Bob Rains, executive director of the Tennessee Entertainment Commission, told the Nashville Tennessean, the team was “very excited” having the series in Nashville. “They really felt like Nashville was the right place to have the next one after Austin. We’ve been extremely supportive with them in conversations and working with our partners at the Visitors and Convention Corp. and the mayor’s office.”
Rains said he’s “under the impression from initial conversations” that active principal photography will begin this May.
“The big thing about a production like this is it is great for workforce development. These are high-quality, long-term jobs that come with a TV series. It gives people in our community the real opportunity to train on a professional production set.”
“A TV series like this will go out to 500-plus vendors across the city,” he continued. “The show ‘Nashville’ used 500 to 1,000 vendors on each season. And because this is ‘9-1-1: Nashville,’ it’s also a good tool for tourism.”
However, after Lone Star premiered in 2020, a second spinoff was discussed, and several locations were considered — including Las Vegas and Hawaii, per a Deadline October 2024 report. Eventually, the series shifted to the South. Deadline reported that Nashville was the front-runner because of a proposed tax credit the production was offered.
