Fox is showing confidence in 911.
The network has handed out an early season-two renewal for its Ryan Murphy-produced procedural. The drama, which stars Peter Krause, Connie Britton and Angela Bassett and explores the work and home lives of emergency responders from the 9-1-1 call center to paramedics, has aired only two episodes. An episode count for season two has yet to be determined.
Produced in-house at 20th Century Fox Television, where Murphy and co-creator Brad Falchuk are under overall deals, the series has been a standout performer when factoring in delayed viewing. The drama, co-created by frequent Murphy collaborator Tim Minear, premiered Jan. 3 with a 1.8 rating among the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demographic and 6.8 million total viewers, topping the return of The X-Files, which served as its lead-in. The heavily promoted 911 ranked as the highest-rated Big Four premiere in three months. Factoring in DVR returns, the series has grown to more than 15 million total viewers when adding seven days of multiplatform viewing (including its encore broadcast on FX). That qualifies the series as Fox's largest debut since Lee Daniels' hip-hop drama Empire in 2015 (excluding post-Super Bowl premieres). Factoring just seven days of DVR returns, the numbers come in at 10.7 million total viewers ? up 57 percent.