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The 9-1-1 Meteor Shower / Season 9 Promo Trailer refers to the season nine promotional trailer for the ABC and Hulu show 9-1-1 in which a meteor shower is raining down on the city where the characters are looking up and reacting to the unfolding catastrophe. The trailer was posted to Twitter / X, Instagram and TikTok in September 2025, with the new season premiering on October 9th. It sparked viral memes and jokes at the show's expense, aimed at the trailer's over-dramatic premise, song choice and acting. Many also believed that the CGI was of poor quality.

Origin

On September 16th, 2025, the official X^[1] account of @The911onABC shared a promotional trailer for the upcoming season nine of ABC on Hulu's 9-1-1, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Oliver Stark, Kenneth Choi and Ryan Guzman as first responders, like police officers, firefighters and EMTs. In the trailer, the characters are seen looking up at a meteor shower that's raining down on the city, paired with the song "Ordinary" by Alex Warren.^[2] Over three days, the tweet received over 3.3 million views and 5,900 likes.

The trailer was also posted on the show's official Instagram^[3] and TikTok^[4] pages, receiving over 159,700 likes and over 313,500 likes, respectively, over two days.

On October 9th, 9-1-1 returns with an earth-shattering rescue that you'll never see coming. Watch on ABC and stream on Hulu. pic.twitter.com/RbB6BmNiNP

— 9-1-1 on ABC (@The911onABC) September 16, 2025

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The trailer initially gained viral reactions on X on September 16th, 2025. For instance, on that day, X^[5] user @Info911Brasil reposted the trailer and expressed excitement over the new season in the caption, gaining over 6.5 million views and 3,700 likes in three days.

Later on that same day, X^[6] user @sj_118_ tweeted, "'EVERYBODY TAKE COVER!' while not moving a single inch is taking me out so bad dude," receiving over 40,000 likes in three days.

“EVERYBODY TAKE COVER!” while not moving a single inch is taking me out so bad dude pic.twitter.com/ihJqiOaKhU

— sj (@sj_118_) September 17, 2025

On September 16th, X^[11] user @AwstenOfficial quote-tweeted the trailer, writing, "BAD ACTING BAD CGI EVEN WORSE SONG… 911 IS BACK," gaining over 116,000 likes in three days.

On September 17th, 2025, X^[7] user @poorlydrawn911 tweeted a "poorly drawn" animated version of the show's season 9 trailer, gaining over 5,500 likes in two days.

pic.twitter.com/fLZpHgJmLE

— poorly drawn 911 (@poorlydrawn911) September 17, 2025

Also on September 17th, X^[10] user @HubPointless tweeted the screencap of the Bane quote, "They expect one of us in the wreckage, brother," from The Dark Knight Rises, captioned, "ABC killing Jimmy Kimmel to preserve a hundred more seasons of 9-1-1." At that time, news of Jimmy Kimmel Live! being pulled indefinitely from ABC was trending online. Over two days, the video received over 11,000 likes.

On September 18th, 2025, TikToker^[8] @jordyntheloser posted a video skit about, "How it feels to see non-911 fans also laughing at the promo," receiving over 75,600 likes in a day.

Also on September 18th, TikToker^[9] @barnes_romanoff reposted the promo and wrote in the text overlay caption, "These are FIREFIGHTERS. Now, everyone continue." The video received over 30,900 likes in a day.

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