Overview
- Ryan Phillippe will join 9-1-1: Nashville as a series regular for Season 2, confirmed Monday in a multi-year deal.
- He will play a brilliant New York detective who relocates to Nashville to lead a hunt for a mysterious criminal threatening the city.
- The spinoff hit a ratings lull in late fall and winter before rebounding, now averaging nearly 8 million viewers over 35 days across ABC and streaming.
- Season 1 returns April 30 with its finale on May 7 after ABC granted an early renewal in March.
- Deadline broke the casting with Variety and TVLine confirming, as 20th Television and Ryan Murphy Television prep Season 2 under showrunner Rashad Raisani.