‘9-1-1’ Crossover First Look: See Oliver Stark & Ryan Guzman on ‘Nashville’
Buck and Eddie are invading Nashville! It’s official: 9-1-1‘s Oliver Stark and Ryan Guzman are heading to the newest spinoff in the franchise, Nashville, for an episode airing in 2026, sometime after both shows return with their midseason premieres on Thursday, January 8.
ABC has released a photo of Stark and Guzman on the set of 9-1-1: Nashville, alongside the series stars, including Hailey Kilgore (Taylor), Michael Provost (Ryan), Juani Feliz (Roxie), and Hunter McVey (Blue). No further details, including about the emergencies and an exact air date, have been released for what the network is calling “an epic crossover event.”
This is coming after Nashville‘s Cammie (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) briefly crossed over to the original series during its four-episode space crisis, helping Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and Karen (Tracie Thoms) connect a call with Athena (Angela Bassett) and Hen (Aisha Hinds) while they were very much out of satellite range. Then the spinoff’s midseason finale brought back 9-1-1 Season 5’s hacker for its current crisis. The upcoming crossover is not connected to that. (There was even a mention of 9-1-1: Lone Star‘s Marjan, a.k.a. Firefox, on Nashville.)

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When TV Insider spoke with 9-1-1: Nashville showrunner Rashad Raisani about the aforementioned midseason finale, he had told us that a true crossover between the shows was “brewing,” with conversations just starting and the exact nature of the event, including whether it would be one or two episodes, unknown just yet.
“I would like it to be some 9-1-1 characters coming to Nashville,” he said. “We want to make this a thing that’s not just a one-time thing, that we can start to develop a relationship between these casts so that it won’t be always so out of the norm to be able to do it.”
And when we spoke with Hunter McVey about Blue’s big episode 5, he was excited about the possibility of a crossover.
“It was such a pleasure to have Oliver in town and do some of the questions. What an incredible universe they have built, and we have big shoes to fill here. So if we were lucky enough to get any more crossovers and they want to make a visit to Nashville, we will greatly, greatly accept them and would be happy to have them. And I can’t wait to meet some of the figures on the original 9-1-1 as well,” he’d said.
What are you hoping to see in the upcoming crossover? Let us know in the comments section below.
9-1-1, Midseason Return, Thursday, January 8, 2026, 8/7c, ABC
9-1-1: Nashville, Midseason Return, Thursday, January 8, 2026, 9/8c, ABC
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Having a crossover episode this early, obviously means Nashville is unable to hold an audience all on its own. Their viewership and demo ratings plummetted even after multiple repeats of their episodes aired on the network throughout the fall.
At least Lone Star waited until season 2 before they did one and they did it after they established their own audience. Riding OG's coat tails can't be good if it has to be done this soon and using the two most popular characters from OG, Buck and Eddie is extremely transparent because viewers' reviews of Nashville illustrate how a lot of people don't like it and they stopped watching after episode 1.
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I hate cross overs and since Bobby died i can't bring myself to watch the show at all anymore.
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I tried watching this series and couldn’t get past the first episode. I can’t believe they cancelled Lone Star and killed Bobby off for this foolishness. My family and I use to be so excited about watching 911 as a family, not anymore. You people sure know how to screw up good series by replacing them with junk.
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Another crossover goody. Whoever started the trend of having 3 shows made out of one idea with just different casts or locations enough is enough let's try something original.
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Awesome, can’t wait to see it. Since Bobby’s death, it will be nice to have a spin-off of 911. Love both shows.
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