Rescue 911 - Broadcast History

Broadcast History

Further information: List of Rescue 911 episodes

Originally intended to be only a set of three TV specials, the show was picked up by CBS for the 1989 fall season after two specials aired on April 18 and May 9 of that year. It began airing as a regular series on September 5, 1989 and ran for 7 seasons, with the last new episode airing on August 27, 1996. The last episode to air on CBS (a repeat) aired on September 3, 1996.

In 1993, The Family Channel (FAM) began airing reruns, but it was removed from the lineup when the Family Channel became the FOX Family Channel in August 1998.

In 1993, a reformatted version (see below) of the show was sold into off-network syndication. The syndicated version continued to air both in the U.S. and internationally long after the show's cancellation, but it has not aired in the U.S. since July 2005.

The following networks have shown the show in the syndicated format:

  • Numerous local affiliates
  • The Family Channel (also showed the original format)
  • Odyssey/The Hallmark Channel
  • Discovery Health Channel
  • Reality TV /Zone Reality
  • Living
  • CI (Australia)
  • AXN
  • Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (Uganda)

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