed during the live East Coast feed – meaning those in other time zones wouldn’t get to vote when their show aired.
DWTS judge Carrie Ann Inaba slammed by two furious pros for ‘unfair’ critiques after fans call for her to be fired
While the move was labeled as “unfair” by many, the show has continued with the method.
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The current season of DWTS has been a huge success for ABC and Disney – but it has not been met without its fair share of drama.
Throughout the season, the judging panel has been called out by both the pros and by viewers at home for low scores and harsh comments towards select contestants.
Fans have also accused judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Derek Hough of “overscoring” their “favorite” contestants, including The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Whitney Leavitt.
Things have apparently gotten to the point where members of the show felt the need to confront production over the direction it’s heading.
“There are a handful of pros, both some who are still on the show and some who have already been eliminated, who are fed up with how they are being treated.
“Some feel the judges have been harsher than they needed to be to them, which not only impacts scores, but it also impacts how the at-home viewers see the season.
“It impacts who they vote for and who they want to watch week by week.
“Other pros like Alan and Pasha feel extra protective of their partners and feel the judges have been too harsh on them.
“Multiple pros have stepped up to meet with production over the judges’ bias and are demanding some kind of change and more fairness moving forward.
“What that change looks like is still to be determined, but they at least got the conversation rolling,” a source claimed.
Dancing With the Stars season 34 airs on Tuesdays at 8pm EST on ABC and is available to stream the following day on Disney+ and Hulu.
