Overview
- Season 8 ended Monday with a cliffhanger, and ABC’s long‑running police drama is now officially set for Season 9.
- Alexi Hawley said Season 9 is in very early development and that writing has not started yet.
- Richard T. Jones will return as Wade Grey, and Hawley expects the main ensemble to remain intact with no series‑regular exits planned.
- The interagency task‑force arc has concluded, and the writers will determine Grey’s next chapter rather than reset him to an old post.
- ABC has not announced a premiere date, and outlets note a likely early‑January window based on past patterns, though that timing is only a projection.