Emergency Call (2020 TV series)

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Emergency Call
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Genre Docudrama
Presented by
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers
  • Adeline Ramage Rooney
  • Grant Kahler
  • Luke Wilson
Running time
  • 44 minutes (without commercials)
Production company8HOURS Television
Original release
Network
ReleaseSeptember 28, 2020 (2020-09-28) 
July 2, 2021 (2021-07-02)
Related
Emergency Call Australia

Emergency Call is an American unscripted television series which airs on ABC. It is an adaptation of an original Belgian format. ABC picked up the series in 2020 for an initial cycle of ten episodes, with Luke Wilson as host; the series premiered on September 28, 2020. [1]

Contents

The first season features the work of 9-1-1 dispatchers in Austin, Texas; New Orleans, Louisiana; Waukesha, Wisconsin; Wasilla, Alaska; and Ogden, Utah. [1]

Episodes

No.Title [2] Original air date [2] U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Take a Deep Breath"September 28, 2020 (2020-09-28)3.88 [3]
2"Conductors of Chaos"October 5, 2020 (2020-10-05)2.96 [4]
3"Close to Home"October 12, 2020 (2020-10-12)2.77 [5]
4"Crime Spree"October 19, 2020 (2020-10-19)2.63 [6]
5"Headset Heroes"October 26, 2020 (2020-10-26)2.60 [7]
6"Texting Trouble"June 4, 2021 (2021-06-04)2.98 [8]
7"Planes, Trains and Auto Defrost"June 11, 2021 (2021-06-11)2.88 [9]
8"Held Hostage"June 18, 2021 (2021-06-18)2.83 [10]
9"A Grizzly Mystery"June 25, 2021 (2021-06-25)3.00 [11]
10"Cliffhanger"July 2, 2021 (2021-07-02)2.75 [12]

Reception

Viewership and ratings per episode of Emergency Call
No.TitleAir date Rating
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)
1"Take a Deep Breath"September 28, 20200.63.88 [3] TBDTBDTBDTBD
2"Conductors of Chaos"October 5, 20200.52.96 [4] TBDTBDTBDTBD
3"Close to Home"October 12, 20200.42.77 [5] TBDTBDTBDTBD
4"Crime Spree"October 19, 20200.42.63 [6] TBDTBDTBDTBD
5"Headset Heroes"October 26, 20200.42.60 [7] TBDTBDTBDTBD
6"Texting Trouble"June 4, 20210.42.98 [8] 0.10.510.43.48 [8]
7"Planes, Trains and Auto Defrost"June 11, 20210.42.88 [9] 0.10.520.43.40 [9]
8"Held Hostage"June 18, 20210.32.83 [10] 0.10.460.43.29 [10]
9"A Grizzly Mystery"June 25, 20210.43.00 [11] 0.10.510.53.51 [11]
10"Cliffhanger"July 2, 20210.42.75 [12] 0.10.440.43.19 [12]

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